As I was sitting here this morning, getting my wake-up dose of caffeine and nicotine, I ran across the perfect news item for a quick Saturday post. It comes from my hometown paper. At least the paper the covers my hometown area. My hometown paper ceased publication about a year ago. A very sad day for the Tri-Towns, but time marches on. I read it every morning, just to feel close to "back home". This week I learned,through this paper, that the man who shot George Wallace during his campaign for president, has settled in this small town. He has declined all requests for interviews, including those from the big news networks offering money for his story. Stories about encounters with wildlife are not unusual for this paper. Deer have "crashed" weddings by coming through glass front walls of chapels, bear are often captured wandering through the drive-up window by bank security cameras, and this summer, a couple was chased into their home by a bear that refused to give up the pursuit. After they shut themselves inside, the bear proceeded to try to remove a window air conditioner from the front porch window. The wife held on from the inside, long enough for her husband to retrieve and load his shotgun. An autopsy or animaltopsy revealed that the bear was rabid. But this story left me with a smile.
Unable to see, a deer lies in a field outside the Beverly Living Center in Cumberland with a plastic jack-o’-lantern stuck on its head Friday morning. Representatives from the DNR were able to gently remove the pumpkin decoration from the deer without any harm being done. After the deer was rendered free of its affliction, it happily hopped off into the woods behind the nursing home.
John A. Bone / Cumberland Times-News
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You know, I've never heard of a rabid bear. Never thought about a rabid bear. Having a slavering, rabid, grizz coming at you wouldn't be a good thing.
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