A giant straw Yule goat in the Swedish town of Gavle was set ablaze on Friday for the first time in five years, reviving a long-running tradition of locals illegally attempting to torch it and authorities scrambling to stop them. Police said they had arrested a man in his 40s who witnesses said had been acting suspiciously before the blaze in the early hours of Friday. A view of the frame of a giant straw Yule goat after it was set ablaze, rekindling a cat-and-mouse tradition between locals trying to burn it down and authorities trying to stop it, in Gavle, Sweden, December 17, 2021. Pernilla Wahlman/TT News Agency/via REUTERS The Gavle Yule goat, a 42-foot (12.8 metre) high statue made of wood and straw erected every year before Christmas, has become famous nationwide since one ...
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