For seven years, a one-eyed goose named Billy waddled through yards and along sidewalks in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, neighborhood, greeting residents who knew him by name and treating every day like Halloween.
Billy, who couldn’t fly and arrived in the neighborhood without explanation, quickly became a local fixture — a neighborhood mascot.
“He was our mascot. I mean, everybody here knew Billy. We don’t know where he came from. He just showed up here,” said Rachel Jackson, a longtime resident.
Billy’s daily routine included visiting multiple houses for food, especially warm bread that neighbors would heat in the microwave. Many residents were unaware he was making his rounds to every home on the block…