Goat Detained In Armed Robbery

Nigerian police are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. "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," said Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed. He should have turned into a car and drove away.

more pictures of the goat

[Anonymous Coward]

http://goatse.fr/ [goatse.fr]

Everyone can turn into a goat. Right?

[avitkus]

Since when can people turn into goats? What is wrong with these people?

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[morgan_greywolf]

What do you mean "what?"

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[mcgrew]

You ca-a-a-a-n't turn people into goats! Ba-a-a-a! Humbug!

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[morgan_greywolf]

You apparently haven't seen "Charmed". ;) Hey! Why are you all looking at me like that? Alyssa Milano is hot!!

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[Valdrax]

Not that uncommon of a belief in Nigeria. You really underestimate the level of superstition in some African countries. Not only a "witch hunts" and killings a regular enough thing, but so are ritual killings to cut off body parts for sale to traditional animistic shamans. [csicop.org]

You didn't think the whole world has adopted modern, Western sensibilities about the presence of supernatural monsters and black sorcerers behind every rock and tree? Take away the use of human body parts in tribal rituals, we weren't a

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[zig007]

I happen to think a culture is way worse off into superstition when it has managed to make a large portion of the populace to participate in a uniform and officially sanctioned belief system compared to just having people believing stuff they feel like believing. Incredibly medieval.
Financial crisis? Lack of innovation? Internationally ridiculed? Well, I, for one, isn't surprised.

So I'd say it almost worse in the U.S. when a leader of a country have to confess to believe in gods in the heavens(far cooler th

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[Pennidren]

so, in summary, the carjacker *did* turn into a goat and christ *did not* die for our sins?

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[zig007]

My point exactly. :-)

That wasn't a goat

[thirty2bit]

He's an unregistered animagus who has escaped from, er, you know.

Whats he been smoking

[He who knows]

The title says it all.

Vigilantes detained

[Codex_of_Wisdom]

on suspicion of drug possession.

Wouldn't that technically be "legged" robbery?

[rcleme05]

..and apparently he's got four of them, so that's four charges against him right there. Perhaps he'll meet a mule in prison?