Why are there headless goats in Atlanta’s Chattahoochee River?
It's a mystery that's been happening for decades: decapitated goats getting dumped into Atlanta's Chattahoochee River. Since the 1990s, headless goat carcasses have been popping up in the Chattahoochee River, a major river that cuts through Georgia, Alabama and parts of Florida. Theories on what could be behind this odd occurrence range from ritual sacrifices to drug trafficking. While a 1993 Supreme Court ruling protects animal sacrifice as a religious practice, Georgia law prohibits the disposal of dead animals "in wells, open pits, or surface waters of any kind either on private or public land." AJC's Mariana Castro breaks down this trend and why the head-scratching case has been difficult to solve. Sources: Your Daily Laugh_YT, @chattahoocheeriverkeeper_TikTok, WSBTV, AJC, africanews_YT, The New Yorker, 11Alive, Wikipedia_Oshun
