The Christmas goat in Gävle, Sweden, traditionally burned down tonight, and its longest survival-streak of 5 years is finally over. May the gods be happy.
In Sweden there is a huge straw goat known as Gävlebocken (the Gävle goat) which gets burned down or destroyed by people almost every year. As of today, it has survived for five years in a row which is a new record.
Gävle Goat has been burned, first time since 2016 bbc.com/news/world-europe…
Each year in Gävle, Sweden, they erect a huge straw goat, and almost every year since the beginning, some jackass has burned it down. 2016 started the longest streak that the goat went unburned, and 2021 ended it.
After a 4 year survival streak, the Gävle Goat has been destroyed twitter.com/Gavlebocken/s…
The Gävle goat - Xmas Peculiar Portions Podcast #34 youtube.com/watch?v=oXqsY…
The Christmas goat in Gävle, Sweden, traditionally burned down tonight, and its longest survival-streak of 5 years is finally over. May the gods be happy.
This restaurant in Gävle, Sweden, a city known for having a Christmas goat that gets burned down every year, has a neon sign of said burning goat (see other pictures for burnt-down goat and goat sign)
THE GÄVLE GOAT HAS BURNED!
NATURE IS HEALING, REJOICE, SPREAD THE NEWS!
Every year before Christmas, the people of Gävle in Sweden erect a large Yule Goat made from straw. And every year, someone burns it down. This has been going on since 1966. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
Would love to see a H3 deep dive on the Gävle goat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat
The Christmas goat in Gävle, Sweden, traditionally burned down tonight, and its longest survival-streak of 5 years is finally over. May the gods be happy.
[#19|+7075|334] TIL that every year since 1966 a giant goat out of straw called "Gävle Goat" has been built in Sweden around Christmas. Despite extensive security measures/it yielding a prison sentence, every year Swedes have found a way to … [r/todayilearned] reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
[todayilearned] TIL that every year since 1966 a giant goat out of straw called "Gävle Goat" has been built in Sweden around Christmas. Despite extensive security measures/it yielding a prison sentence, every year Swedes have found a way to sneakily burn the goat to the ground, forming a goat-arson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
TIL about the Gävle Goat, a huge Yule Goat made of straw errected in the days before christmas in the town of Gävle, Sweden. There are many security messures to keep it standing as, since it's first appearance in 1966, it has been destroyed 37 times. Most times by arson. visitgavle.se/en/about-ga…
The Gävle Goat is a Christmas display erected annually Sweden. It is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. Despite security measures and the nearby presence of a fire station, it has been the subject of repeated arson attacks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
Seasonal greetings from Sweden and Gävle’s Christmas Goat!🎄🐐
TIL about the Gävle Goat, a 3 ton annual Christmas display in the Swedish town of Gävle that has been a target for vandals since the tradition started. Damaging the goat carries a minimum 3 month prison sentence and vandals have gone as far as hacking into the security cameras to disable them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gäv…
This year's Gävle Goat has quietly survived over a week so far. thelocal.se/20201130/toda…
TIL of the Gävle Goat, a straw goat put up and burned almost every year since 1966 in Gävle Sweden. One problem though: the owners hate it when people burn it down and doing so can carry a prison sentence of up to 3 months. bbc.com/news/world-europe…
God (belated) Jul from Las Vegas! Although the big Gävle goat didn’t burn, this little jävla goat did.
What happens to Gävle goat when it survives?
Where does it go? Is it stored or something? Secretly burned? 😂
Gävle goat - A Giant Straw Goat with a long history of pranksters burning it down each year en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
New Yorker here. Lived in Sweden for a while. Told my wife about the Gävle goat, and she wanted to recreate it on a smaller scale tonight. God jul!
