The Christmas goat of Gävle

Come on goaty.. you can do it

 

Hope you’re not tempting fate Tim, still a few days to go. The pyromaniacs must be twitching about now.

 

Every time I see a response on this thread I always think "Uh Oh!"

Fingers crossed

Alec.

 

It made it

 

Good-oh!

 

What happens now with the goat?

 

@Wim it’s not over yet :-)
Reading through the older threads it stays until just after the new yr (hope ive got that right?), then it is dismantled

fingers crossed still

edit : there is a little hut on the right hand side there with a security person; occasionally you will see him walking about and talking into his radio..

 

Well, he made Christmas and New Year ..

 

Happy Days!

 

So - this year's goat seems immune to fire so far:

A global Christmas symbol

 

From fire, perhaps, but not totally immune!
He has been suffering bad from bird attacks the last week...
Apparently the straw he was made of this year still had plenty of grain left, so it has actually been quite a bird problem

 

That’s a shame.. as if he hasn’t got enough to worry about..

 

I spent luch reading this thread from beginning to end and chakling the who way thru over all the banter isn't it a pity that they have pixelated the live feed, sometime GDPR is just used as an excuse by pencil pushing nitwits! - goaty is still OK as I check it out tonight!

 

Hmm.. the web cam is displaying a strange picture ?
hope everything is ok in Gavle

 

I think the camera housing just simply is partially covered with snow.
It has been quite windy, so the snow fall has been more horizontal, so to speak.

 

Ah, that makes sense
Thanks Christer !

 

now the blizzard has passed it is possible to see all..
The birds have come back with a vengeance and the poor Goat is getting stripped of his straw :/

 

Poor goatie.
He surely has a tough life every Christmas season in one way or the other...

 

Love that goat!!!
Happy Holidays to all!!
(The old man)

 

Well, he made 2024 but surely a shadow of the goat he was just a few short weeks ago :/

still being guarded..

 

Doing OK for 2024 but still with all that silly pixelation. Not needed.

Gävle's brilliant Christmas symbol

 

Thanks @JonD

forgot all about the goat this yr
wasn’t much left last yr.. the birds had it all away :/

 

Screenshot 2024 for posterity:

 

He made it into 2025 too!

 

Another cause for celebration! Did they have to shoot a lot of birds to keep him looking so good? Just joking, wouldn’t like to think of any birds being harmed.

 

@Jean J :-)

i think Christer mentioned that last yr with bad weather they couldn’t get all the grain/seeds from the straw so thats what attracted the birds?
(or something similar)

this was a screenshot from 2am new yrs day and i thought i could see a smile from mr. goat ?



it may have been the mulled wine

 

Yes, you are remembering correctly.
The former years goat was made with straws still containing grains, and that's not very clever birdwise...

/Christer

 

…So, you could say that the idea was a bit “bird” brained!!! …