Sudan Man Forced To 'Marry' Goat (Update)

Because Mr. Tombe (shown left) in Sudan was caught have sex with the animail.

The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.

They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi.

"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.

Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.

"When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up".

Update: On 3 May 2007, BBC reported that the famous Goat 'wife' Rose, black and white, has died after choking on a plastic bag she swallowed as she was eating scraps on the streets of Juba, Sudan.

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