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Elephant found wandering in New York town gets escort from state police
FoxNews.com ^ | Nov 12, 2018 | Travis Fedschun | Fox News

Posted on 11/12/2018 10:47:26 AM PST by ETL

New York State Police said Monday a wayward pachyderm was found wandering by state troopers in the town of Westtown, about 70 miles northwest of New York City. ..."

The lost elephant needed to be escorted back home after wandering away from an animal sanctuary.

Photos posted by the law enforcement agency show the elephant milling around in the dark on the road, which was illuminated by the headlights of a car.

While it's not clear how the elephant got out of the sanctuary, National Geographic notes that the animals are not docile in darkness.

"These hungry animals do not sleep much, and they roam over great distances while foraging for the large quantities of food that they require to sustain their massive bodies," the magazine notes.

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State police said the elephant got lost after wandering away from an animal sanctuary.
State police said the elephant got lost after wandering away from an animal sanctuary
(New York State Police)

A wayward elephant was found in Westtown, New York on Sunday.
A wayward elephant was found in Westtown, New York on Sunday.
(New York State Police)

1 posted on 11/12/2018 10:47:26 AM PST by ETL
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Westtown is near Middletown

Image result for map new york middletown

2 posted on 11/12/2018 10:47:42 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Probably voted Democrat......................


3 posted on 11/12/2018 10:50:44 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: ETL

Cute! I want one!


4 posted on 11/12/2018 10:51:46 AM PST by BunnySlippers (TWO TERMS ....)
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To: ETL

Paging Grouch Marx.


5 posted on 11/12/2018 10:55:38 AM PST by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Bratch

Grouch=Groucho


6 posted on 11/12/2018 10:56:09 AM PST by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: ETL

“show the elephant milling around in the dark on the road, which was illuminated by the headlights of a car. “

The insurance claim for that accident had it happened, would be interesting to read!


7 posted on 11/12/2018 10:59:27 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: ETL
"The lost elephant needed to be escorted back home after wandering away from an animal sanctuary."

Probably looking for her sister Hillary in the woods.

8 posted on 11/12/2018 11:00:34 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: ETL

I don’t think elephants do well in cold, and it was pretty cold last night.


9 posted on 11/12/2018 11:03:38 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: mass55th
Probably looking for her sister Hillary in the woods.

Image result for Chappaqua new york hillary clinton map

Image result for elephant hillary clinton

10 posted on 11/12/2018 11:05:36 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: mass55th
Image result for westtown new york  map
11 posted on 11/12/2018 11:07:45 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

LOL!! Never saw that safari picture before.


12 posted on 11/12/2018 11:08:00 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: ETL

Q: What do elephants have that no other animals have?
A: Baby elephants.

Q: How is an elephant like a banana?
A: They’re both grey. Well… except the banana.

Q: What’s grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow?
A: An elephant rolling down a hill with a daisy in its mouth!

Q: Why is an elephant big, grey, and wrinkly?
A: Because, if it was small, white and smooth it would be an Aspirin.

Q: How do you know if you pass an elephant?
A: You can’t get the toilet seat down.

Q: How do you know if there is an elephant under the bed?
A: Your nose is touching the ceiling.

Q: Why do elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow?
A: So that they can hide upside-down in bowls of custard.

Q: Did you ever find an elephant in your custard?
A: No? Well, it must work.

Q: Why do elephants lay on their backs?
A: To trip low flying canaries.

Q: What has two tails, two trunks and five feet?
A: An elephant with spare parts


13 posted on 11/12/2018 11:11:22 AM PST by Bob434
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To: ETL; Army Air Corps
Why just the other day I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

How he got in my pajamas I will never know.

14 posted on 11/12/2018 11:11:34 AM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: ETL

In before GOP jokes.
That looks like a baby elephant. Less than two years old.
Somebody probably left a gate open, and Junior got curious.


15 posted on 11/12/2018 11:12:46 AM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: Bob434

LOL!


16 posted on 11/12/2018 11:15:51 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: mass55th
"The lost elephant needed to be escorted back home after wandering away from an animal sanctuary." Probably looking for her sister Hillary in the woods.

That would be a donkey, not an elephant.

17 posted on 11/12/2018 11:16:33 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

We covered it.


18 posted on 11/12/2018 11:19:22 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: HereInTheHeartland

We are Farmers....ba ba da dop ba ba


19 posted on 11/12/2018 11:20:06 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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To: ETL

Can’t blame him. Just trying to escape a Democrat State run by a bunch of jackasses.


20 posted on 11/12/2018 11:24:47 AM PST by ZULU (Jeff Sessions should be tried for sedition.)
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