The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. The Natural Science Club's goat was burned on the night of 24 December. :Number of goats run over includes goats run over by motorized vehicle. It was built again. [ cite news|title=They didn't burn the goat|publisher=Gefle Dagblad|language=Swedish|date=2005-12-06 |url=http://www.gd.se/Article.jsp?article=68276 ] * The Gävle Goat had a significant part in the Swedish motion picture "BlackJack" fn|1, directed by Colin Nutley. After Jones was released from prison he went straight back to the US without paying his fine. While the 2013 incarnation is currently unharmed, the goat is a magnet for vandalism and 22 of 37 goats since 1966 have been destroyed, usually by burning.Some burn just days after construction even with ice coats and fire … Jones stated in court that he is no "goat burner", and believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition. *1985 The 12.5 m (41 ft) tall goat of the Natural Science Club was featured in the Guinness Book of Records for the first time. *1985 The 12.5 m (41 ft) tall goat of the Natural Science Club was featured in the Guinness Book of Records for the first time. *1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. [ cite news|title=The first attack on the goat failed|publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|date=2006-12-16|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?id=471066&avdelning_1=101&avdelning_2=101&variabe ] [ cite news|title=Gävle goat unscathed after arson attack|publisher= The Local|language=English|date=2006-12-15|url=http://www.thelocal.se/5815/20061215/ ] The Natural Science Club's goat was burned at about 00:40 on the 20th December, the vandals were not seen and got away. *1998 Burned down on 11 December, even though there was a major blizzard. :Number of goats run over includes goats run over by motorized vehicle.In popular culture* A week before the burning of the Gävle Goat in 2005 a couple of pictures started to circulate on the internet community Lunarstorm. The Natural Science Club say that they will not attempt a new world record as long as the Southern Merchants do not either.Nowadays the Natural Science Club's goat is smaller than the record-holding goat, and it is also smaller than the Southern Merchants' Gävle Goat.Timeline*1966 Stig Gavlén came up with the idea of a giant goat made out of straw. Until this year there was no fence around the goat and it was popular for children to play hide-and-seek inside and around the goat. The Southern Merchants' goat was rebuilt, but burned down on 20 December. The big goat got burned down the night before Christmas Eve. The Gävle Goat (Swedish: Gävlebocken, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̌ːvlɛbɔkːɛn]) is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget (Castle. This was the first time that it was guarded by webcams. As of 2006 it is still unpaid. In 2000 the goat burned a few days before New Year's. Destroyed by an arsonist equipped with petrol on its inauguration day. For the hip hop band, see Arsonists (rap group). On the evening of Hedman's birthday, January 9, he and the other residents of the village burned it down.ReferencesFootnotes* imdb title|id=0099142|title=Black Jack Further reading * — a videography of "the Gävleners’ relation to Christmas, the bock and its destruction"* External links * [http://www.gavle.se/gavlebocken/ Official web site of the Gävle Goat] swe icon* [http://www.gd.se/gdbilder/nyhetsvideo/nyhetsvideo.jsp?article=67645 The second erection of the 2005 Gävle Goat] Video swe icon* [http://hem.passagen.se/nf1/bock/bock.htm Julbocken article on Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen site] swe icon* [http://www.christmasgoat.se/ Information about the goat and a webcam] (in English)* [http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_Bocken.aspx?id=52 Goat's blog and webcams]. The Gävle Goat was burnt on December 3 and the weekend escalated into a frenzy of copycat goat-burning. *1983 The legs were destroyed. The Greek god, Pan, is said to have the upper body of a man and the horns and lower body of a goat. * The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3's "Most Wanted" ("Efterlyst") on 2005-12-08. In the 1990s the… …   Wikipedia, Joe Hill — Infobox Person name = Joe Hill image size = 180px caption = birth name=Joel Emmanuel Hägglund birth date = birth date|1879|10|7|mf=y or 1882 birth place = Gävle, Sweden death date = death date and age|1915|11|19|1879|10|7|mf=y death place = Utah… …   Wikipedia, We are using cookies for the best presentation of our site. