http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE50M4BM20090123

 

I thought at first this was an animal rights story. A big day for PETA, right? Animals finally taken so seriously that we can even hold them accountable for their crimes against humanity! Er, so to speak.

 

But it turns out this story has a rather unfortunate twist. You see, it's not a goat that the authorities arrested at all. It's actually a man who turned into a goat in order to evade the police.

 

"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.

 

Oh dear, we can't have that, now can we?

 

Fortunately there is a bit of sunshine at the end of the tunnel:

 

"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat," he said.

 

Yes, um, well... I suppose if they have any trouble with that, they can always just kill the goat and ask John Edward to communicate with it. I'm sure he'll milk that goat for all its worth!

oh I dunno... I`v seen people turn into an Alley before.

Hasn't this sort of thing happened before? I'm thinking Massachusetts circa Salem witch trials where reality mattered not and mysticism held sway.

Except that was multiple centuries ago... Would the same thing be tolerated in this day and age in Massachusetts? Therein lies the problem with this happening as we speak in Nigeria.

Well, many people ARE trying to get creationism taught alongside evolution, so TBH, I'm not so sure we'd have a problem with it in this day and age in the US.

Well, it is sadly the same place this goes on.

 

http://www.thebody.com/content/news/art40835.html

 

(though it is not limited to Nigeria)