'Billy the Kid': Runaway goat has been safely captured

You've goat to be kidding me!A runaway goat that has been the talk of the town in Mountain Brook and Birmingham's Crestline area this week has been captured again — and it looks like this time it's for good.He was spotted at the Levite Jewish Community Center on Montclair Road on Sunday and folks there were able to grab one of his horns and get a rope around his neck.The goat, affectionately named "Billy the Kid" by area locals, reportedly managed to escape his owner on Monday.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WVTM 13Concerned citizens in Mountain Brook, Crestline, Birmingham and beyond have had several close calls with the "caprid culprit," but Billy turned out to be quite the escape artist.He was even seen peering out from an upper floor of an old hospital.Billy was captured once when lured in by Therese Bynum and her two goats Flanders and Clarine. She said, "Goats are pack animals and I thought he'd want to be with others of his kind." But he broke the rope before she could get him to a safe place.Later he was captured by some neighbors in Crestline who spotted him on their street, but the nimble goat escaped after being penned into a yard by jumping over the fence.Opera Birmingham has already cashed in on the buzz surrounding Billy, using "Mountain Brook's Most Wanted" to advertise an upcoming operatic version of the story of "The Billy Goats Gruff."Mountain Brook police said they were working closely with local resources to safely take the goat into custody.Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube