Yelling Goat
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About
Yelling Goat refers to a viral video featuring a goat tied to a rope while it makes a bleating noise repeatedly. The video has been the subject of remix and parody videos, many of which associate its loud cry with various celebrities.
Origin
A video titled “Man Goat” was uploaded to YouTube by user SmoothFeather on November 30th, 2007. The video description claimed that the goat was discovered during a hike in Peru:
Justin Mclennan came across this goat while hiking in Peru. He couldn’t figure out who was yelling until he came across this little guy :)
The most viewed version of the video was re-uploaded by the latestvideoss[1] YouTube account on August 18th, 2008. It has received 3,228,298 views as of September 7th, 2011.
Spread
The video was posted to the site I Am Bored[4] on May 20th, 2008. BuzzFeed[5] posted the video on May 6th, 2009 and linked to a YouTube Doubler[3] page that played the track “Papers” by R&B performer Usher in sync with the goat’s cries on December 15th.[2] A post on the vegetarian blog site This Dish is Vegetarian[6] proclaimed that if there were to be a vegan mascot, it should be the yelling goat from the YouTube video.
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Search queries related to “yelling goat” started picking up in December of 2009, shortly after BuzzFeed posted the YouTube Doubler videos.
External Links
[1] YouTube – Goat yelling like a man
[2] BuzzFeed – Usher Featuring the Goat Who Yells Like a Man
[3] YouTube Doubler – Usher-Papers lyrics and HQ HD vs. Man Goat by VJ Ann O’Nymous
[5] BuzzFeed – Goat Yelling Like a Man
[6] This Dish is Vegetarian – If I were going to pick a vegan mascot it would be…
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