Two hikers, including a 64-year-old woman, faced a crazy dangerous situation as they came across mountain goats that took them as a threat and attacked them viciously leaving them with injuries.
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A bizarre incident was reported where a mountain goat pushed a 64-year-old tourist off a cliff and then viciously attacked her two friends, knocking one of them unconscious.
Two hikers, including a 64-year-old woman, faced a dangerous situation when they came across face to face with the mountain goat after they hiked into its territory on the Alpujarra mountain range in Granada, Spain.
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As the goat sensed danger from the Dutch tourists, it charged against her making her fall from the cliff, plummeting 20 meters and landing on an overhanging ledge, breaking both wrists in the process.
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Her pal was left unconscious during the encounter which could have proven fatal for the unnamed 64-year-old, who was knocked from the cliff and left stranded for days.
It is said that it took almost a week for the rescue workers to recover the unnamed hiker and take her to hospital, with bad weather and providing difficulties when it came to extracting the woman.
The woman was eventually recovered and housed in an abandoned farmhouse while waiting for the weather to clear and was soon taken to hospital, Daily Mail reported.
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Experts have said goats in the area are particularly aggressive at this time of year because it is breeding season.
Skilled climbers, these mammals are capable of traversing narrow ledges and jumping across canyons.
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In fact, males, and females live separate loves for the most part of the year but come together to breed at a specific time of the year. The horns of Iberian ibex, which can be found in Spain and Portugal, can grow up to 1.47m long