Screaming goats became a recurring internet joke in the early 2010s, when clips of goats bleating in a strikingly human-like way were shared widely and edited into songs, movie scenes, and everyday footage. The humour comes from the mismatch: a farm animal producing a sound that listeners expect from a person in distress. Since then, isolated goat screams have stayed in circulation as reaction sounds on TikTok, YouTube, and meme pages, where creators reuse them whenever a scene needs a sudden, ridiculous scream without using a human voice.