Posted on 04/09/2005 5:45:12 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) -- A llama on the loose gave Brenda Hobbick and her stepson, Zachary, a surprise when it showed up at their rural Grand Rapids home. The cattle and horses at their property bear little resemblance to the animal that was standing in the yard as they arrived home Friday.
"We just pulled in, and I was like, 'That's not ours. What the heck is it?'" said Zachary, 15.
The wayward llama had slipped away from a pen in another part of town when Dale Carlson went to do some raking.
"I carelessly left the gate open when I was raking the lawn," said Carlson, a 67-year-old retired paper mill worker. "I just turned around, and she was out. And even a bucket of corn wouldn't entice her to come back."
The llama doesn't have a name.
"That's probably why I couldn't call it," Carlson said.
He couldn't catch her either.
"They can run fast," he said.
Grand Rapids police Officer Steve Slinkman helped later as the animal was corralled at the Hobbick home and given hay and water.
Officials called Carlson to see if he was missing a llama. He has two of them as pets.
"I appreciate the help of catching it," Carlson said.
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Information from: Daily Tribune, http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com
When I saw stuff like that at 15 there was usually an illicit substance involved!
Purple dragons!
This got moved from front page to local news. How or what do I need to do to post it there in the first place??
Hell, I was in college one time and thought I saw a bear in a field, it turned out to be a Mazda.
Is it Wisconsin Rapids or Grand Rapids? Two different places seperated by a big lake and about 500 miles.
I'd have loved to heard that phone call.
"Mr. Carlson, are you missing a llama? If you don't miss it, do you mind if a homeowner shoots your llama in their pajamas?"
I checked using Maptech and Grand Rapids seems to be a small town just outside Wisconsin Rapids.
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