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. On New Year's Eve, the goat was burnt down,[6][7] and the perpetrator was found and convicted of vandalism. :Number of goats run over includes goats run over by motorized vehicle.In popular culture* A week before the burning of the Gävle Goat in 2005 a couple of pictures started to circulate on the internet community Lunarstorm. "Most Wanted", which has been running since 1990, shows reconstructions of serious crimes committed in Sweden and requests assistance from the public in solving them. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, the goat went up in flames. However, he was rebuilt. It is erected each year over a period of two days by a local association called the Southern Merchants in time for the start of advent. But it turned out that Gavlén organisation did not have enough funding for the goat. This was also the year when the Goat Committee was founded. [ cite news|title=Lillbocken lågornas rov|publisher=Gefle Dagblad|language=Swedish|date=2006-12-21 ] [ cite news|title=Lilla bocken brändes ned i natt |publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?id=472580&avdelning_2=101|date=2006-12-20 ] On the night of 25 December, a drunken man managed to climb up on the goat. Elements common to many areas… …   Wikipedia, Yule — Infobox Holiday holiday name=Yule caption= Juletræslys , a Danish Yule Tree Candle observedby=Northern Europeans and Various Anglosphereans date=Northern Hemisphere: circa December 21 Southern Hemisphere: circa June 21 celebrations=Festivals,… …   Wikipedia, Swedish festivities — Life of Swedish peopleOver 80% of Swedes belong to the Lutheran Church of Swedencite web|title = Facts About the Church of Sweden | url=http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=37017 | accessdate = 2007 12 31] , but seldom go to church.… …   Wikipedia, December 2008 — was the 12th month of the leap year. *1995 A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. In one of their most bizarre segments they asked the public to help track down two suspected arsonists, a man in a Santa mask and a man dressed as a gingerbread man, wanted for burning down the Gävle Goat. The Southern Merchants became tired of their goats being burned down, and stopped constructing them. The Gävle Goat is 13 metres (42.6 feet) high, seven metres long and weighs 3.6 tonnes. The Natural Science Club Goat was also burned. No new goat was built. The pictures showed a group of people standing in front of the goat holding burning torches. The red ribbon on that leg was slightly burned and fell off. It was destroyed and broken into pieces. *1973 N/A*1974 Burned. *2006 On the night of 15 December at 03:00, someone tried to set fire to the goat by dousing the right front leg in petrol. December 8 – Eid al Adha. Tony Nordin/CC BY-SA 3.0. This was the first time that it was guarded by webcams. In 1996 the Southern Merchants introduced webcams to monitor the goat 24 hours a day, with little or no success. The Natural Science Club (Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen:NF) from the School of Vasa (Vasaskolan) took over. *1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. It was later rebuilt to be taken to Stockholm as a part of protest campaign against the closing of the I 14 Infantry Regiment. This can also be seen in the videography "Burning Bock", and the redux version "Firebranding Gävle" by Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg. From 1986 onwards two goats were built each year, one by the Southern Merchants' and one by the School of Vasa. The creator of the original 1966 goat, Stig Gavlén, thought that the Natural Science Club's goat had unfairly won the title of the largest Yule Goat because the goat was not as attractive as the Southern Merchants' goat and the neck was overly long. :Number of goats vandalised includes goats thrown in the river. As of 2005 that goat still holds the world record since there have been no further attempts to beat it. Rebuilt to be standing before the 550th anniversary of Gävle county. * The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3's "Most Wanted" ("Efterlyst") on 2005-12-08. *1979 The goat was burnt even before it was erected. [ cite news|title=The first attack on the goat failed|publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|date=2006-12-16|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?id=471066&avdelning_1=101&avdelning_2=101&variabe ] [ cite news|title=Gävle goat unscathed after arson attack|publisher= The Local|language=English|date=2006-12-15|url=http://www.thelocal.se/5815/20061215/ ] The Natural Science Club's goat was burned at about 00:40 on the 20th December, the vandals were not seen and got away. From this point on there were two goats built, the Southern Merchants' and the School of Vasa's. Burned down on the morning of Christmas Day. *2004 Burned 21 December, only three days before Christmas Eve. The Gävle Goat is erected every year on the first day of Advent, which according to Western Christian tradition is in late November or early December, depending on the calendar year. *1972 The goat collapsed because of sabotage. The skeleton is then treated and repaired, and the goat reconstructed over it, using straw which the Goat Committee has pre-ordered. The claims were not generally given much credit: even the chief of the Gävle fire brigade expressed his doubts. This can also be seen in the videography "Burning Bock", and the redux version "Firebranding Gävle" by Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg. The Natural Science Club say that they will not attempt a new world record as long as the Southern Merchants do not either.Nowadays the Natural Science Club's goat is smaller than the record-holding goat, and it is also smaller than the Southern Merchants' Gävle Goat.Timeline*1966 Stig Gavlén came up with the idea of a giant goat made out of straw. In one of their most bizarre segments they asked the public to help track down two suspected arsonists, a man in a Santa mask and a man dressed as a gingerbread man, wanted for burning down the Gävle Goat. Also, it is said that one night a couple made love inside the goat. *1983 The legs were destroyed. It is now stored in a secret location. [cite news|title=Weird ritual of the burning goat|publisher=BBC News|date=2005-12-04|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4497408.stm ] *1988 Nothing happened to the goat this year, but gamblers were for the first time able to gamble on the fate of the goat with English bookmakers. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the subfamily Caprinae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. Rebuilt again before Lucia. * A week before the burning of the Gävle Goat in 2005 a couple of pictures started to circulate on the internet community Lunarstorm. [cite news|title=Santa and gingerbread man get Gävle's goat|date=2005-12-04|url=http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=2620|work=The Local] [ cite news|title=That's why I burned the goat in Gävle|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|date=2003-12-17|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/debatt/story/0,2789,406509,00.html ] *2002 A 22 year old from Stockholm tried to set the Southern Merchants' goat on fire, but failed. *1969 The goat was burned down on New Year's Eve. *2004 Burned 21 December, only three days before Christmas Eve. *1995 A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. Nowadays the Natural Science Club's goat is smaller than the record-holding goat, and it is also smaller than the Southern Merchants' Gävle Goat. Continuing to use this site, you agree with this. The fire brigade quickly arrived on scene, but the goat could not be saved. The big goat got burned down the night before Christmas Eve. Financial contributions from the public were raised to rebuild a goat that was burned down in January. Gävlebocken) — традиційна різдвяна споруда яку зводять щорічно на центральній площі в місті Євле Швеції. A new one was built and fireproofed. *1993 Once more the goat was featured in the Guinness Book of Records. The goat stood until 12.00 PM that New Year's Eve, when it went up in flames. The police suspected that they could be involved in the burning a week later, so they appealed for assistance in the media. Gävle Goat Every year for almost a half-century, a giant straw goat has been erected in central Gävle, a city of 75,000 by the Baltic Sea about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Stockholm. :Number of goats vandalised includes goats thrown in the river. Nothing happened. The goat stood until 12.00 PM that New Year's Eve, when it went up in flames. :Number of goats burned includes goats burnt down more than once and goats only partially burnt. :Number of goats vandalised includes goats thrown in the river. After that, the Gävle Goat has been attacked more than it has been kept safe.” The fate of the Gävle Goat has become the subject of many bets, even in British betting agencies. *1983 The legs were destroyed. They just wanted a picture taken for their internet site and had not remembered that the webcams also took pictures. The next year there was something of a "War of the Yule Goats": the Southern Merchants understood the publicity value of having a Yule Goat and erected a huge goat, the Natural Science Club erected a smaller one in protest. [ cite news|title=The goat is burning-year after year|language=Swedish|publisher=Aftonbladet|date=2003-12-13|url=http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,404850,00.html ] *2003 Burned down on 12 December. cite news|title=The goat is burning!|language=Swedish|publisher=Dagens Nyheter|date=2003-12-12|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/road/Classic/article/0/jsp/print.jsp?&a=213592 ] The 3rd and 4th of December, 2005 was, thus far, the most violent weekend for public Yule Goats around Sweden. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. "Most Wanted", which has been running since 1990, shows reconstructions of serious crimes committed in Sweden and requests assistance from the public in solving them. Nothing happened. :Number of goats burned includes goats burnt down more than once and goats only partially burnt. It began on a Monday and ended after 31 days on a Wednesday. The first goat was insured and Ström got all his money back. *1982 Burned down on Lucia (December 13th). The fire-fighters of Gävle sprayed the goat with water to create a coating of ice in the hope of protecting it from arson. *1992 The goat was burned down eight days after it was built. The claims were not generally given much credit: even the chief of the Gävle fire brigade expressed his doubts. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. *1993 Once more the goat was featured in the Guinness Book of Records. The police suspected that they could be involved in the burning a week later, so they appealed for assistance in the media. Even though the goat was enclosed by a 2 m (6.5 ft) high metal fence, guarded by Securitas and even soldiers from the Gävle I 14 Infantry Regiment, it was burned down in January. *1975 N/A*1976 Local raggare ran the goat over with a car.cite news|title=Vandals Burn Swedish Christmas Goat, Again|author=The Associated Press|date=2005-12-04|location=Stockholm|publisher=The Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120400225.html] *1977 N/A*1978 Again, the goat was kicked to pieces. In March 1990 another goat was built, this time for the shooting of a Swedish motion picture called "Black Jack". *1973 N/A*1974 Burned. The Gävle Goat (Gävlebocken) is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget in central Gävle, Sweden. On Lucia the goat was also guarded by the Swedish radio and TV personality Gert Fylking, most famous for every year screaming "äntligen" (finally) when the Swedish Academy presented their winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. But it turned out that Gavlén organisation did not have enough funding for the goat. The Goat Committee was founded in 1992. The lower part of the right leg was scorched, but the rest of the goat failed to light. The goat received only minor damage. With help from several financial contributors the goat was reassembled, this time out of lake reed.cite news|url=http://www.sploid.com/news/2005/12/santa_torched_t.php|title=Santa torched the giant goat!|date=2005-12-04|work=Sploid] *1971 The Southern Merchants got tired of the continual burning of their goats and stopped building them. The history of the second goat began in 1971 when the Southern Merchants got tired of having their expensive goat vandalised and decided not to build one again. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. In one of their most bizarre segments they asked the public to help track down two suspected arsonists, a man in a Santa mask and a man dressed as a gingerbread man, wanted for burning down the Gävle Goat. A new one was built and fireproofed. Financial contributions from the public were raised to rebuild a goat that was burned down in January. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Financial contributions from the public were raised to rebuild a goat that was burned down in January. The Christmas season of 2006 marked the 40th anniversary of the Gävle Goat, and, on Sunday, 3 December, the city held a large celebration in honor of the goat. Their goat was much smaller, around 2 m (6 ft), and not nearly as expensive as the goat normally built by the Southern Merchants, but it was appreciated by the citizens of Gävle, which was the intention of the students from the beginning. Until this year there was no fence around the goat and it was popular for children to play hide-and-seek inside and around the goat. *1979 The goat was burnt even before it was erected. Over the following 7 years there were no further attempts on the world record, but there was some bad feeling between the Natural Science Club and the Southern Merchants, evidenced by the fact that the Natural Science Club put up a sign near their goat wishing a Merry Christmas to everyone, except the Southern Merchants.In 1993 the Southern Merchants once again announced that they were going to attempt the world record. In one of their most bizarre segments they asked the public to help track down two suspected arsonists, a man in a Santa mask and a man dressed as a gingerbread man, wanted for burning down the Gävle Goat. Until 1985 the Southern Merchants held the world record for the largest Yule Goat, but over the years the Natural Science Club's goat increased in size, and in 1985 their Yule Goat made it into the Guinness Book of Records with an official height of 12.5 metres (41 ft). *1982 Burned down on Lucia (December 13th). *1995 A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. A student organisation, the Natural Science Club (Naturventeskapliga Föreningen:NF) of the School of Vasa then decided to build their own goat. Mild weather resulted in the protective ice melting. To everybody's surprise their goat only measured 10.5 m (34½ ft) when completed. