# Screaming goats - are they really goats making those sounds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 14, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176 "2013-08-14T01:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/1 "2013-08-14T01:45:51Z")
Those [screaming goat videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0) that went viral on YouTube a few months back - I just accepted them at face value. ‘Sure, those are real goats making those sounds.’ But then, today, as I showed the screaming goat clips to a friend who had never seen them before (!), he expressed his skepticism, saying ‘Those have to be dubbed.’ Well, fellow Dopers, there is the question. Are there really goats out there in the wide world who produce these sounds that sound like human screams, or is it yet another computer trick that has preyed upon my gullible and trusting nature? ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/2 "2013-08-14T02:02:17Z")
yes Police went to investigate what sounds like a person yelling… and found found a goat. > **[Police mistake goat for screaming man](https://metro.co.uk/2013/04/04/angry-goat-fools-police-searching-for-man-screaming-for-help-3582834/)** > > Goats imitating humans is a trend that appears to be growing after one managed to fool the police with his angry screams. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/3 "2013-08-14T02:05:42Z")
Yes. I was just at the county ag fair the other day. Goats everywhere, making all kinds of noises, some of them just like those. The sheep were making similar noises when they were getting sheared. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/4 "2013-08-14T13:03:48Z")
Get on YouTube and look up “Taylor Swift trouble goat”. I almost crapped myself. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/5 "2013-08-14T13:25:13Z")
There’s a thread on this from a while ago… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/6 "2013-08-14T20:07:40Z")
I wish it were dubbed, but I gotta tell you, those are some noisy bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/7 "2013-08-14T21:11:41Z")
Even the last one? “Yeeeeeeaaaah!” ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/8 "2013-08-14T21:54:10Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Get on YouTube and look up “Taylor Swift trouble goat”. I just had to try it. Be sure to get the FULL VERSION WITH EXTRA GOATS 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/9 "2013-08-15T01:33:57Z")
Many thanks, everyone - my faith in the intarwebs is restored. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/10 "2013-08-15T01:39:58Z")
There’s a small zoo / wildlife preserve / thingy I’ve visited a few times that has a handful of goats with a really human-sounding noise. They sound exactly like a grumpy old man yelling, “Bah!” Those screaming goat videos are wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/11 "2013-08-15T06:15:41Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Even the last one? “Yeeeeeeaaaah!” I turned it off after about 3 seconds, because\* this is my fucking miserable existence!\* My wife has one out there that shrieks like a burned infant! Fucking goats… And people wonder why I crank the sound system out in my garage at 120db while playing drums. (of course, I know its to cover up the bad drumming, but I blame the goats) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/12 "2013-08-15T08:40:22Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I turned it off after about 3 seconds, because\* this is my fucking miserable existence!\* My wife has one out there that shrieks like a burned infant! Fucking goats… YouTube it! There’s money to be made from posting videos of any animal doing just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/13 "2013-08-15T13:40:55Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Get on YouTube and look up “Taylor Swift trouble goat”. I have a friend who recently made me watch this shit. I fail to see what’s supposed to be funny about it. Her songs are horrible enough without having random goat noises inserted into them. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/14 "2013-08-15T14:11:54Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I have a friend who recently made me watch this shit. I fail to see what’s supposed to be funny about it. Her songs are horrible enough without having random goat noises inserted into them. :mad: That’s why it’s funny- is she singing like a goat, or does the goat sing like Taylor Swift? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/15 "2013-08-15T14:24:43Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > That’s why it’s funny- is she singing like a goat, or does the goat sing like Taylor Swift? It would only work on a so-bad-it’s-good song (e.g., “Ice Ice Baby.”) Otherwise it’s pure torture listening to this garbage, no matter how much you try to improve it with goat sounds. Kanye West was right to interrupt her award acceptance speech a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/16 "2013-08-15T16:58:55Z")
Yeah, it would be funny if someone had mixed it properly - as it stands, it’s just random goat insertions. Random Goat Insertions. I did not expect to be using those three words together in that order today. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/17 "2013-08-15T18:00:07Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > YouTube it! There’s money to be made from posting videos of any animal doing just about anything. 1. Post video 2. ??? 3. Profit! Help me out with step 2 please! 'Cause let me tell ya, I can get some pretty good animal vids! 😃 Have you ever seen a Wallaby doing… eh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/18 "2013-08-15T18:12:21Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Have you ever seen a Wallaby doing… eh, nevermind. Google ‘echidna erection’. I dare you. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/19 "2013-08-16T00:06:28Z")
If you are familiar with **Les Miserables** , you must watch [this goat video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvSKg1sBd1U). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176/20 "2013-08-16T00:10:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > 1. Post video > 2. ??? > 3. Profit! > > Help me out with step 2 please! 'Cause let me tell ya, I can get some pretty good animal vids! 😃 > > Have you ever seen a Wallaby doing… eh, nevermind. 1. Click the ‘monetize’ checkbox when you’re editing the description etc of the video (as it uploads). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-goats-are-they-really-goats-making-those-sounds/666176.md?page=2)