So classic thnx for burning it!: Gävle goat celebration/prognostication/mourning thread

the most wonderful time of the year

https://twitter.com/Brannbocken

Nej

Phew! Awfully nervous when this thread gets bumped.

I'm all in for "nothing happened" this year.

to late im on my way to kick it to pieces

totally misread this as Gayle goal celebration.

2017 Double fence, cameras, guards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat

1775: malaria
1777: malaria
1780: "gout of the chest," dysentery, yellow fever, manchineel poisoning
1781: mysterious swelling of left arm & leg
1782: scurvy
1784: malaria
1787: fever
1794: blown up twice, 2nd time resulting in detached retina
1797: shot in arm (amputated), septicemia
1798: piece of shrapnel pierces skull
1799: bedridden with unexplained malaise
1801: heatstroke
1802: dysentery, fever, more numbness in hand
1805: shot through spine, dies

1799: bedridden with unexplained malaise

at this point it would be fair to say he might have been better off giving up the game.

I am reborn! I am immune to disease and mysterious swelling! I am made of straw!

We've quoted most of the Wikipedia article but missed the GOAT WAR

The creator of the original 1966 goat, Stig Gavlén, thought that the Natural Science Club's goat had unfairly won the title of the largest Yule Goat because the goat was not as attractive as the Southern Merchants' goat and the neck was excessively long. The next year there was a Goat war: the Southern Merchants understood the publicity value, and erected a huge goat, the Natural Science Club erected a smaller one in protest. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. Over the following seven years there were no further attempts on the world record, but there was some bad feeling between the Natural Science Club and the Southern Merchants, evidenced by the fact that the Natural Science Club put up a sign near their goat wishing a Merry Christmas to everyone, except the Southern Merchants.[8]

ha

it's the most wonderful time of the year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtKTKjpWkAEkl2o.jpg

stoked for the madness

hello goat my old friend

webcam of the mighty 🐐 here

goaty goaty goat

wait, what?

Warning! Viewer discretion is advised as the most famous strawgoat in the world is being taken down 🍑👀 #gävlebocken #itsbeenagreatyear #timetosaygoodbye pic.twitter.com/YCnyxRoq3O

— Gävlebocken (@Gavlebocken) January 2, 2018

... is that where the guards lived the whole time last year?

Feels like a 'burn the goat' kind of year.

yeah, it’s gonna burn for sure this year imo

good luck, goaty <3

YAY!!!!!’n

I want to be in the Natural Science Club.

🐐🐐🐐
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JZUJq6nYTLY

literally the only thing about christmas i look forward to

TS: Gavle goat vs. BAAAHS (big-ass, amazingly awesome homosexual sheep).

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bw-YuBWCYAA_7rn.jpg

I'm no "burner"

Heads up - I’m here! 👋 #gävlebocken #comebackoftheyear pic.twitter.com/v5neuAuw2d

— Gävlebocken (@Gavlebocken) November 28, 2019

BURN IT BURN IT BURN IT

i got strangely upset one year when i found out about it getting burned

http://i.imgur.com/4fvmLa2.gif

lmao

please god

i got put in twitter jail for threatening the gavlebocken, avenge me

lmfao

quite right

let the nazis roam free, jack. but the gävlebocken must be protected

Hadn’t seen these details from 2015, props to the Gävle police for cracking the case and getting a confession:

A 26-year-old man fleeing the scene with a singed face, smelling of gasoline, and holding a lighter in his hand was arrested. Under questioning, he admitted to committing the offence, adding that he was drunk at the time and that in retrospect, it was an "extremely bad idea".[50] He was sentenced in January 2018 to probation by an appellate court with a 86.000 SEK fine. The Natural Science Club goat was also burned.

that's about $9000 us dollars fyi

RIP Little brother. 😢💔And remember - they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom. #leaveusgoatsalone #wherethereissmokethereisfire

— Gävlebocken (@Gavlebocken) December 27, 2019

Well, hello there! Have you missed me? 👋 #gävlebocken #stillgoingstrong #backtolife pic.twitter.com/juGuxheU1c

— Gävlebocken (@Gavlebocken) November 26, 2020

nobody better burn this fucking down this year!!!!!

how did i miss it got burned down last year?

Last year it was the Science Club goat that got burned.

BURN IT BURN IT BURN IT

― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 28 November 2019 21:28 (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm glad that they still make an earnest effort to protect the goat, rather than turning this into an event.

yeah when someone doesnt want the goat to burn im like what why but then im like no its better this way

Goat’s back (kept forgetting to check on this earlier in the week)

I have heard that cats have nine lifes... The most famous goat in the world is still standing strong, fitht year in a row. Count me in!
#gävlebocken#stillstanding pic.twitter.com/Yb1j8bLutR

— Gävlebocken (@Gavlebocken) December 4, 2021

hello goat