Felix pls review the survival of the Swedish goat (Gävle Goat) It is my favourite goat
It's that time of the year again: Arson as a Christmas Tradition: The Gävle Goat youtube.com/watch?v=-zjJp…
The Gävle Christmas Goat - the race is on to see if anyone burns it down before Christmas or if it survives visitgavle.se/en/gavle-go…
The Gävle Goat | THE OFFICIAL HISTORY | HD FOOTAGE youtube.com/watch?v=9VFZq…
Arson as a Christmas Tradition: The Gävle Goat youtu.be/-zjJpFYtx9s
TIL that every Christmas since 1966 the town of Gävle, Sweden has built a giant 43ft tall Swedish Yule Goat (Julbock) made of straw. In the 53 years since the annual tradition started - despite fences, guards, and security cameras - it has been burned down/destroyed 37 times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
TIL of the Gävle Goat, a large hay goat erected annually during Christmas since 1966 in Gävle, Sweden. Almost every single year that it has been constructed vandals have found a way to destroy it, usually by fire despite the efforts by firefighters and security. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
Every year, the Swedish city of Gävle erects a giant Christmas goat made of straw. It has become famous for being destroyed in arson attacks most years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
Gävle's ill-fated Christmas goat survives as smaller sibling burns thelocal.se/20191227/gavl…
The Gävle Goat 2012 youtu.be/ryF6_89BYJE
Sweden's Gävle Christmas goat ready to return for festive season. The game is on. thelocal.se/20181201/swed…
Arson as a Christmas Tradition: The Gävle Goat youtube.com/watch?v=-zjJp…
Killing Gävle - documentary about that Swedish goat tradition youtube.com/watch?v=Wom8q…
2019 Gävle Goat Death Drive
Yes, we should be donating to charity all the time and getting small enough to pass through the eye of that needle, but we should also have a little bit of fun before our organs get sold to Russia. So, in that spirit--
#Welcome to the 2019 Gävle Goat Death Drive!
If you'd like to get involved, all you have to do is leave a comment or DM me with your chosen side (Save or BURN!). Then, we wait. Whomever is on the losing side (picked BURN! and the goat survives, and vice versa) will be pledged to making a $5 donation to a charity/non-profit. The lucky recipient on the Save side will be Direct Relief, and the BURN! side will benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center. Oh, and as an extra incentive, the sum total of all the $5 donations will be matched. And before you ask, yes, I'm aware of the second goat. If you want to pick a side on that one in addition to the main goat, you are more than welcome--and you are also welcome to bump your potential pledge up to $10. :loki:
If you're on the BURN! side and want to have some extra fun, pick the date on which you think the goat will burn. If you pick the right date, you will win a real, tangible prize. All it will require you to do is provide a real address to which the prize can be mailed, and that will be taken care of in case the goat is reduced to ashes. (Note: there will be no additional prizes for picking the date of the death for the second goat.)
Thank you for joining in, and enjoy the ride!
Using drones to burn down the Gävle goat medium.com/@aleattorium/u…
Arson as a Christmas Tradition: The Gävle Goat youtube.com/watch?v=-zjJp…
Are bookmakers taking bets on whether or not the Gävle Goat will survive this Christmas? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
Every year, the Swedish city of Gävle puts up a giant christmas goat made out of straw. It is burnt down by arsonists almost every year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gäv…
TIL about Gävlebocken - Gävle goat. It's a goat made of hay every Christmas in Gävle, Sweden, and almost every single year since the beginning of this tradition in 1966 it has been damaged or downright destroyed by vandals, usually by fire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
TIL of the Gävle Goat, a giant straw goat that is often destroyed by arsonists at Christmas bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro…
In Gävle, Sweden, the gigantic Christmas goat made of straw has been burned for the 34th time. Arson is committed on the goat every year. thelocal.se/20151227/swed…
TIL of the Gävle goat, a giant, straw Swedish Yule Goat erected annually at Slottstorget, Sweden. In a bizarre tradition, the goat has been burned to the ground by arsonists most years since its first appearance in 1966, despite the best efforts of security and fire fighters to protect it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C…
