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By Sophie Lloyd
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They may look innocent, but don't let their fuzzy coat and knobbly knees fool you—goats have a wild side. Take, for example, this herd of goats in Georgia, who escaped from a farmhouse and ran wild around Buckhead, Atlanta. Or "Billy," a goat who achieved local notoriety after trying to "break in" to a residence in Greenville, North Carolina, before being apprehended by local police.
Well, the latest goats to go viral are just plain bad neighbors. One Reddit user explained how the herd next door recently decided to "ding dong ditch" them, with the whole debacle caught on their doorbell camera.
Sharing the video to the r/AnimalsBeingJerks forum on Friday, April 29 (which can be viewed here), u/RedditUsersCrying wrote: "My neighbors goats constantly get [on] my property. Guess now they ding dong ditch us..."
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My neighbors goats constantly get my property. Guess now they ding dong ditch us…. from AnimalsBeingJerks
In the short clip, a number of goats can be seen on the user's porch, climbing all over the furniture, sniffing the doorbell and devouring the bushes.
Although fellow Redditors felt for the homeowner, they also couldn't help but giggle at their plight.
No_Construction_7518 commented: "Took off like a pack of cowards!"
Sutypatootie wrote: "This really sucks for you OP, but also kinda funny."
Evening-Turnip8407 said: "Those two poor trees. I'm so sorry but I'm laughing so hard, just look at them goating around the place, the one on the left just standing on the bench looking at the wall thinking goat thoughts..."
To which RedditUsersCrying replied: "Yeah, those trees might never grow back fully."
RedditUsersCrying, who is based in Oklahoma, told Newsweek: "Our neighbor has 66 goats who are escape artists. The goats break out of her yard and come terrorize us a few times a week.
"She owns a vet clinic and has a bunch of animals that live on her property. The goats are the only ones that escape though."
Some users suggested ideas for dealing with their "goat problem."
420blazeit69nubz advised getting "one of those motion activated Halloween decorations that are bodies and just put it in the chair year round."
b****t**** said: "Goat meat is tasty...just saying."
A survey of 2,000 Americans found that 36 percent had argued with their neighbors, while a quarter of those surveyed had progressed to an ongoing feud. Animal noise and waste were two of the top 10 reasons respondents argued with their neighbors, with 16 percent moving away to escape the people living next door.
Others had more realistic ideas for solving the issue than a goat BBQ or Halloween decoration.
Verylargemoth wrote: "Depending on their species and maturity, you could ask the neighbors for reimbursement or go to court."
Befub14435 said: "In my state if a neighbors livestock has caused damage you can legally take possession of said animals and start charging boarding, food, on top of property damage fees.
"The neighbor would have to pay that and all legal fees to get them back. If they don't pay within 30 days you can legally sell the livestock and keep the funds."
However, RedditUsersCrying said it was too late for their garden.
In the comments, they wrote: "Everything in my yard is already destroyed. We've debated taking her to court. Not sure if it would be worth it at this point.
"We have already been in contact with lawyers who said we have a 100 percent chance of winning this.
"At the end of the day, we just want them to stop getting on our property so we can do our flower beds and plant a garden. Not even asking her to pay for damages."
RedditUsersCrying isn't the only person to have a fence issue with the people next door. One TikToker went viral recently after sharing his over-the-top response to a fence dispute with his neighbor.
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