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Carnegie Policemen use Call of The Wild to roust home intruder
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | 03/24/05 | Brandon Keat

Posted on 03/29/2005 2:06:55 PM PST by smoothsailing

Susan Barefoot cried fowl Wednesday morning when an oversized intruder burst into her Carnegie home.

The prowler, a large wild turkey, crashed through the kitchen window of the home on Federal Avenue moments after Barefoot stepped away from the sink to go to the bathroom.....

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: carnegie; environment; police; prowler; thanksgiving
I hate it when that happens!
1 posted on 03/29/2005 2:06:57 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
These guys can be nasty.


2 posted on 03/29/2005 2:11:14 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Maybe it's not the Alinsky Method. Maybe you appear ridiculous because you are ridiculous!!!)
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To: smoothsailing

Gotta love it when dinner delivers itself.
Right into the kitchen to boot!


3 posted on 03/29/2005 2:11:51 PM PST by Stopislamnow (Three co-equal branches? Not anymore. Sig heil mein black robed tyrant!)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

The wild ones? You bet!


4 posted on 03/29/2005 2:19:12 PM PST by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon)
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To: Stopislamnow

LOL!


5 posted on 03/29/2005 2:20:00 PM PST by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon)
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To: smoothsailing
As a CoonAss, I'll never understand it when people are afraid of wild animals...delicious wild animals...that break into their house. Down here in Louisiana, we'd consider it a blessing.

Put on a pot of rice!

6 posted on 03/29/2005 2:20:42 PM PST by CrawDaddyCA (There is no such thing as a fair fight. Thou shall win at all costs!!)
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To: CrawDaddyCA

So true! And no defrosting! :^)


7 posted on 03/29/2005 2:32:50 PM PST by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon)
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To: smoothsailing

Yikes, turkey attack!


8 posted on 03/29/2005 2:35:24 PM PST by Darksheare ("Do you believe I'm worth coming home to?")
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To: Darksheare
....When she looked into the kitchen, "this gigantic turkey is looking right back at me, right there in front of my stove. "

:^)

9 posted on 03/29/2005 2:48:36 PM PST by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon)
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To: smoothsailing

The two that had been in my neighbor's yard earlier today had enough sense to flee once they'd spotted me.

*chuckle*
Instinctively he set himself in front of the stove, if I didn't know better I'd say he was taunting her.


10 posted on 03/29/2005 2:52:19 PM PST by Darksheare ("Do you believe I'm worth coming home to?")
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To: CrawDaddyCA

A real CoonAss can tell you exactly how much gravy it will take to cover 100 acres of rice.

Love them toothsome little mud bugs.


11 posted on 03/29/2005 3:13:41 PM PST by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: smoothsailing

"Niiice turkey."

12 posted on 03/29/2005 4:11:00 PM PST by 4mycountry ("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
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"We didn't harm the turkey at all, and there were no injuries," Samangy said. "Thank God for my partner."

What, no turkey for easter at the orphanage?

13 posted on 03/29/2005 6:15:19 PM PST by El Gato (Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
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To: El Gato

Who Knows? The turkey got away! :^)


14 posted on 03/29/2005 6:22:23 PM PST by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon)
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