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Got Your Goat May

What’s happening to that poor goat? Although it looks like these four fellows — (left to right) David Brumbalow, Brian Bain, Kurt Riddlesperger and David Faber — are preparing for a goat sacrifice, they’re actually just getting pumped up for the Goat Run at Flag Pole Hill. The goat looks decidedly less excited, but we’re hoping he understands it was all for a good cause, to raise money for the nonprofits Seed Effect and Empower Sudan, which benefit the war- and famine-affected South Sudan region of Africa. After human-only 5K and 10K races, the top 10 fund-raisers won the opportunity to race with goats on four-man teams.

PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS

The Dude October

When Ebola was reported in East Dallas, people around the city — scratch that, the nation — panicked. But not this guy. This guy laughs in the face of Ebola. During an informational meeting about the deadly virus at the Lakewood Theater, he was cool as could be — sunglasses, brightly patterned shirt, longneck bottle and all. Our photographer wasn’t able to get the name of the attendee after snapping this photo, and our efforts to find his name by plastering the photo all over Facebook were unsuccessful. The mystery is half the fun, so we dubbed him The Dude of Lakewood instead, for his striking resemblance to Jeff Bridges’ iconic character in “The Big Lebowski.”

PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO