--- title: Everyone's Obsessed With Llandudno Goats in Empty Streets description: Llandudno goats take over a small coastal town and people can't get enough. canonical: https://time.com/5813044/llandudno-goats/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-31T15:02:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T18:51:27.000Z og:title: Everyone Loves These Opportunistic Goats Last Seen Running the Whole Show in This Uncharacteristically Quiet Town og:description: It's a takeover og:url: https://time.com/5813044/llandudno-goats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64aa1b2816364077/698a0c38929fad4705bf5ea7/Llandudno-Goats.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Goats Roam Welsh Town As Coronavirus Lockdown Empties Its Streets og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone Loves These Opportunistic Goats Last Seen Running the Whole Show in This Uncharacteristically Quiet Town twitter:description: It's a takeover twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64aa1b2816364077/698a0c38929fad4705bf5ea7/Llandudno-Goats.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone's Engrossed With the Opportunistic Goats Running the Show in This Town on Coronavirus Lockdown by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:51 PM UTCPublished: Mar 31, 2020 3:02 PM UTC  Mountain goats roam the streets of LLandudno on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. The goats normally live on the rocky Great Orme but are occasional visitors to the seaside town, but a local councillor told the BBC that the herd was drawn this time by the lack of people and tourists due to the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine measures. Mountain goats roam the streets of LLandudno on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. The goats normally live on the rocky Great Orme but are occasional visitors to the seaside town, but a local councillor told the BBC that the herd was drawn this time by the lack of people and tourists due to the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine measures.Christopher Furlong— Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:51 PM UTCPublished: Mar 31, 2020 3:02 PM UTC Rihanna once asked who’s gonna run this town tonight? And the answer has never been more clear for the small coastal town of Llandudno, in north Wales where a lockdown has been imposed to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. It’s a bunch of goats. Andrew Stuart, a video and web producer at _Manchester Evening News_ recently stumbled upon the fascinating story while he minding his own business at home and captured it all in an [epic Twitter thread](https://time.com/5563637/black-car-silver-car-standoff/) that is [entertaining the masses](https://time.com/5352744/dog-steals-gopro/) who are fully engrossed in with the takeover. “I think I just got a group of [goats](https://time.com/5628212/handsome-goat/) in Llandudno arrested. Let me explain… first, I saw this from inside a dark pub (the one I live in currently). I thought I was seeing things. So I took some video” he began. > [](https://twitter.com/AndrewStuart/status/1243329253288169473) And what a journey Stuart’s documentation of the goat situation it is. The video chronicles the goats taking some spirited sprints all over town with plenty of twists and turns that people are glued to. This verifiable animal squad makes the absolute most out of the largely human-free streets even though they usually dwell in the rocky Great Orme. They may not realize they are Internet sensations, but the silliness of it all has endeared them to plenty online. > [](https://twitter.com/BarristerSecret/status/1244934814576316416) > [](https://twitter.com/BrynLJohnson/status/1244952150309994498) > [](https://twitter.com/Number10cat/status/1244972762445348867) > [](https://twitter.com/AndrewStuart/status/1243953171556376577) “They are curious, goats are, and I think they are wondering what’s going on like everybody else,” town councillor Carol Marubbi told [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52103967). Indeed. > [](https://twitter.com/BrynLJohnson/status/1244952150309994498) > [](https://twitter.com/AndrewStuart/status/1243955582719188992) > [](https://twitter.com/AndrewStuart/status/1244582927444426752) The lack of tourists presented a new kind of opportunity for the goats, apparently. > [](https://twitter.com/RojSmith/status/1244721827051601920) But the visit is now a bit of an Llandudno tradition. Last time, they sought solace in the town due to bad weather, according to [the BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47535311). Here’s a goat who answers to no one.  Mountain goats roam the streets of LLandudno on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. Christopher Furlong— Getty Images  Mountain goats enjoy their adventures in LLandudno on March 31, 2020. Christopher Furlong— Getty Images Here they are sunning themselves during a break at the local church.  Mountain relax in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. 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