Wonder what Mace has been up to?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:05 pm
Officials in Utah are trying to identify a man spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the northern mountains.
Photographer Coty Creighton snapped several pictures of the "goat man" when he came across the goat herd while on a hike last week.
He noticed one goat trailing behind the rest. Thinking it was injured, he grabbed his binoculars to get a closer look and was shocked to see a man dressed in a crudely made goat suit, Creighton told The Associated Press.
"He was clumsy, working his way down the cliff trying to catch up with the rest of the herd," he told Salt Lake City TV station KSTU.
The homemade costume included fake horns and a cloth mask with cut-out eye holes which the man periodically pulled up to get a better view of the rocky terrain, he told The Associated Press.
At one point, the man spotted Creighton and froze in his tracks.
"He kind of slouched down, like was getting nervous or was feeling really self-conscious," Creighton said. "He actually got off his hands and knees and sat on the hill for several minutes until he thought I was gone."
Utah wildlife officials told the AP the man isn't breaking any laws, but they want to talk with him about the dangers of getting into a fight with a real mountain goat or being mistaken for wild game during the upcoming hunting season.
