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A goat named Gus climbed onto an Oregon roof, photos show. French fries got him down

A goat named Gus escaped home and climbed onto a neighbor’s roof, Oregon photos show.
A goat named Gus escaped home and climbed onto a neighbor’s roof, Oregon photos show. Washington County Sheriff’s Office

A goat named Gus escaped his home and wandered into a neighborhood, Oregon authorities said.

The goat climbed on top of a home and onto the roof, photos posted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office show.

“Deputies called to this Bethany area home found Gus the Goat doing his best Rudolph the Reindeer impression,” the sheriff’s office said Nov. 14 on Twitter.

Officials didn’t say how long the goat was on the roof, but a favorite snack got him back on the ground.

“His owner lured him down with, what else, french fries,” authorities said.

People were shocked to see a goat on top of a home in the town just 10 miles west of Portland.

“Don’t know what I’m surprised about more; the goat being on a roof or the fact that it was lured down by french fries,” one person said on Twitter.

This story was originally published November 16, 2021 at 10:19 AM with the headline "A goat named Gus climbed onto an Oregon roof, photos show. French fries got him down."

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Maddie Capron
Idaho Statesman
Maddie Capron is a McClatchy Real-Time News Reporter focused on the outdoors and wildlife in the western U.S. She graduated from Ohio University and previously worked at CNN, the Idaho Statesman and Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism.
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