Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 17, 2004

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Large bills only... No chicken feed! A man from Hillard, Ohio robbed a grocery store while wearing a giant chicken costume! Barry Giddings of Chester, VT, took top prize in the Weathervane Seafood Restaurant's third annual lobster eating competition, Barry managed to completely devour 19 lobsters and only 35 minutes! The expression To get someone's goat comes from the horseracing custom of keeping a coat in the stable of a race horse to calm the animal down. Racers would steal their opponent's goat in an attempt to upset the horse!