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Silly billies: Two young goats get stuck on six-inch ledge of railway bridge for two days

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 3:57 PM on 3rd September 2010

Here is the perfect example of how a moonlight stroll can go horribly wrong.

Two young goats that wandered onto the thin ledge of a 60ft railway bridge had to be rescued by a crane after two days high above a remote highway.

The poor animals' plight was only discovered when a passing motorist contacted a local charity and alerted them to the situation.

Rimrock Humane Society called the police, who then enlisted the help of a local coal mine to bring in a crane and pluck the animals to safety near Roundup, southern Montana.

Making goats of themselves: Cory Freeman of the Rimrock Humane Society looks over at two stranded goats as they perch on a rail bridge in Montana

The young female animals, weighing about 30lb each, mostly stayed on the angled ledge - even though there was a wider surface area on a pillar just a few feet away.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1308577/Goats-stuck-bridge-ledge-Montana-days.html#ixzz10mXnrJcE