Residents of a neighbourhood in California were left shocked when a herd for nearly 200 goats descended upon their streets on Tuesday evening. Zach Roelands, a 23-year-old living in San Jose, California, filmed a video of the goats storming the neighbourhood in an incident he described as “the craziest thing to happen all quarantine”. The bizarre footage has gone viral on social media, amusing millions.
Mr Roelands explained to USA Today that the goats are cordoned off on a hill behind his home for two or three days every year. This, he said, is done in order to “clear out the dead grass” in the area, which is prone to fires.
This year, the goats somehow managed to escape their enclosure and made their way to the streets.
“They jumped up and … broke through the fence,” he said.
“Eventually they escaped into the street and started eating all the plants in … everyone’s front yard,” Mr Roelands said.