Okay, this is not quite in State College, but any groundhog story qualifies for this blog. From today's Centre Daily Times website:
Groundhog hitches ride with unsuspecting Pa. man
The Associated PressMay 23, 2011 2:46pm EDT
WHITEHALL, Pa. — A stowaway groundhog created quite a mess, not to mention a neighborhood ruckus that drew police, a state wildlife officer and even the mayor, when it became trapped inside a car in suburban Allentown.
The fat, furry rodent tore up the back seat of a 1995 Pontiac Bonneville and used the car as a toilet.
Tyler Duncan, 20, of New Tripoli, made the unpleasant discovery Sunday afternoon when he returned to the car following a sleepover at a friend's house in Whitehall Township, according to The Morning Call of Allentown.
"I screamed," he said.
He called his mother, Sharon Duncan, who was brave enough to get in the car and start cleaning it. As she was picking up pieces of cushion and animal feces, Duncan's friend's mother caught a glimpse of the buck-toothed varmint trying to escape from underneath the front passenger seat. She, too, began screaming.
Township police and a state wildlife officer worked together to catch the woodchuck, which was put in a cage and released to the wild. Authorities believe the critter had traveled with Duncan from New Tripoli to Whitehall, a distance of about 15 miles.
Whitehall Mayor Ed Hozza Jr. joked that he gave a "direct order" to take the groundhog back to New Tripoli.
The fat, furry rodent tore up the back seat of a 1995 Pontiac Bonneville and used the car as a toilet.
Tyler Duncan, 20, of New Tripoli, made the unpleasant discovery Sunday afternoon when he returned to the car following a sleepover at a friend's house in Whitehall Township, according to The Morning Call of Allentown.
"I screamed," he said.
He called his mother, Sharon Duncan, who was brave enough to get in the car and start cleaning it. As she was picking up pieces of cushion and animal feces, Duncan's friend's mother caught a glimpse of the buck-toothed varmint trying to escape from underneath the front passenger seat. She, too, began screaming.
Township police and a state wildlife officer worked together to catch the woodchuck, which was put in a cage and released to the wild. Authorities believe the critter had traveled with Duncan from New Tripoli to Whitehall, a distance of about 15 miles.
Whitehall Mayor Ed Hozza Jr. joked that he gave a "direct order" to take the groundhog back to New Tripoli.
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