Wednesday, October 9th

Goat rams through sliding glass door, naps inside bathroom

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, a goat stands in the bathroom of a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. The goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through a sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)

CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio homeowner never envisioned becoming semi-famous because of a goat butting its way into her home and taking a nap in her bathroom.

"This is the most random story in the world," Jennifer Keathley said Tuesday, breaking out into laughter.

The break-in happened Friday when an escaped male goat from a farm several miles (kilometers) away repeatedly butted against a sliding glass door, breaking into the Keathley family home in Ashland County's Sullivan Township.

Keathley's 18-year-old son, Logan, discovered the billy goat in the bathroom when he returned home Friday afternoon from school to find the family's agitated German Shepherd in the driveway, broken glass on the back porch and the house reeking.

Some of the break-in was recorded on the Keathley's home surveillance camera.

This Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, shows broken glass from a sliding door at a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. A goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through the sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)

Two Ashland County Sheriff's deputies unsuccessfully tried to coax the goat, named Big Boy, out of the home with carrots, a dog bone and grass. They eventually grabbed him by the horns and dragged him outside where they secured him in a dog cage.

Keathley put a message out for a missing goat on a community Facebook page and received a reply with the owner's name and number. The apologetic owner arrived that evening and, with Keathley's husband's help, loaded him onto a livestock trailer for his ride home.

The Keathleys learned their home insurance policy covers damage from bears and deer but not goats. She said she's been in touch with the company. Despite applications of carpet deodorant and urine neutralizer, she said the odor from Big Boy's urine still lingers.

Asked about her newfound fame, Keithley said: "There's all these awful stories in the world, people need this."

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, Ashland County sheriff's deputies pose with a goat they removed from a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. The goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through a sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, Ashland County sheriff's deputies wrangle up a goat found in a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. The goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through a sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, a goat sits in the bathroom of a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. The goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through a sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)

This Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, shows broken glass from a sliding door at a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. A goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through the sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, a goat stands in a cage after Ashland County sheriff's deputies removed it from a home in Sullivan Township, Ohio. The goat named "Big Boy," who had escaped from a farm several miles away, was found napping in the bathroom after it broke into the home by ramming through a sliding glass door. (Jenn Keathley via AP)