Victoria Station county Oldham reports gossips Waters Victoria Station county Oldham

Was he stolen, have a stroke, did it ever exist at all? Mystery of a missing goose that left a community baffled

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Once dominated by cotton and wool mills, the village of Uppermill in Oldham is now dominated by something completely different altogether: drama surrounding a goose.

Two geese, named Harry and Hilary, have become so deeply associated with the Saddleworth village for the last 20 years that there are even signs for the pair.

So, when rumours began circulating online that Harry the goose had disappeared, it was enough to send locals into a spiral. READ MORE: Fare-dodger launched vicious assault on ticket inspector who tried to stop him fleeing Victoria Station One resident took to the village’s local Facebook page at the weekend to report there could be something sinister - akin to a plot likely once featured on The Bill at some point - at play behind Harry’s shock departure: a bird-napping.

The resident said: “Two women were seen bundling one of the Willow Bank geese into the back of a car. “They were heard to say they were 'taking him to live on the canal' before they drove off.” People could not believe it.

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