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ATHOL, Idaho (AP) _ Firefighters in northern Idaho relied on back up from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office while fighting off a mountain goat that charged and damaged an Athol home.

Jack Krill, chief of the Timberlake Fire Protection District, says the horned intruder tore off the screen of a glass door at the home and then charged at it on Thursday.

Firefighters found the goat standing on the back porch, where it refused to leave.

A Kootenai County sheriff deputy finally convinced the animal to move by nudging it with a stick. The mountain goat wandered back into the nearby woods with a few small cuts on its face.

The homeowner was unharmed.

This document was originally published online on Saturday, November 22, 2008

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Biter wrote on Nov 21, 2008 9:43 PM:

" If that happened here the Barney Fifes at Fish and Game would have shot it out of fear. "

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