G.O.A.T. Bus Riders: Portland Owner Steps Forward After Viral TriMet Adventure

Owner of 'escape artist' goats was as surprised as everyone else to see them boarding TriMet bus

L'Rae Anderson said he had no idea the goats had escaped until a family member called to tell him about the viral video of them strolling onto a bus at rush hour.

Portland’s bus-riding goats go national, get their own TriMet merch

Two Portland goats who attempted to catch a ride on a TriMet bus Tuesday are now making national headlines — and even inspiring their own merchandise — after escaping from their Southeast Portland yard for a morning adventure.

Baa-d Passengers: Two Goats Board Portland Bus. Driver Kicks Them Off When They Can't Pay the Fare

PORTLAND, Ore. - (8.14.26) Commuters in the Pacific Northwest got an unexpected pair of fellow passengers this week when two loose pygmy goats decided to try public transit. Security camera footage from a TriMet bus stop at Southeast 162nd Avenue and Division Street shows the white goats calmly trotting up to an FX2-Division bus during the Tuesday morning rush hour around 7:40 a.m. The animals...

Two billy goats boarded a bus in Portland. They did not have tickets

The strange episode drew comparisons in Portland to the 2002 foray of a coyote that wandered onto a light rail MAX train.

Fare-evading goats back home after hopping on public Portland bus during morning commute

"Billy the Kid" and "Billy the Goat" have returned home following their now-viral fare-evading antics abord a Portland bus Tuesday.

'There's all kinds of memes now': Owner of goats who boarded TriMet bus speaks

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Southeast Portland man named Lrae Anderson said the goats riding the TriMet bus in the now viral video are his. Anderson said his goats have left the yard before, but going that far from home was a first for them. To no surprise, Abdellah Lahouasnia, the bus operator that morning, [...]