Pupukea residents worried after goat sits stranded on a cliff for nearly two weeks

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A goat that has been stuck on a North Shore Oahu cliff for nearly two weeks has nearby residents pleading for help.

“Goats are pretty common in this area, but this is the first time one has been trapped that high with almost no chance of escape,” resident Laura Figueira said.

It is unclear how the goat became stranded on a ledge along a steep cliff near the Ehukai Pillbox Trail.

Figueira shared her theory, saying, “We think he might have fallen from some area just above the lege that he’s trapped on now, because there’s some grass and maybe some loose rocks, maybe he might have had a land bridge and jumped to the ledge he’s on now and unable to get back if the rocks had fallen.

The goat is not easily visible from Kamehameha Highway, the nearest public roadway. Residents nearest to the cliff did not see the animal until, “we started hearing him,” Figueira said.

The concerned neighbors on the private road below the ledge are calling on whoever can to try to help.

“I feel a little helpless and I want to give him some chance of being able to climb down or be rescued if that’s a possibility, without, of course, endangering somebody’s life,” resident Laura Fetzer said.

Figueira added, “If anything, it would have to be a good samaritan or people, a group that specializes in this kind of rescue.”

Avid hikers saved a baby goat that was stuck on a cliff in Waianae for several days back in 2024.

But this time around, the goat appears to sit on a sharper, more dangerous cliff.

Still, Pupukea residents are hoping help will come once again.

“It’s almost like he’s asking for our help, anytime we see him, it’s like, he’s looking at us, like help me,” Fetzer added.

Hawaii News Now reached out to the fire department, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Humane Society to see if they could help, and we are waiting to hear back.