OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Beware the aggressive billy.
He roams the Klahhane Ridge vicinity, now and again approaching people and “not backing off,” Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said.
There’s no need to be alarmed when sighting this or any of the hundreds of mountain goats in the park.
But “we recommend that people stay clear and not approach” the goats, she added.
There have been reports of a goat in the Klahhane-Hurricane Ridge-Switchback Trail area that has refused to yield to two-legged park users, Maynes said.
“They use the trails just as people do. We tell people that if the goat is approaching them, they could throw rocks and try to scare him off.”
The shaggy, bearded animals weigh between 150 and 250 pounds.
Both sexes have slender, spiky horns, so it’s not always easy to tell the difference between billies and nannies.
