The Newport geese are merciless tormentors and prodigious defecators.Circa 2006, I'm on a nice long afternoon run around the perimeter of the Navy base in Newport, RI. One lonely goose was near the path as I passed it. It skirted away as they normally did...at least that's what I thought. This time though, the little bastard waited for me to pass and then took to flight and came after me and took a nice peck at my left tricep. The next day, my arm had a huge bruise and it looked like someone took a hammer to it. Hurt like a son of a bitch.