{"id":74727,"date":"2016-11-29T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T20:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/11\/29\/arrghigiveup-empress-delilah\/"},"modified":"2018-08-31T03:38:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:38:41","slug":"arrghigiveup-empress-delilah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/11\/29\/arrghigiveup-empress-delilah\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-74727 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/11\/29\/arrghigiveup-empress-delilah\/attachment\/74728\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tumblr_my812aK99j1qe4s65o1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tumblr_my812aK99j1qe4s65o1_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tumblr_my812aK99j1qe4s65o1_1280-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arrghigiveup.tumblr.com\/post\/153766660947\/empress-delilah-empress-delilah\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">arrghigiveup<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/empress-delilah.tumblr.com\/post\/153751679184\/dornishjedi-wannabanauthor-kablob17\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">empress-delilah<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/empress-delilah.tumblr.com\/post\/153680270369\/dornishjedi-wannabanauthor-kablob17\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">empress-delilah<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dornishjedi.tumblr.com\/post\/153591624222\/wannabanauthor-kablob17-cindehella\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">dornishjedi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/wannabanauthor.tumblr.com\/post\/136497273463\" target=\"_blank\">wannabanauthor<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/kablob17.tumblr.com\/post\/136409822504\" target=\"_blank\">kablob17<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/cindehella.tumblr.com\/post\/133094223982\" target=\"_blank\">cindehella<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/lord-kitschener.tumblr.com\/post\/99811372263\" target=\"_blank\">lord-kitschener<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/arealliveghost.tumblr.com\/post\/99620791793\" target=\"_blank\">arealliveghost<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/stillvisions.tumblr.com\/post\/87103543728\" target=\"_blank\">stillvisions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/maybenotboring.tumblr.com\/post\/70806387681\" target=\"_blank\">maybenotboring<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>and at no point has anyone thought \u201cmaybe we should not build a giant flammable goat this year\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They tried fireproofing. And armed guards. And fences, and cameras\u2026 Sadly the wikipedia page has been cut down by super srs folks to remove <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501\" target=\"_blank\">all the awesome Keystone cops tale<\/a>s of the goat\u2019s history (emphasis added by me)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong>1966<\/strong>\u00a0Stig Gavl\u00e9n came up with the idea of a giant goat made out of straw. But it turned out that Gavl\u00e9n organisation did not have enough funding for the goat. Then Harry Str\u00f6m, who at that time was the chairman of the S\u00f6dra Kungsgatan Ideella F\u00f6rening (a non-profit society), decided to pay the whole cost for the goat out of his own pocket. <strong>The goat stood until midnight of New Year\u2019s Eve, when it went up in flames.<\/strong> The perpetrator, who was from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hofors\" title=\"Hofors\" target=\"_blank\">Hofors<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%A4strikland\" title=\"G\u00e4strikland\" target=\"_blank\">G\u00e4strikland<\/a>, was found and convicted of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vandalism\" title=\"Vandalism\" target=\"_blank\">vandalism<\/a>. The first goat was insured and Str\u00f6m got all his money back.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><sup><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1967<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing happened.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1968<\/strong>\u00a0The goat <strong>survived<\/strong>. A fence was built around the goat. Previously it was popular for children to play hide-and-seek inside and around the goat. There was also a rumor that one night a couple had sex inside the goat. In subsequent years the inside of the goat was protected by a chicken-wire net.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1969<\/strong>\u00a0The goat was <strong>burnt down on New Year\u2019s Eve<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1970<\/strong>\u00a0The goat was <strong>burnt down<\/strong> only six hours after it was assembled. Two very drunk teenagers were connected with the crime. With help from several financial contributors the goat was reassembled out of lake reed.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-Sploid-18\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1971<\/strong>\u00a0The Southern Merchants got tired of their goats being burned and stopped building the goat. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natural_Science\" title=\"Natural Science\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Science<\/a>\u00a0Club (Naturvetenskapliga F\u00f6reningen:NF) from the School of Vasa (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Vasaskolan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Vasaskolan (page does not exist)\" target=\"_blank\">Vasaskolan<\/a>) took over.\u00a0<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-Sploid-18\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1972<\/strong>\u00a0The goat<strong> collapsed<\/strong> because of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabotage\" title=\"Sabotage\" target=\"_blank\">sabotage<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1973<\/strong>\u00a0N\/A<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1974<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1975<\/strong>\u00a0N\/A<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1976<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Hit by a car<\/strong>.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-BBC2008-20\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1977<\/strong>\u00a0N\/A<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1978<\/strong>\u00a0Again, the goat was<strong> kicked to pieces<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1979<\/strong>\u00a0The goat was burnt even before it was erected.<strong> A new one was built and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fireproof\" title=\"Fireproof\" target=\"_blank\">fireproofed<\/a>. It was destroyed and broken into pieces.<\/strong><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-Sploid-18\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1980<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt down<\/strong> on Christmas Eve.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing happened.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt down<\/strong> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Lucy%27s_Day\" title=\"Saint Lucy's Day\" target=\"_blank\">Lucia<\/a>\u00a0(13 December).<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0The <strong>legs were destroyed<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt down<\/strong> on 12 December, the night before Lucia.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0The 12.5 metre (41\u00a0ft) tall goat of the Natural Science Club was featured in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinness_Book_of_Records\" title=\"Guinness Book of Records\" target=\"_blank\">Guinness Book of Records<\/a>\u00a0for the first time. <strong>Even though the goat was enclosed by a 2 metres (6.6\u00a0ft) high metal fence, guarded by Securitas and even soldiers from the G\u00e4vle I 14\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infantry\" title=\"Infantry\" target=\"_blank\">Infantry<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regiment\" title=\"Regiment\" target=\"_blank\">Regiment<\/a>, it was burnt down in Januar<\/strong>y.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0The merchants of G\u00e4vle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. From 1986 on two goats were built, the Southern Merchants\u2019 and the School of Vasa\u2019s. The big goat <strong>burnt down<\/strong> the night before Christmas Eve.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>A heavily fireproofed goat was built. It got burnt down a week before Christmas<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-21\" target=\"_blank\">[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing happened to the goat, but gamblers were for the first time able to gamble on the fate of the goat with English\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bookmaker\" title=\"Bookmaker\" target=\"_blank\">bookmakers<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-Sploid-18\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0Again, the goat <strong>burnt down before it was assembled<\/strong>. Financial contributions from the public were raised to rebuild a goat that was burnt down in January. In March 1990 another goat was built, this time for the shooting of a Swedish\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motion_picture\" title=\"Motion picture\" target=\"_blank\">motion picture<\/a>\u00a0called\u00a0<em>Black Jack<\/em>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Nothing happened<\/strong>. The goat was guarded by many volunteers.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0The goat was joined by an advertising\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sled\" title=\"Sled\" target=\"_blank\">sled<\/a>, that turned out to be illegally built. On the morning of Christmas Eve the goat was <strong>burnt down<\/strong>. It was later rebuilt to be taken to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stockholm\" title=\"Stockholm\" target=\"_blank\">Stockholm<\/a>\u00a0as a part of a protest campaign against the closing of the I 14 Infantry Regiment.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>The goat was burnt down eight days after it was built. The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat burnt down the same night. The Southern Merchants\u2019 goat was rebuilt, but burned down on 20 December.<\/strong> The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. The Goat Committee was founded in 1992.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0Once more the goat was featured in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinness_Book_of_Records\" title=\"Guinness Book of Records\" target=\"_blank\">Guinness Book of Records<\/a>, the School of Vasa\u2019s goat measured 14.9 metres (49\u00a0ft). The goat was <strong>guarded by taxis and the Swedish Home Guard<\/strong>. Nothing happened.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing happened. The goat followed the Swedish national hockey team to Italy for the World Championship in hockey.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. <strong>Burnt down on the morning of Christmas Day<\/strong>. Rebuilt to be standing before the 550th anniversary of G\u00e4vle\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/County\" title=\"County\" target=\"_blank\">county<\/a>.<sup><\/sup><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-christmasgoat-12\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0The first time the goat was guarded by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Webcam\" title=\"Webcam\" target=\"_blank\">webcams<\/a>, nothing happened.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1997<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Damaged by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fireworks\" title=\"Fireworks\" target=\"_blank\">fireworks<\/a><\/strong>. The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damage.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-AP2005-19\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1998<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt down<\/strong> on 11 December, even though there was a major\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blizzard\" title=\"Blizzard\" target=\"_blank\">blizzard<\/a>. Was rebuilt.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>1999<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt down<\/strong> only a couple of hours after it was erected. Rebuilt again before Lucia. The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat was burnt down as well.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2000<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt<\/strong> down a couple of days before New Year\u2019s Eve. The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat got tossed in the G\u00e4vle river.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2001<\/strong>\u00a0Goat <strong>set on fire<\/strong> on 23 December by Lawrence Jones, a 51-year-old visitor from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland,_Ohio\" title=\"Cleveland, Ohio\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland, Ohio<\/a>, who spent 18 days in jail and was subsequently convicted and ordered to pay 100,000\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swedish_krona\" title=\"Swedish krona\" target=\"_blank\">Swedish kronor<\/a>\u00a0in damages. The court confiscated Jones\u2019s cigarette lighter with the argument that he clearly was not able to handle it. Jones stated in court that he was no \u201cgoat burner\u201d, and believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition. After Jones was released from jail he went straight back to the US without paying his fine. As of 2006\u00a0it was still unpaid. The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat was also<strong> burnt down<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-DagensNyheter-7\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><sup><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0A 22 year old from Stockholm tried to set the Southern Merchants\u2019 goat on fire, but failed, the goat receiving only <strong>minor damage<\/strong>. On Lucia the goat was guarded by Swedish radio and TV personality\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gert_Fylking\" title=\"Gert Fylking\" target=\"_blank\">Gert Fylking<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-24\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2003<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt down<\/strong> on 12 December.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2004<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt 21 December<\/strong>, only three days before Christmas Eve. The fire brigade quickly arrived on the scene, but the goat could not be saved. No new goat was built.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-CityGuide-5\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2005<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Burnt by unknown vandals reportedly dressed as Santa and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gingerbread_man\" title=\"Gingerbread man\" target=\"_blank\">gingerbread man<\/a>, by shooting a flaming arrow at the goat at 21:00 on 3 December<\/strong>.\u00a0Reconstructed on 5 December. The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3\u2019s \u201c<em>Most Wanted<\/em>\u201c (\u201d<em>Efterlyst<\/em>\u201d) on 8 December.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2006<\/strong>\u00a0On the night of 15 December at 03:00, someone tried to set fire to the goat by dousing the right front leg in petrol (gasoline). The red\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ribbon\" title=\"Ribbon\" target=\"_blank\">ribbon<\/a>\u00a0on that leg was slightly burned and fell off. The lower part of the right leg was scorched, but the rest of the goat failed to light. The leg was repaired that morning.\u00a0The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat was burned at about 00:40 on 20 December; the vandals were not seen and got away.\u00a0On the night of 25 December, a drunken man managed to climb up on the goat. Before the police arrived on the scene the man climbed down and disappeared.\u00a0He did not try to set fire to the goat. The Southern Merchants\u2019 goat survived New Year\u2019s Eve and was taken down on 2 January. It is now stored in a secret location.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-31\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2007<\/strong>\u00a0The Natural Science Club\u2019s goat was <strong>toppled<\/strong> on 13 December and was burned on the night of 24 December.\u00a0The Southern Merchants\u2019 goat survived.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a010,000 people turned out for the inauguration of one of the goats. No back-up goat was built to replace the main goat should the worst happen, nor was the goat treated with flame repellent (Anna \u00d6stman, spokesperson of the Goat-committee said the repellent made it look ugly in the previous years, like a brown terrier).\u00a0On 16 December the Natural Science Club\u2019s Goat was vandalised and later removed. On 26 December there was an attempt to burn down the Southern Merchants\u2019 Goat but patriotic passers-by managed to extinguish the fire. The following day the goat finally <strong>succumbed to the flames<\/strong> ignited by an unknown assailant at 03:50 CET.