New Zealand woman Sophie Smith couldn't believe her eyes when she saw a goat munching on leaves in the yard of her suburban Christchurch home.
"It's a f------ goat," the mum-of-two yelled as she reached for her phone to film the unlikely visitor about 4pm on Friday (local time).
As she did so, Ms Smith's two-year-old daughter Ivy, perched on a toy oven looking out a window at the goat, mimicked her mother saying "a f------ goat's outside".
READ MORE: Teens hide in Ikea store, run wild after closing in TikTok challenge
"It's just a goat," Ms Smith replied before the cheeky toddler again points out the window saying, "No, it's a f------ goat."
Ms Smith initially sent the video through Snapchat to a few mates and posted it to a local Facebook group to find out who the stray goat belonged to.
But she soon had several responses urging her to repost the video.
So she did, posting it on TikTok and Facebook.
The short 10-second video has since gone viral, with the post garnering more than four million views on the TikTok app and being shared widely on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Ms Smith said she was blown away by the massive online response to the video as she had never had a video go viral before.
READ MORE: Workout video during Myanmar military coup goes viral
"I've had a lot of really positive comments from people who have said that it's just made their day and all they needed was a laugh, and that they're really appreciative that I shared it ... and then I've also had quite a few hate comments of people saying really negative things," she said.
Ms Smith said she was strong in her beliefs that she was raising her two children to a high standard, but thought the types of negative feedback she had received could be "quite dangerous" for some parents.
"[Ivy's] two, she obviously doesn't know what it means," she said.
"There's been a lot more good that has come out of this than bad, and going forth she is not using this language on a daily basis.
"If anybody says that they've never sworn before ... have a goat come into your property and then tell me otherwise."
READ MORE: Workout video during Myanmar military coup goes viral
As for the goat, Ms Smith had never seen it in the seven years she had been living in the area.
It ran back out of her property and across the road to a neighbouring house.
Ms Smith had since received confirmation it was back safe with its owners.
This story originally appeared on Stuff and has been republished with permission.
from 9News https://ift.tt/3wrf7Gm
via IFTTT
0 Comments