There are certain invitations one is wise to decline: Would you like to come into the back of my van for some candy? Would you climb all the way into the oven my dear…oh, and cover yourself in butter so you slide right in? I would think, ‘Would you like to let your children come pet and play with my 750-pound alligator’ might seem like another obvious invitation for parents to decline. Apparently not! A man in New York had … Continue reading →
When you live in Montana, you know that living in close proximity to wildlife comes with the territory. ‘It’s the bear’s territory,’ they say, ‘we just live in it.’ Some bears take this idea to a whole new level. In the town of Bozeman, a black bear was spotted in high a school … casually walking down the hallway. The bear had apparently entered through an open garage door. He didn’t stay long, exiting the building just a few minutes … Continue reading →
In Lyons, Colorado, a local bear smelled something sweet. So it entered through a window in a local pie shop and helped itself to some pies. All told, the bear ate 24 cherry pies and 14 apple pies, according to the owner of the Colorado Cherry Company. I think the town found a new winner for their annual pie eating contest.
Continue reading →Jogger saved by Dog In Saugus, Massachusetts, police say a local woman may have been saved by her barking dog. The woman was jogging with her dog when a man approached her holding a knife. The woman’s dog started barkinig, causing other dogs in the area to join in. All the barking appears to have spoked the suspect, who ran away. (USA Today, 10-3-2014)
Continue reading →February 2010 Three-year-old Victoria Bensch of Corder Lakes, Arizona, was playing outside her home on a late February afternoon when she disappeared. One of the family’s dogs, Blue, was also missing. Authorities weren’t sure if she wandered off looking for the dog or if the two were even together, but since there were no signs of foul play, police assumed that the girl was merely lost. As night set in and temperatures dipped into the low thirties, authorities launched a … Continue reading →
July 2007 It ain’t the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. At least that seems to be the case with Zoey, a five-pound Chihuahua, who sprang into action when a rattlesnake threatened her owners 1-year-old grandson. Little Booker West was having fun at Grammy and Grandpa’s house in Masonville, Colorado. He was blissfully splashing his hands in a backyard birdbath, when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled, and … Continue reading →