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. Anna Porelius, spokeperson for the Gävle goat, told Radio Sweden about the latest crimebuster: ... And the 1997 goat was damaged by fireworks. Until this year there was no fence around the goat and it was popular for children to play hide-and-seek inside and around the goat. As a result, in subsequent years the inside of the goat has been protected by a chicken-wire net. *1996 Nothing happened. * In the United States there is an organization called "Goat Watchers" that has a couple of hundred members. In 1966, an advertising consultant, Stig Gavlén (1927–2018),[4] came up with the idea of making a giant version of the traditional Swedish Yule Goat and placing it in the square. The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. As a result, in subsequent years the inside of the goat has been protected by a chicken-wire net. *1990 Nothing happened. * Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg's videography "Burning Bock" (2005) won the "peoples choice" award at the 2005 Association for Consumer Research (ACR) conference and film festival in San Antonio, Texas, USA. *2005 Burned by unknown vandals reportedly dressed as Santa and a gingerbread man by shooting a flaming arrow or molotov cocktail at the goat at 21:00 on 3 December. For the Michael Hedges album, see Torched (album) …   Wikipedia, Noflan — is a flame retardant chemical. * The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3's "Most Wanted" ("Efterlyst") on 2005-12-08. Inside of goat protected by chicken-wire netting. International holidays December 8 – Immaculate Conception. [cite news|title=Santa and gingerbread man get Gävle's goat|date=2005-12-04|url=http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=2620|work=The Local] [ cite news|title=That's why I burned the goat in Gävle|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|date=2003-12-17|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/debatt/story/0,2789,406509,00.html ] *2002 A 22 year old from Stockholm tried to set the Southern Merchants' goat on fire, but failed. It is erected each year by a local association called the Southern Merchants, and another version is erected by a group of students from the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa. No new goat was built. * There is a restaurant in Gävle named "The Burned Goat" (Brända Bocken), which features the timeline for the Gävle Goat on their web site. The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. *1997 Damaged by fireworks. Freddy Klassmo, the spokesman for the company that provided the fireproofing in 2006 also stated: "not even napalm can set fire to the goat now". As of 2006 it is still unpaid. *1968 The goat survived. Even though the goat was enclosed by a 2 m (6.5 ft) high metal fence, guarded by Securitas and even soldiers from the Gävle I 14 Infantry Regiment, it was burned down in January. The Gävle Goat (Swedish: Gävlebocken, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̌ːvlɛbɔkːɛn]) is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget (Castle Square) in central Gävle, Sweden. The Yule goat in Gävle is traditionally erected every year on the first day of Advent (late November or early December). * The Department of Tourism in Gävle gets bombarded with e-mails from all over the world questioning whether the city supports the burning of the Gävle Goat. Officially the city says that it does not support the burnings. The big goat got burned down the night before Christmas Eve. With help from several financial contributors the goat was reassembled, this time out of lake reed.cite news|url=http://www.sploid.com/news/2005/12/santa_torched_t.php|title=Santa torched the giant goat!