RAQQA, Syria — The Islamic State's (ISIS) attempt to duplicate the famous "Men Who Stare At Goats" experiment has been abandoned after numerous sexual harassment allegations were raised against the participants, sources say.

The experiment, initially designed to test soldiers' psychic power, quickly devolved as the staring turned into lewd and often physical encounters. Herders say the harassment continued even after ISIS made it mandatory for all goats to wear burqas.

"They kept using that word 'stare.' I do not think it means what they think it means," said Malik Abbas, a herder whose goats took part in the program. "I look away for five seconds and those perverts were stuffing Mr. Whiskers like a piñata."