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A large goat broke into a home in Ohio and took a nap in the bathroom. The goat got into the house by ramming into the sliding glass door.

According to the homeowner, he returned to his family’s Sullivan Township home Friday to find their German Shepherd agitated and the house reeking. That's when he discovered "Big Boy," a goat who had escaped from a farm several miles away, napping in a bathroom.

Ashland County sheriff's deputies arrived, put a rope around Big Boy's neck and tried to entice him outside with food. They finally grabbed the goat by the horns and led him outside.

In March, in a divided America where politics seems increasingly to get people's goat, a small town in Vermont has taken the concept to heart -- by electing one as mayor.

He may be a political novice but the goat's name, Lincoln, brings with it a storied pedigree.

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And the leading human official in Fair Haven -- population about 2,500 -- hopes the long-eared, three-year-old animal's election can serve as a bit of a lesson in democracy.

Lincoln was victorious over 15 other candidates including Crystal the gerbil and many dogs and cats.

Fair Haven has no official mayor but the Town Manager, Joseph Gunter, holds similar functions.

When Gunter read in a newspaper that the village of Omena, Michigan, had made Sweet Tart the cat its "top" official, he got the idea to organize a similar election to raise funds for building a playground.

The goat, which belongs to a school math teacher, will get an education in the town's major festivals which it will represent during its one-year mandate: "Memorial Day parade, the Apple Fest and the events we organize every Friday in the summer," Gunter says.