|date=2005-12-04|work=Sploid] *1971 The Southern Merchants got tired of the continual burning of their goats and stopped building them. This time the School of Vasa's goat measured 14.9 m (49 ft). Recently the so-called "Goat Committee" have had a plan for a backup goat. 1971 . The Natural Science Club's goat got tossed in the Gävle river. [44] The goat was burnt down in the early morning of 2 December. Two very drunk teenage children were connected with the crime. Their little goat was kicked to pieces. [14], During the weekend of 3–4 December 2005 a series of attacks on public Yule Goats across Sweden were carried out; The Gävle Goat was burnt on 3 December. [cite news|title=Weird ritual of the burning goat|publisher=BBC News|date=2005-12-04|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4497408.stm ] *1988 Nothing happened to the goat this year, but gamblers were for the first time able to gamble on the fate of the goat with English bookmakers. * Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg's videography "Burning Bock" (2005) won the "peoples choice" award at the 2005 Association for Consumer Research (ACR) conference and film festival in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The Goat Committee said that that year's goat was not going to be able to be set on fire because it was fireproofed with "Fiber ProTector Fireproof", a fireproofing substance that is used in airplanes. Two very drunk teenage children were connected with the crime. *1973 N/A*1974 Burned. The Natural Science Club's Yule Goat that year measured 14.9 m (49 ft), which earned them another place in the Guinness Book of World Records. No back-up goat was built to replace the main goat should the worst happen, nor was the goat treated with flame repellent (Anna Östman, spokesperson of the Goat-committee said the repellent made it look ugly in the previous years, like a brown terrier). * The Department of Tourism in Gävle gets bombarded with e-mails from all over the world questioning whether the city supports the burning of the Gävle Goat. From this point on there were two goats built, the Southern Merchants' and the School of Vasa's. [ cite web|title=The Gävle goat timeline|url=http://www.soderskopman.se/historia.html ] *1967 Nothing happened. The Southern Merchants' goat survived New Year's Eve and was taken down on 2 January. [ cite web|title=The Gävle goat timeline|url=http://www.soderskopman.se/historia.html ] *1967 Nothing happened. *1994 Nothing happened. In 2000, the goat was burned just a few days … The red ribbon on that leg was slightly burned and fell off. *1996 Nothing happened. *1975 N/A*1976 Local raggare ran the goat over with a car.cite news|title=Vandals Burn Swedish Christmas Goat, Again|author=The Associated Press|date=2005-12-04|location=Stockholm|publisher=The Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120400225.html] *1977 N/A*1978 Again, the goat was kicked to pieces. This time the School of Vasa's goat measured 14.9 m (49 ft). After he was released from jail he returned to the US without paying his fine. 1997 Damaged by fireworks. The first goat was financed by Harry Ström. The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. *1996 Nothing happened. After Jones was released from prison he went straight back to the US without paying his fine. [ cite news|title=The goat is burning-year after year|language=Swedish|publisher=Aftonbladet|date=2003-12-13|url=http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,404850,00.html ] *2003 Burned down on 12 December. Both the Natural Science Club and Southern Merchants' goats burned down on the same night. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat. The goat stood until 12.00 PM that New Year's Eve, when it went up in flames. The creator of the original 1966 goat, Stig Gavlén, thought that the Natural Science Club's goat had unfairly won the title of the largest Yule Goat because the goat was not as attractive as the Southern Merchants' goat and the neck was overly long. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. On the evening of Hedman's birthday, January 9, he and the other residents of the village burned it down.ReferencesFootnotes* imdb title|id=0099142|title=Black Jack Further reading * — a videography of "the Gävleners’ relation to Christmas, the bock and its destruction"* External links * [http://www.gavle.se/gavlebocken/ Official web site of the Gävle Goat] swe icon* [http://www.gd.se/gdbilder/nyhetsvideo/nyhetsvideo.jsp?article=67645 The second erection of the 2005 Gävle Goat] Video swe icon* [http://hem.passagen.se/nf1/bock/bock.htm Julbocken article on Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen site] swe icon* [http://www.christmasgoat.se/ Information about the goat and a webcam] (in English)* [http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_Bocken.aspx?id=52 Goat's blog and webcams], The Christmas season of 2006 marked the 40th anniversary of the Gävle Goat, and, on Sunday, 3 December, the city held a large celebration in honor of the goat. 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