Cardio the Goat

A one-year-old goat named Cardio kept jumping on parked cars in Dayton and headbutting them. The humane society's explanation: he thought his reflection was another goat staring at him. Three officers chased him for about 90 minutes. Keep them running longer.

Forest Ridge, Dayton · 3 officers · 1 goat

Every shiny car has a goat in it. He's staring.

Tap to jump. Land on car roofs: goats love high ground, and the cops fall behind. Run into a car and Cardio stops to headbutt the goat in the paint (he's you). Hop the bins. 1 second = 1 minute. Target: 90 minutes, the real chase.

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Odd News DeskAug–Sep 2026

What actually happened

For months this summer, neighbours in the Forest Ridge area of Dayton, Ohio, kept calling the police about a goat that jumped on parked cars and left scratches and dents.
The goat was Cardio: about a year old, about 35 pounds, an Oberhasli (a Swiss dairy breed). He had escaped at least seven times.
Why the cars? The local humane society said he attacked them because "he saw another goat staring at him." It was his own reflection. Goats also like to climb onto anything high, and a parked car is a rock with wheels.
On the last chase, three Dayton officers followed him on foot for about 90 minutes and roughly two miles, through streets, yards and woods, until one got a snare around his neck. "I wanted to find the goat so I could pet it, mostly," said Sgt. Salli Jones.
Happy ending: Cardio now lives on a sanctuary farm in Fairborn, Ohio, with about 50 other goats, some geese and ducks, and, the humane society hoped, "a reasonable distance from parked cars."

What the game makes up

The street, the bins, how fast everyone runs and the idea that roofs slow the police down are ours. The goat, his name, the reflection, the car-jumping, the three officers and the 90 minutes are real. No goat was hurt, and he never got a ticket.

Sources

The Washington Post, via the Spokesman-Review: A runaway goat damaged cars and fled police. Now he's found his herd (24 Sep 2026) WHIO: Car-damaging goat needs new home, humane society says WDTN: Dayton goat Cardio finds forever home at local sanctuary Dayton Daily News: Police capture car-damaging goat from Dayton neighborhood

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