Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
In February 2006, in South Sudan, a man named Charles Tombe was caught in the middle of the night having sexual relations with a goat.
The goat’s owner, Mr. Alifi, heard strange noises outside and went to investigate. To his shock, he found Charles "doing his business" with one of his female goats.
Instead of calling the police, Mr. Alifi brought Charles before the village elders, as is customary in Sudanese rural communities. The elders decided that since Charles had treated the goat like a wife, he should marry it officially to preserve the dignity of the animal and the owner's family.
Charles was forced to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars (equivalent to about $50 at the time) as “bride price” to the goat’s owner. The goat was then symbolically “given” to him as a wife, and the villagers named her “Rose.”
Tragically, the goat Rose died a few months later after choking on a plastic bag.
Ref: A man was forced to marry a goat
