# Is it more pathetic to be afraid of ghosts or goats?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-pathetic-to-be-afraid-of-ghosts-or-goats/659069>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 22, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-pathetic-to-be-afraid-of-ghosts-or-goats/659069 "2013-05-22T21:21:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-pathetic-to-be-afraid-of-ghosts-or-goats/659069/41 "2013-05-23T21:10:38Z")

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A big billy goat can really lay the hurt down on you, but ghosts don’t exist, so the worst thing that could happen is you being spooked.

“Haunted house”? Depends on the neighborhood. There was one I was in, that was in such a bad area, that without there being a good number of us , well armed- no thanks.

OTOH, a “petting zoo goat”? Pretty pathetic.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-pathetic-to-be-afraid-of-ghosts-or-goats/659069/42 "2013-05-23T21:36:17Z")

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Well, if a guy named **DrDeth** is afraid of a “haunted house”, I am too.  
And here’s some help if you were scarred by a goat as a child:[The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation](http://www.goat-trauma.org/)

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-pathetic-to-be-afraid-of-ghosts-or-goats/659069/43 "2013-05-23T23:42:48Z")

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> [@donkeyoatey](#):
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> Well, if a guy named **DrDeth** is afraid of a “haunted house”, I am too.  
> And here’s some help if you were scarred by a goat as a child:[The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation](http://www.goat-trauma.org/)

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> “Through its programs and workshops, individuals from all walks of life have been able to live happier and more fulfilling lives, without the ever-present ghosts of their personal goat traumas.”

Ghosts of goat traumas! It’s the scariest thing of all!

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-pathetic-to-be-afraid-of-ghosts-or-goats/659069/44 "2013-05-24T05:36:17Z")

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The one that doesn’t exist obviously.

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