The Tri State’s Most Famous Runaway Goats Have Finally Been Captured

I hope the Spencer County Sheriff's Office doesn't take this the wrong way; I have nothing but respect for the office. But when I see that these busy, hardworking civil servants have been feverishly trying to wrangle runaway goats, I can't help but think that it sounds like a plot point from The Andy Griffith Show.

Spencer County Goats

If you've traveled the southern leg of Indiana State Road 161, which begins at the end of the Blue Bridge, maybe you've seen these hooved nomads. They've been wreaking havoc on travelers, and not just on the roadway. Officers have been called to actually get them off the bridge. Can you imagine? (Well, maybe you can; armadillos didn't used to be east of the Mississippi River and now they are.) So, yes, "animals on the bridge" is a thing, and not a good one, to say the least.

Spencer County Goats Captured

However, their journey (if that's what you can call it) has come to an end. On the morning of June 30th, the goats failed to yield to an emergency vehicle, and that was that. Sergeant Mike Ricer of the Spencer County Sheriff's Office and Officer Mike Davis of the Owensboro Police Department made certain the goats were safe and away from motorists when they were roped, secured, and transported back to Kentucky, where they will be looked after.

Calls about the goats had been coming in for a couple of days, causing no end of headaches for Spencer County officials. And while I suppose they would have seized any opportunity to nab the goats, I feel like blocking an emergency vehicle was, ahem, a bridge too far.