Church burglary call leads cops to wild intruder on top of freezer, Alabama photos show

It takes hardcore criminals to bust down the doors of a church, but a burglary call in Alabama took a humorous turn when deputies caught their suspects in the act.

Two goats were found in Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Prattville, after they likely used their horns to break through the glass doors. The town is about 15 miles northwest of Montgomery.

A photo shared on Facebook by the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office shows the goats cornered in a kitchen — and one had managed to climb 5 or 6 feet up into a box atop a chest freezer.

What it was doing in the box isn’t clear, but the goat clearly had a look of defiance.

The break-in happened Thursday, March 17, and the sheriff’s office began its news release by guessing maybe “goats need Jesus, too.”

“Yesterday Autauga County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to an alarm call at the Bethesda Church,” the department wrote on Facebook.

“When deputies arrived, they thought they had a burglary because the front door glass of the church was broken. Upon performing a search of the premises ... two goats were discovered.”

Since an arrest was not likely to result in jail time, the deputies instead tracked down an owner, who “wrangled up” the goats.

The department didn’t released details of the damage or an estimated repair cost for the church.

“We have to say this is a First here in Autauga County to find goats in a church!” the department wrote.

Comments on social media have included plenty of puns (“Holy Goats,” “Goats just wanna have fun.”) and suggestions there might be a “goat conspiracy afoot.”

“Mine need an exorcism,” one goat owner wrote.

“They weren’t ‘kidding’ around,” another said.

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