NZ man 'used hedgehog as weapon'

BBC ^ | 07 Apr 2008 | BBC

[BGHater]

A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.

Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy.

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," said Senior Sgt Bruce Jenkins, in the North Island town of Whakatane.

It was unclear whether the hedgehog was still alive when it was thrown, though it was dead when collected as evidence.

The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested "for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog."

Mr Singalargh is due to appear in court on 17 April. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

[BGHater]

Please, no Ron Jeremy photos.

[Jeff Chandler]

I'll give up my hedgehog when they pry it from my cold, dead, fingers!

[Titan Magroyne]

There’s a weapon you don’t see every day!

*up to the reader to determine if I mean Ron Jeremy or the poor deceased little hedgehog*

[Jeff Chandler]

Who’s Ron Jeremy?

[DieHard the Hunter]

Ouch! ‘Strewth that must have hurt! Not funny! Not even a bit funny!

Them hedgehog mungrels are all sharp pointy spikes, a little like a baseball with hundreds of nails sticking out, maybe 1-2 lbs heavy.

It wouldn’t have hurt the hedgehog but. They roll up into a tight ball when threatened, spikes-out, and are quite rubbery. If a dog, for example, tries to bite one, the dog owner will for sure have a vet bill and the hedgehog will waddle away laughing.

Throwing a hedgehog! Hell-funny and only in NZ! Crikey!

[skinkinthegrass]

LOL!...and you thought, this only happened, in/on Monty Python's, Flying Circus

[eastsider]

Assault with a dead weapon.

[Slapshot68]

Police sketch of the perp:

[avg_freeper]

When hedgehogs are outlawed only criminals will have hedgehogs.

[Slings and Arrows]

It could have been worse.

[Tallguy]

[cspackler]

LOL!...and you thought, this only happened, in/on Monty Python's, Flying Circus

[lonevoice]

Hedgehogs don't kill people, people kill people.

[Red Badger]

A hedgehog IS a weapon!..............

[bad company]

Who’s Ron Jeremy?

http://www.freerepublic.com/~ronjeremy/

[Skip Ripley]

Shoot...I wanted to be the first person to post a photo of Spiny Norman

[Marko413]

People are wasting their time trying to ban guns. THIS is where we need to focus our efforts!

[cdbull23]

Did he use this guy?

[synchron]

Not as dangerous as a pointed stick.

[Hacklehead]

This article gave me an idea for a new sport to replace dodgeball.

[Centurion2000]

This article gave me an idea for a new sport to replace dodgeball.

Already been done .... BloodBowl

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

Ban all hedgehogs!!!

[USMCGunnut]

The question you have to ask yourself is did I throw 5 hedgehogs or 6. In all this excitement I kind of lost track myself.

[Hacklehead]

“Already been done .... BloodBowl”

Boring. Imagine the potential of a sport where the ball can bite, run away and leave players full of sharp spines. In the heavyweigh division they can use porcupines! Them’s manly sports fer sure.

[tm61]

“if you can dodge a hedgehog, you can dodge a ball”

-Patches O’houlihan (RIP)

[WakeUpAndVote]

[ErnBatavia]

[llevrok]

When hedgehogs are outlawed, only Kiwi’s will have hedgehogs.

[CORedneck]

At least he didn’t throw a Kiwi ! Hit right, you get the point ; )

[ArrogantBustard]

[NonValueAdded]

or Spiny Norman

[Calvin Locke]

Channel surfing last night, I caught the last half of Alice in Wonderland, and hedgehogs were used as croquet balls...

[Calvin Locke]

Hehe. From that thread on that old PIAT launcher, I ended up finding out that the name "hedgehog" came from the look of the spines after the charges were launched.

Probably a good and misleading code name as well.

[secret garden]

This is right up your alley.

[tacticalogic]

Okay, who’s got the plans for a hedgehog minigun?

[ArrogantBustard]

[magslinger]

I thought of “The Far Side” and the Dobie-o-matic.

[tacticalogic]

That’s just the magazine.

[blackie]

Have you witnessed much of this? >:-}

[lonevoice]

But being as this is a hedgehog, the most powerful insectivore in the world...

I actually had to learn something to respond to your comment. The hedgehog is an insectivore, and not a rodent. Who knew?!?

[shaggy eel]

,,, very rarely I’ll see a hedgehog in daylight. They’re nocturnal. I’ve never seen anyone throwing one. Most commonly their chosen way of death is by being run over by cars. The little suckers are known to carry all sorts of diseases.

[SC Swamp Fox]

*up to the reader to determine if I mean Ron Jeremy or the poor deceased little hedgehog*

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks"

Either one could leave a large, red welt....but I don't think Jeremy would leave puncture marks.

[Titan Magroyne]

By *my* reckoning, if it has a mind of its own, it *might* just have teeth too. ;o)

[blackie]

Opossums (we call 'em possums) are the leaders in becoming road kill here in Oregon, they are also nocturnal.

[HamiltonJay]

Nocturnal, very slow moving generally and incredibly slow witted... the perfect combination for road kill.

[HamiltonJay]

They are freaky little buggers, had a friend that had one as a pet.

[WesternPacific]

When Hedgehogs are outlawed only outlaws will have hedgehogs.

[reagan_fanatic]

Cutest. Hedgehog. Ever.

LINK

[skinkinthegrass]

....or the (overripe) banana/grape. :D

[skinkinthegrass]

LOL! ....kinda like WHACK! THE GOPHER.