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2009<\/strong>\u00a0A person attempted to set the Southern Merchants\u2019 goat on fire the night of 7 December.\u00a0An unsuccessful attempt was made to throw the Natural Science Club\u2019s goat into the river the weekend of 11 December. The culprit then tried, again without success, to set the goat on fire.\u00a0<strong>Someone stole the Natural Science Club\u2019s goat<\/strong> utilizing a truck the night of 14 December.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-36\" target=\"_blank\">[36]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0On the night of 23 December before 04:00 the South Merchant goat was <strong>set on fire and was burned to the frame<\/strong>, even though it had a thick layer of snow on its back.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-37\" target=\"_blank\">[37]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The goat had two online webcams which were <strong>put out of service by a<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denial-of-service_attack\" title=\"Denial-of-service attack\" target=\"_blank\">DoS attack<\/a>, instigated by computer hackers<\/strong> just before the burning.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-38\" target=\"_blank\">[38]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2010<\/strong>\u00a0On the night of 2 December, arsonists made an unsuccessful attempt to burn the Natural Science Club\u2019s goat.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-39\" target=\"_blank\">[39]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0On 17 December, <strong>a Swedish news site reported that one of the guards tasked with protecting the Southern Merchants\u2019 goat had been offered payment to leave his post so that the goat could be stolen via helicopter and transported to Stockholm<\/strong>.\u00a0Both goats survived and were dismantled and returned to storage in early January 2011.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-41\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0The inauguration of the goat took place on 27 November. The fire-fighters of G\u00e4vle sprayed the goat with water to create a coating of ice in the hope of protecting it from arson.\u00a0The goat was <strong>burnt down<\/strong> in the early morning of 2 December.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-43\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0The inauguration of the goat took place on 2 December. It was <strong>burnt just ten days later<\/strong> in the hours before midnight of 12 December, one day before Lucia.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-44\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><sup><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0As in 2006 and 2007, the straw used to build the goat has been soaked in anti-flammable liquid to prevent it from burning in the event of an arson attack.\u00a0The inauguration ceremony took place on 1 December. <strong>But despite the anti-flammable liquids the goat was burnt down on the early morning of December 21<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=G%C3%A4vle_goat&amp;oldid=587050501#cite_note-47\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any history of plots involving a DDoS attack on the security cameras, a plot to steal it with a helicopter and flaming arrows shot by people dressed as Santa and the Gingerbread man is just plain hilarious in my book.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m laughing so much about this goat. obviously if you build something big enough people are going to have sex in it and burn it down. obviously<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>what the fuck is going on in sweden<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/b6207bedde108421958a14a0338313f9\/tumblr_inline_o10hymRNXM1rgjsjd_540.png\" class=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>how will the saga continue this year<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>2015<\/b>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/offbeat\/articles\/2015-12-27\/once-again-giant-yule-goat-burns-in-sweden\" target=\"_blank\">The goat was burned.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I lost it at the last comment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reblog for the season.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>the time of the goat is upon us!<\/p>\n<p>2016 update: it\u2019s the 50th anniversary so, naturally, it needs a birthday party. Streamed, apparently w a fu<i>cking english commentator<\/i> for all the world to enjoy. It\u2019s gonna be cringeworthy for sure. Also, it\u2019s wearing a bow tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/3ed248f04cb1a170210ed347bc825810\/tumblr_inline_oh8wqcWgKm1qm4i3q_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>which probably won\u2019t dissuade aspiring goat murderers any more than its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gavlebocken\" target=\"_blank\">cutesy tweets<\/a> have, but can\u2019t fault them for trying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>lmao ok<\/p>\n<p>it lasted a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/2c5e69fdeae8815520ed28930e4dcf26\/tumblr_inline_ohbs4eMvU51qm4i3q_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>adshflaglkhjak<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/57bb14f7b4b7072f71baa19bb449af35\/tumblr_inline_ohcbgb7GbY1qhrzpz_540.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>arrghigiveup: empress-delilah: empress-delilah: dornishjedi: wannabanauthor: kablob17: cindehella: lord-kitschener: arealliveghost: stillvisions: maybenotboring: and at no point has anyone thought \u201cmaybe we should not build a giant flammable goat this year\u201d They tried fireproofing. 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