#arson goat

[sweaterkittensahoy]

A neighbor has two of these on their porch, and on the one hand, I wanna leave a box of matches with a bow. On the other, I don't want to freak them out.

Yesterday I went to IKEA and bought a small straw goat, since we are in temporary accommodation over Christmas and it would be nice to have something small and cheerful.

I come downstairs this morning to find THIS

Thanks, housemate

[jadeitor-art]

Jackdaws' Revenge 🐐🔥

Today I learned about the quality change of the staw to avoid the Jackdaws to eat the Gavle Goat again.

[thefloatingstone]

btw I would just like to point out that Gävlebocken wasn't burnt down in 2019 nor was it burned down in 2020.

And you saw how that went for us.

BURN THE OFFERING TO APPEASE THE OLD GODS!!!!

[has-the-gavle-goat-burned-yet]

what do they do with it if it doesn't get arsoned?

If the goat survived the season it gets taken down after New Year’s Day

[sweaterkittensahoy]

YES FEAST YES

Holy shit there are so many birds

[unicorn-elvis]

The Gävle Goat has made it to Christmas this year. Its success means that we, as Earth's only arson species, have failed.

[wesleyscreaming]

(i burn for certain traditions)

[sweaterkittensahoy]

FUN!!

since the gävlebocken didn't survive (bad luck) or get burned (good luck), i'm taking 'eaten by jackdaws' to mean 'secret third thing'

[yuhi-san]

i just realized that the gävle goat is not as famous outside of tumblr as i thought.

my friend and i are doing this new fantasy rpg which is already fn because the biggest issue our adventurer party has so far is, in fact, bureacracy (and the fact that half of them are extreamly picky eaters).

but i mentioned that my character Failynn (who is a siren but prone to accidental arson) would 'probably set the gävle goat on fire without meaning to'

and my friend went: the wat?

me: you know, the giant swedish straw goat they build in december but usually gets burned down by arsonist before christmas, its like a whole thing almost like a contest. except for last year where a bunch of birds picked it appart.

her: what the fuck kind of string of words is that

[left-hand-of-dorkness]

my approach would be to burn the gävlebocken and then scatter 300 pounds of birdseed around the perimeter, everybody wins

have we considered longbows and lighted arrows

[baddywronglegs]

I'm seeing so many posts about the Gävle Goat on Tumblr and I'm new here,

What does "Blaze" do?

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Honestly, this has been my favorite year with the goat just for the adventure of it all.

The goat has made it to the 26th!!

Barely.

[thornescratch]

It's going to be hilarious when we find out that Nicklas Backstrom only said he was stepping away from hockey because he wanted to concentrate fully on destroying the 2023 Gavle Goat.

[hurlumerlu]

I'm sorry.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Oooh, new goat destruction method just dropped!!

https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/gavlebockens-ovantade-hot-faglarna-ater-upp-den

Please tell me you read Swedish 😂

THE BIRDS ARE ON OUR SIDE!!!

Due to some change in how the straw was stored (i think) theres more actual seeds left on them and apparently a lot of birds have been slowly eating the goat 😂

yeah eat that goat!