This article misstated one of the suggested names of goat duo. The suggested duo name was Winter and Harold.

The two “famous” billy goats are still on the loose, looking for a new home.

But in the meantime, they’ll likely continue to hit all the hot spots (and maybe the hot springs?) in Glenwood Springs.  

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Despite rumors to the contrary that they’re wild, these goats are billies and they might eat your lawn if they don’t find a new home soon. 

For now, they’ll be content to eat what they want and see the sites — after all, neither Garfield County nor Glenwood Springs have animal control services.

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Mayor Ingrid Wussow said that she and Interim City Manager Steve Boyd have been calling Colorado Parks and Wildlife to see if they can assist, while local resident Veronica Capraro has offered to house them on her farm. 

“I am a 4H Leader for the Rocky Mountain Wranglers and my girls Valerie and Elosia are just trying to help,” Capraro wrote in a message to the Post Independent. 

Capraro has been trying to wrangle the dynamic duo for the past two days.

“No goat stings today,” she wrote to the Post Independent on Oct. 5. “I am thinking they went over the mountain. They didn’t touch the hay or grain we left out.”

Residents had a blast naming them and playing “spot that goat.”

Name suggestions included Glen and Woody or one young lady’s suggestion Winter and Harold, the next best duo searching for life meaning since Harold and Maude.

These two billy goats gruff might be missing a third buddy, but they have been eating a lot and crossing bridges. 

No reports of trolls under the bridges though, just online. 

Surprisingly, they’re not the only goats currently wandering around with inscrutable intent. A third roaming goat was spotted by Colorado Mountain College at Springs Valley on Sept. 20.

On Sept. 3, four goats were reported roaming on the CMC road going up to Spring Valley. Maybe there were four billy goats gruff at one time. 

“They’re pretty skittish and not interested in grain/treats,” one person posted on the Roaring Fork Swap on Facebook. She said they were also eating everything in her yard. 

The city goats are believed to have first appeared in town around Sept. 21.

Sharon Brady, one of the owners of Cooper Liquor Store said they have been hanging out near her home. Her and her neighbors have enjoyed watching the new pair. 

Brady said she asked her neighbor if they were yoga goats when they first told her about them and they responded, “no, they’re not yoga goats Sharon, they have horns.”

Although cute and feral looking, this duo is not a wild bunch making a fun stop in town. 

Goats are not wild or native to Colorado at all, well maybe up until 800,000 years ago, but not for at least 11,000 years.The famous white mountain goats commonly seen on Mount Blue Sky, formerly Mount Evans, were introduced to Colorado in 1947.

“They were first introduced to Colorado from Montana in 1947 and the last introduction was in 1972,” according to professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Jeff Mitton.

As mountain goat populations increase in Colorado, bighorn sheep or rams seem to be declining, causing environmental scientists to think the goats might be causing too much competition for the rams. 

If you do spot the goats and want to help find them a new home, please contact the Post Independent or Veronica Capraro via text 970-366-9202.