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No Murder Involved: Vancouver Crow Steals Knife From Crime Scene
Vancouver Sun ^ | May 26, 2016 | Wendy McLellan

Posted on 05/28/2016 6:10:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A well-known Vancouver bird is again in the news, as it moved a survival knife involved at a crime scene in Vancouver on May 25, 2016. Canuck the Crow, seen in this undated handout photo from the bird's Facebook page, is holding a kitchen knife.

Canuck the crow flew the coop with a knife from a crime scene in Vancouver Tuesday.

Vancouver police were dealing with a car fire in the McDonald’s parking lot at Hastings and Cassiar on Tuesday afternoon when they were confronted by a man armed with a knife. During the confrontation an officer shot the man, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating the shooting incident.

Police cordoned off the area for their investigation, and that’s when the crow hopped in.

While media waited at the scene, one reporter watched as Canuck flew behind the crime scene tape and picked up an object.

“A cop chased it for about 15 to 20 feet, and then the crow dropped it and took off,” Mike Howell, a reporter for the Vancouver Courier, told CBC.

“It was really strange. In my 20-plus years reporting from crime scenes, I’ve never seen anything like that crow trying to take a knife.”

It’s not the first time the city’s local media has chirped about Canuck’s exploits.

It is accused of attacking a cyclist and been seen riding the SkyTrain. Canuck is certainly no bird brain when it comes to media exposure, even posing for a mock interview with CBC’s Dan Burritt last September.

Vancouver police Const. Brian Montague confirmed in an email to CBC that the crow tampered with evidence at the crime scene.

“The crow was persistent, but the knife was eventually gathered as evidence,” Montague said.


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A murder of crows.

1 posted on 05/28/2016 6:10:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 05/28/2016 6:11:11 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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Heckler ..... Heckel & Jeckels great great great great grandson....


3 posted on 05/28/2016 6:15:04 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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His familiar?


4 posted on 05/28/2016 6:16:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Crows do this. My parents would sit out in the yard and drink iced tea. One time they left their ice tea spoons out there and when mom went out to get them she saw the crow flying away with one, the other was already gone.

A few years later the neighbors did some roof work on their house, under the eaves they found the crows hiding place. There was all kinds of stuff, mostly shiny metal objects.

5 posted on 05/28/2016 6:21:01 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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The girl who gets gifts from birds
6 posted on 05/28/2016 6:31:03 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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On my way to work one morning there was a crow on the phone lines with a flip top cigarette box in his beak.


7 posted on 05/28/2016 6:33:00 PM PDT by lilypad
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Nevermore


8 posted on 05/28/2016 6:47:52 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (For the sake of His sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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Rossini “The Thieving Magpie” opera.
Plot in brief: Woman is jailed and almost executed for the theft of a spoon (actually stolen by the bird).

It’s on the program at the Glimmerglass Festival in Coooperstown, NY this summer.

Quite timely scheduling! Vancouver needs to do this opera.


9 posted on 05/28/2016 6:48:24 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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So that’s what happened to OJ’s knife.


10 posted on 05/28/2016 6:50:57 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Th dMake America Great Again!)
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It is accused of attacking a cyclist and been seen riding the SkyTrain.

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Why fly when you can take the train?


11 posted on 05/28/2016 6:55:03 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Th dMake America Great Again!)
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“The crow was persistent, but the knife was eventually gathered as evidence,” Montague said.

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It doesn’t matter. If the crow makes a lift, you must acquit.


12 posted on 05/28/2016 6:56:05 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Th dMake America Great Again!)
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Nevermore

So, what is the difference between a raven and a crow?

13 posted on 05/28/2016 7:02:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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“These two species, common ravens and American crows, overlap widely throughout North America, and they look quite similar. But with a bit of practice, you can tell them apart. You probably know that ravens are larger, the size of a red-tailed hawk. Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger These two species, common ravens and American crows, overlap widely throughout North America, and they look quite similar. But with a bit of practice, you can tell them apart. You probably know that ravens are larger, the size of a red-tailed hawk. Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger groups”


14 posted on 05/28/2016 7:12:23 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (For the sake of His sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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We have huge pine trees in our yard, unusual for the high desert, and the ravens love them. They fly for fun, sometimes in huge strings, like the tail of a kite. They barrel race around the trees. They’re amazing.


15 posted on 05/28/2016 7:29:36 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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Crows like shiny stuff.


16 posted on 05/28/2016 7:36:36 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Theoria

That is too cool. Thanks for the link.


17 posted on 05/28/2016 8:25:25 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: lilypad

Nasty habit. I hope the crow gave it up.


18 posted on 05/29/2016 1:48:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Crows are very smart birds.

When I was a child, my father brought home a baby crow that had fallen out of the nest.
We hand fed it and raised it.

And believe it or not; they CAN be taught to talk to some extent..like a parrot.
Ours could only say a few words, but it was very amusing to hear him.
He would stretch out his neck and say,’Hello, Joe’ (his name) in a raspy funny ‘voice. Very funny.

I’ve always wanted another.


19 posted on 05/29/2016 7:01:18 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!!!)
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