Guess who’s bock? Bock again.

Looks like goat’s back on the menu, boys! Goaty McGoatface returns for another GoatWatch. Wot? Okay, a primer. The Gävle Goat is a 13 meter straw Yule Goat erected every year in the town of Gävle in Sweden, in the run up to Christmas. And sometimes it’s burned down or otherwise destroyed. Security has become tighter around the goat every year, especially in these days of live streaming - and clout chasing. Read more about the goat: Gävlebocken | Visit Gävle - includes a live feed of the goat. Gävle goat - Wikipedia I first heard about it on the Hypnogoria podcast, and back in December 2022 I started keeping an eye on the goat, as I got a bit emotionally invested in it surviving to Christmas without burning down. I blogged about that here . The next year I began doing the same in December, and what a strange year for the goat it was! It didn’t burn, but due to there being an unusual amount of seed still in the goat’s straw, it was gradually eaten by local birds over the mont...