Wily goats fool Snowdonia climbers and bait rescuers with ‘human’ cries for help – North Wales Live

Mountain rescuers in Snowdonia saw the funny side of an emergency call-out instigated by a gaggle of goggle-eyed goats.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (MRO) quipped the areas wild goats were now using human decoys and baiting the team with human-sounding voices.

This now proves the goats are on to us, sighed the team after it was dispatched to what turned out to be a false alarm.

Earlier the team had received reports from a climber on Idwal Slabs who had heard repeated shouts for help.

He could see a group of walkers standing together on broken ground on what he thought was the flank of Y Garn.

It later transpired he had been looking at Twll Du, the Devils Kitchen.

Fearing the worst, he alerted Ogwen Valley MRO, which decided to send out a small team to investigate even though no 999 calls had been made.

When team members met the climber, he told them the group was now moving slowly down the mountain.

After catching up with the group, they were met with blank looks.

They reported that they had heard goats bleating behind them all through their descent! said Ogwen Valley MRO on Facebook.

This now proves the goats have evolved their tactics to include human decoys to improve their chances of deploying the team on false alaaaarms.

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Some goats have an uncanny ability to mimic human sounds as their bleats have a similar pitch and timbre.

A few appear to yell like people, especially when disgruntled or hungry.

However they all have different bleats and YouTube videos abound with examples, from high-pitched screams to husky-voiced barks.

Ogwen Valley MRO took its goat encounter in good humour.

All joking aside, it was a false alarm with good intent, it wrote.

The team will always respond to peoples concerns for their fellow mountaineers.... and goats.

Know of other animals with human-like abilities? Share your stories in the comments section below.

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