Erwin Farms in McKinney lived up to its name in the early hours of Sunday when residents woke up to 40 wayward goats grazing on their plush front lawns.
Several residents caught footage of the goats swarming flower beds and nibbling on bushes overnight on June 17.
“They were coming down the road really slowly and kinda chilled out right here,” longtime resident Mike Danielson told WFAA.
This is not the first time the serene neighborhood has been disrupted by a peculiar sight.
As The Dallas Express previously reported, a group of wild hogs appeared there earlier this year.
The wild hogs were more problematic than the goats due to their ability to cause greater destruction and harm to children and pets.
In fact, Garrett Piersall said the goats did him a favor by picking clean his bushes since he had planned to remove them anyway, according to WFAA.
This ability to chomp down vegetation in record time is why goats are commonly brought into fire-prone terrain to help clear brush during fire season, which is what these goats were meant to do.
As The Dallas Express covered, the extensive wildfires seen in Canada that engulfed parts of the United States in smoke earlier this month highlight the destructive force of fires when they strike.
Erwin Farms’ uninvited guests were from a larger herd grazing at a nearby development to reduce the risk of fire. The 40 goats had drifted about a mile from the intended grazing site.
While the firm that had hired the goats preferred to remain anonymous, a representative did report to WFAA that the damage done to residents’ yards was restored.
“They took care of things very quickly. They got [Piersall’s] flowers replaced in a couple hours,” Danielson told WFAA.
Although the encounter was short-lived and barely a visible trace remains in the neighborhood, it did leave residents with a mildly amusing tale to tell.
“You won’t [expletive] believe what happened on the Cove this morning,” Piersall gleefully told his wife on Sunday, according to WFAA.
