I gave up my life in London to become a goat living in the Swiss mountains: Brit created prosthetic legs, ate grass, became accepted by the herd... and says they make 'better people than we do'

UK Daily Mail ^ | 2/9/2025 | Francine Wolfisz

[fruser1]

Exhausted by the stresses and strains of modern life, Thomas Thwaites decided to forgo home comforts and test if the grass really was greener elsewhere - by living as a goat in Switzerland.

Having applied for a university grant to study goat psychology, Thomas tracked down a goatherd in the village of Wolfenschiessen in Switzerland which was prepared to take him in for a few days while the animals grazed on their summer pasture.

Then came the challenge of living as a goat, which meant being able to walk on all fours and digest grass.

The researcher enlisted the help of a prosthetics clinic in Manchester to create his 'goat legs', while experts from the University of Aberystwyth designed a goat's 'stomach' for him, which was strapped onto his waist.

'I could strap this bag to my torso and spit chewed up grass into one opening and suck the cultured microbes and volatile fatty acids out another opening like a milkshake, so I could digest them in my true stomach and live off grass in the Alps like a goat,' he said.

[fruser1]

Something to recommend to any disturbed leftists you know, who are unable to flee the country during Trump's term.

E.g., if you have a relative who presents TDS while at your home, you can simply say "Why don't you try living as a goat. They are very happy animals!" and provide the link to this article.

[Uncle Miltie]

Prolly funded by USAID.

???

[Governor Dinwiddie]

And he says the sex is better too.

[monkeyshine]

Is this a Monty Python skit?

[antidemoncrat]

Is this a story from “Crazy People Weekly” magizine

[dfwgator]

[GMMC0987]

Would have been cheaper and easier to just get the Goat Simulation game.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Crap. I thought this was from the Bee.

[ClearCase_guy]

[Bob434]

Mass lunacy seems to be spreading at an alarming rate-

[DIRTYSECRET]

My military days. W asked a country boy if he ever screwed a sheep. Answer: “Nope. Screwed a goat!”

[volare737]

Willing to bet he is a very progressive liberal who believes in DEI and Wokeism. If he was in the US, certainly a democratic party voter!

[DannyTN]

[MomwithHope]

I read about someone doing this a few years ago. Studying herd behavior is one thing. Surviving off grass is another. And how does he crap? Wipe his butt? Nuts!

[LittleBillyInfidel]

A person can’t even escape to the once pristine and pure Switzerland highlands a without it being ruined by a leftist nut job!

[Ezekiel]

In simpler times..

The Lonely Goatherd

[exinnj]

Grant to study the psychology of goats! These people know to make a living…

[clee1]

W T Everlovin’ F!!!!!!

[Leaning Right]

I can relate to this guy’s story. In my younger years I decided to live among tigers for a few months. I hoped to be accepted into the group.

As you can see, it didn’t work out very well. Thinking back on the experience, I probably should have dressed up like a tiger.

[know.your.why]

Nutcrackery.