• Yahoo! News: “Murder suspect: Goat turned into corpse” (via Boing Boing)

A Nigerian murder suspect accused of killing his brother with an axe told police investigators he actually attacked a goat, which was only later magically transformed into his sibling’s corpse, officials said Thursday.

Ah! The old “Goat Magically Tranformed into Sibling’s Corpse” Defence. Brilliant!

Of course, Nigerians seem to have an… “interesting” criminal history:

Murder suspects in Nigeria, where many people believe in black magic, sometimes claim spirits tricked them into killing. In 2001, eight people were burned to death after one person in their group was accused of making a bystander’s penis magically disappear.

Hey, I’m not making this crap up. I’m just sharing the mind-bogglitude.

(But really — what’s up with the goats?! I’m not trying here. They. Just. Won’t. Stop.)

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