Small Town Misfit

Waynesboro, GA
Burke County residents reported property damage from the hooves and snouts of wayward livestock.

Last Thursday, an Eagle Pass Road resident told officers her neighbor’s pigs kept getting loose and coming into her yard. During the latest escape, they destroyed her garden and rooted up her flowers.

The day prior, a Maple Lane man had trouble with his neighbor’s goat. According to the deputy’s report, the man recorded video footage of the goat climbing on top of his vehicle and walking around.

The deputy noted that the man’s car had indeed been scratched and was also littered with goat hair.

Found in the True Citizen

Tracy, CA
9:42 a.m.: A woman reported that people who live nearby have a rooster in their backyard that keep waking her up on the 2100 block of Lincoln Boulevard.

Found in the Tracy Press

Rio Grande, NM
5:28 p.m. - A White Swan Road caller said her neighbors “stole her bird and placed it dead on the window.” She said they left their initials on the window next to the bird. Deputies went to the neighbors to question them but the adults of the household weren’t home.

5:30 p.m. — A Shadowood Lane caller said there was a lot of drug activity going on and she had been calling drug enforcement but nothing was getting done. She said her neighbors had been harassing her and “when they placed the dead bird on the window they left their initials.” No report was taken by the police.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Silicon Valley, CA
A pony found wandering in the street was tied to a pole by a person who called animal control.

Found in the San Jose Mercury News

Orem, UT
UVSC police responded to a report of a UVSC plane that had struck a deer on landing at the Provo Airport. Damage to the aircraft was estimated at $30,000. Although the pilot and instructor were not injured, the deer was killed. The runway was closed for some time until the FAA cleared it to reopen.

Found in the Utah Valley State College Times

Durango, CO
4:49 p.m. A woman reported a possible kangaroo sighting on the side of the highway in the 38000 block of U.S. Highway 550, near Needles. Animal Control responded and determined the animal to be a deer.

Found in the Durango Herald

Durango, CO
2:51 p.m., A man was setting off dynamite on the 15th hole of Dalton Ranch golf course to kill gophers. Deputies were unable to make contact with the reporting party.

Found in the Durango Herald

Erie County, PA
Deputies investigated a man who was shot in the leg on Girdle Road. The subject was attempting to shoot a deer that was hit by his vehicle when the bullet ricocheted off the ground at hit the male in the thigh. The subject was taken to the hospital where he received treatment.

Found in Bee News

Durango, CO
11:58 a.m. A dog dialed 911 from the 300 block of Knolls Circle, east of Farmington Hill.

Found in the Durango Herald

Erie County, PA
Loose llamas were rounded up by deputies on Manchester Drive and returned to the owner.

Found in Bee News

Westlake, OH
A concerned motorist called police on Nov. 1 to report a kangaroo hopping along the median on Interstate 90.

Police investigated, but after checking the surrounding area could find no sign of the mysterious marsupial.

Found in the Sun News

Flathead County, MT
3:16 p.m. Someone shot a dog who had a cat “attached” to its mouth.

Found in the Beacon.