Curry Goat.....hmmmm
October 6, 2007
BY SHAMUS TOOMEY Staff Reporter/stoomey@suntimes.com
Holy cow! What's that hanging from Harry's arm?
Someone hung what appears to be a dead, skinned goat from the Harry Caray statue outside of Wrigley Field earlier this week.
grab from YouTube (inset) shows a Chicago police officer taking down a skinned goat from the Harry Caray statue outside Wrigley Field Friday in Chicago.
(YouTube/Sun-Times)
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A grainy video of the hanging carcass made its way onto YouTube, and thousands of people have now watched a 14-second clip of a Chicago Police officer cutting it down.
Gary Yamashiroya, commander of the Chicago Police district that includes Wrigley, said officers were called out to the ballpark at 5:35 a.m. Wednesday to check out reports of something hanging from the bronze statue, which sits near the corner of Addison and Sheffield.
The animal appeared to be from a butcher shop, but Yamashiroya said: "I certainly hope someone didn't kill a goat for a practical joke."
Cubs spokesman Peter Chase said, "The Cubs are aware of it, but we don't have any comment."
If the prankster intended to reverse the supposed billy goat curse with the stunt, it doesn't appear to have worked. The Cubs are 0-2 and on the brink of elimination from the playoffs since the cops got Harry's goat.
The YouTube video also shows several signs hanging around the statue's neck, including one that says, "Go Cubs Go." The dead animal was hanging from the statue's outstretched right arm.
Jokesters have been known to stick beer cans in the statue's left hand.
A friend of the legendary broadcaster said, "Harry never believed in the goat" curse and wouldn't have liked the dead goat stunt.
"He wouldn't have been happy at all," the friend said. "It's one thing to put a Budweiser can in his hands. Harry would have loved that. He needs to be cleansed now."