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Phillip Aldrich, front, and Kyle Townsend walk with Wrigley the goat walk in a field along Wilshire Road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. The groups is walking with a a goat to "Crack the Curse" of the Chicago Cubs and to raise money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by walking 19,000 miles. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman.

Thursday afternoon a goat named Wrigley trotted down Wilshire Boulevard with his 5 human companions who are on a 1,900 mile hike across the country. The group of Cubs fans hope their long walk with Wrigley will break the curse of the billy goat. Along the way, they are raising money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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Wrigley the goat walks in a field next to Wilshire Road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. The groups is walking with a a goat to "Crack the Curse" of the Chicago Cubs and to raise money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by walking 19,000 miles. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman.

Matt Gregory, left, and Phillip Aldrich walk with Wrigley along Wilshire Road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. The groups is walking with a a goat to "Crack the Curse" of the Chicago Cubs and to raise money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by walking 19,000 miles. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman.

Matt Gregory, P.J. Fisher, Phillip Aldrich and Blake Ferrell walk with Wrigley along Wilshire Road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. The groups is walking with a a goat to "Crack the Curse" of the Chicago Cubs and to raise money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by walking 19,000 miles. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman.

- Sarah Phipps

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