--- title: "Watch 40 Ravenous Goats Terrorize an Unsuspecting Suburb" description: "An unexpected herd of 40 goats wandered through a Texas development, munching on lawns and landscaping as they went." date: "2023-06-23" modified: "2023-06-23" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/goats-descend-upon-suburb" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "animals" - "goats" - "texas" - "the digest" --- # Watch 40 Ravenous Goats Terrorize an Unsuspecting Suburb ![An unexpected herd of 40 goats wandered through a Texas development, munching on lawns and landscaping as they went.]() *\Image: WFAA\* ## Bleating Pillagers Hide your kids, hide your wife. Footage shared by [Dallas-based news station *WFAA*]() shows residents of a sleepy Dallas suburb waking up to an unexpected herd of roughly 40 goats wandering through their development, munching on lawns and landscaping as they went. "We woke up and I said, 'You won't fucking believe what happened on the Cove this morning,'" local resident Garrett Piersall told *WFAA*. "I think they ate a little bit from everybody's yard all the way around the circle here," he continued. "One of the guys on two legs was just eating my tree. It was pretty wild." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsoOzZffsNo ## Totes McGoats As videos captured by multiple security cameras show, the goats were extremely docile — just a little peckish. Who hasn't been there? "They were coming down the road really slowly," added Mike Danielson, another resident of the goated development, "and kinda chilled out right here." The goats were initially tasked with eating down vegetation, helping the development during fire season. But they ended up over a mile off-course. Piersall wasn't too dismayed. In fact, the goats did him a favor when it came to some bushes on his property. "It actually did us a favor because we were probably going to pull them this week or next anyway," he told *WFAA*. ## A Neighborhood Blessing According to the report, the 40 goats in question actually escaped from a herd of about *500* hungry cohorts that had been unleashed on a different nearby. Though the firm in charge of the goats declined to comment on the story, the company has since restored all overly-chomped flower beds, gardens, and bushes. "They took care of things very quickly," Danielson told WFAA, adding that a neighbor's munched-down flowers were "replaced in a couple hours." At the end of the day, we're very happy that the loose goats have been returned to their flock, and that everyone's landscaping has since been restored. And judging from interviews with the residents, it seems like neighborhood inhabitants mostly just got a good laugh out of the ordeal. We simply must stan these hungry escapees — may they bless another unsuspecting Texas development again soon. **More on animals we love:** [*Hallelujah! The Mighty “Chonkasaurus” Turtle Has Been Spotted Again*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()