Legend has it that the inspiration for having a goat for a mascot comes from a young midshipman donning the skin of a beloved goat at halftime of a football game and parading around the sidelines. The first live goat debuted in 1893, and by 1914 Navy was on its sixth goat, which was mean enough to earn the nickname “Satan.” He was the only goat to escape a livestock quarantine that year, so that he could attend the Army-Navy game. But after Navy lost the game, an ad was placed for a new goat, specifically “the meanest and fiercest goat possible.” Bills were commonly targeted for kidnapping by other schools, and both Bill XVI and Bill XVII died of accidental poisoning from weed killer.