The fact is that the deer tends to burn, only 16 times out of 51 have the goat passed from the start to the goal without being devoured by the flames.
Gävle municipality claims that the goat has become a symbol for the good fight against the evil.
rafterna a victory, if you mean an undamaged Gävlebock. Sure, there have been attempts to set fire to it, but this year has the resistance been stronger than it is usually.
But now, parts of the goat be for the ashes in all cases. The straw will be burnt in the heating plant, while the core, however, will re-emerge in a new halmbock to the first Sunday of advent in years.
