[MtnClimber]

An attack trained turtle. That is just what I need!

[colorado tanker]

Snapping turtles can be ornery but it sounds like witnesses said it wasn’t.

[BBB333]

So we need a new Senate Leader?

[dfwgator]

Austin man charged with hammering turtle to death told police it was self-defense

And they say it is a Capital offense.

[familyop]

TLM!

[thesharkboy]

He was very fortunate not to be trampled.

[babble-on]

40 pound snapper. I think I would let him keep the hook, personally.

[lee martell]

This goes under the top five dumbest or most cruel criminal acts I’ve heard of recently, but I don’t see how this could be labeled as ‘humorous’. I’m probably over thinking it.
The turtle ‘lunged’ at you? Really? What, like a flying squirrel?

[Mr Apple]

Lock up this bastard zombie and leave him there.

[trisham]

What an __________.

[headstamp 2]

Hey idiot, cut the line.

All for a 25 cent hook.

Moron.

[353FMG]

Reminds me of the time I caught a seaturtle off the coast at Tyndall AFB in 1958. Cut it up in pieces and deep fried it and ate it with biscuits and grits. Awesome taste.

[Redwood71]

Starting next week the libs will step in and investigate this for a hate crime with the perp using an assault hammer. Get’em Barrack. You’ll close every True Value in the country.

red

[Ouderkirk]

Why not say he was planning on having soup.

[LadyDoc]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/68505/10-biting-facts-about-snapping-turtles

[FlyingEagle]

The turtle must have been bogarting that reefer too much so the dude hammered him for it

I’ve been to Austin, I know what goes on there.

Clear case of cold blooded murder

[SgtHooper]

Well, looks like the dude will need to “shell” out for a big fine.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

What kind of fishing requires a hammer? Sounds like he carried it with him for a purpose. I wonder how many times this happened before but with no witnesses.

[Daffynition]

I can hope

[Crucial]

It’s news that this is news.