In a memorable scene, the Swedish actor Reine Brynolfsson climbs up on the goat (outrageously drunk) and stands on top of it screaming that he is going to torch it, which he then does. *1990 Nothing happened. The Gävle Goat is a giant version of the Yule Goat, erected every year in the Swedish city of Gävle. On the morning of Christmas Eve the goat was burned down. [ cite news|title=Man climbed the Yule Goat of Gävle|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|url=http://deliveryc.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,68996955_852__,00.html|date=2006-12-26 ] He did not try to set fire to the goat. named McWinkle and Gluntz; and Snerz's bounty hunter Goat. [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. *1980 Burned down on Christmas Eve. It was later rebuilt to be taken to Stockholm as a part of protest campaign against the closing of the I 14 Infantry Regiment. For other… … Wikipedia, Yule Goat — The Swedish Gävle Goat in 2006. From this point on there were two goats built, the Southern Merchants' and the School of Vasa's. 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. It began on a Monday and ended after 31 days on a Wednesday. *1972 The goat collapsed because of sabotage. This year the goat followed the Swedish national hockey team to Italy for the World Championship in ice hockey. Before the police arrived on the scene the man climbed down and disappeared. *1997 Damaged by fireworks. On the morning of Christmas Eve the goat was burned down. Was rebuilt. After Jones was released from prison he went straight back to the US without paying his fine. 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. [ cite web|title=The Gävle goat timeline|url=http://www.soderskopman.se/historia.html ] *1967 Nothing happened. *1995 A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. [ 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. 1998 Burnt down on 11 December, even though there was a major blizzard. The goats have become the subject of a ‘tradition’ of regularly being torched by vandals. The guards thought they ought to go inside to get something to warm them up. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. [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. The Southern Merchants' goat survived New Year's Eve and was taken down on 2 January. Someone saw you! Their little goat was kicked to pieces. After he was released from jail he returned to the US without paying his fine. 1973. From this point on there were two goats built, the Southern Merchants' and the School of Vasa's. *1968 The goat survived. On the morning of Christmas Eve the goat was burned down. The goat stood 10.5 metres (34 ft) when completed. *2004 Burned 21 December, only three days before Christmas Eve. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, the goat went up in smoke. :Number of goats burned includes goats burnt down more than once and goats only partially burnt. The Gävlebocken ( Gävle Goat) is 13 meters (42.6 feet) high, seven meters long, and weighs 3.6 tonnes. It was later rebuilt to be taken to Stockholm as a part of protest campaign against the closing of the I 14 Infantry Regiment. Their goat was around 2 metres (6.6 ft). 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 and the Natural Science Club's Yule Goat, Since 1986 there have always been two Yule Goats built in Gävle: the Gävle Goat (that of the Southern Merchants) and the initially smaller Yule Goat built by the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa. This time the School of Vasa's goat measured 14.9 m (49 ft). It is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. 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. * In the United States there is an organization called "Goat Watchers" that has a couple of hundred members. To everybody's surprise their goat only measured 10.5 m (34½ ft) when completed. 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. *1999 Burned down only a couple of hours after it was erected. The perpetrator, who was from Hofors, Gästrikland, was found and convicted of vandalism. The burning goat of 2011. The strange history of the Gävle Goat began in 1966. 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. As a result, in subsequent years the inside of the goat has been protected by a chicken-wire net. *1981 Nothing happened. [24][25], Since 1986 there have been two Yule Goats built in Gävle: the Gävle Goat by the Southern Merchants and the Yule Goat built by the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa. The first goat was insured and Ström got all his money back. *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. *1987 A heavily fireproofed goat was built. Officially the city says that it does not support the burnings. 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. The lower part of the right leg was scorched, but the rest of the goat failed to light. *1980 Burned down on Christmas Eve. 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 Gävle Goat (known in Swedish as ... *1997 Damaged by fireworks. As of 2005 that goat still holds the world record since there have been no further attempts to beat it. The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. Both goats have famously been the targets of frequent arson attacks and vandalism, so much so that over the years they have been guarded by the police, webcams, soldiers, volunteers and dogs; whilst the city officially discourages the attacks on the goats, they have brought it recognition and tourism from around the world. Rebuilt again before Lucia. Then Harry Ström, who at that time was the chairman of the Southern Kingstreet Non-profit Organisation, decided to pay the whole cost for the goat out of his own pocket. Two very drunk teenage children were connected with the crime. 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. Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. Burned down on the morning of Christmas Day. On the night of 2 December, arsonists made an unsuccessful attempt to burn the Natural Science Club's goat. 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. *1981 Nothing happened. 1999 Burnt down only a couple of hours after it was erected. 1,600 meters of rope is used. For the Michael Hedges album, see Torched (album) … Wikipedia, Noflan — is a flame retardant chemical. *1992 The goat was burned down eight days after it was built. It was later rebuilt to be taken to Stockholm as a part of protest campaign against the closing of the I 14 Infantry Regiment. [ 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. The leg was repaired that morning. Torched redirects here. Destroyed by an arsonist equipped with petrol on its inauguration day. 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. In March 1990 another goat was built, this time for the shooting of a Swedish motion picture called "Black Jack". [ cite news|title=Man climbed the Yule Goat of Gävle|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|url=http://deliveryc.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,68996955_852__,00.html|date=2006-12-26 ] He did not try to set fire to the goat. *1991 This year the goat was joined by an advertising sled, that turned out to be illegally built. Recently the so-called "Goat Committee" have had a plan for a backup goat. As of 2005 that goat still holds the world record since there have been no further attempts to beat it. Since the first Gävle Goat (“ Gävlebocken” in Swedish ) was built in 1966, it’s been an … December 8 – Eid al Adha. *1993 Once more the goat was featured in the Guinness Book of Records. 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