Officers Wrangle Runaway Goats Corralled By Woman

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — Instead of wrangling criminals, a pair of Howard County police officers found themselves rounding up critters who were on the loose.

The officers' body cams recorded the interaction between two women who came across two goats who were on the lam.

“OK, this is interesting,” an officer can be heard saying as he approached the women standing near the runaway goats they corralled in a parking lot.

“Do you know where they may have come from?” the officer asked.

The women laughed and said, “We came from up a hill, and they just ran down there…” They couldn't help but capture the moment on camera and convinced one of the officers to pose with them and the goats.

When the owner arrived, she had a few sharp words for her goats.

“You guys are so bad,” she said while one of the goats bleated loudly as if to sass back. “You’re awful. You know… how’re we gonna get you back?”

One of the Howard County police officers offered to help the owner walk the goats home, which is where the body cam video ended.

Photo courtesy of the Howard County Police