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Woman Arrested For Stealing Rare Parrot In Her Bra
WFTV.com ^ | 11/8/05 | Staff Report

Posted on 11/08/2005 5:20:29 AM PST by ksen

Woman Arrested For Stealing Rare Parrot In Her Bra

POSTED: 6:35 am EST November 8, 2005

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A woman has been arrested for padding her bra -- with a stolen rare parrot.

Not weird enough? Read more strange news LOOK! Strange News Photos Jill Knispel, 35, of Englewood, hid the Greenwing parrot in her bra after taking it from her employer, Baby Exotic Birds of Englewood, police said.

When Knispel went to trade the bird for a vintage car, she told the car's owner how she got the animal, according to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Turns out the car's owner is friends with the man who owns the $2,000 bird.

DNA tests confirmed the bird's identity and Knispel was charged with grand theft.

"The circumstances of the case are the most bizarre I've ever encountered," said veteran wildlife investigator Lenny Barshinger.


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Birdbrain......
1 posted on 11/08/2005 5:20:30 AM PST by ksen
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To: ksen

"... that's just my duck eating my popcorn!"


2 posted on 11/08/2005 5:21:35 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: ksen

She stole a parrot from her bra?


3 posted on 11/08/2005 5:21:54 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: ksen; martin_fierro; mikrofon
Woman Arrested For Stealing Rare Parrot In Her Bra

What was a parrot doing in her bra?

4 posted on 11/08/2005 5:22:15 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Pining for the fjords?)
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To: Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; Frumanchu; xzins; HarleyD; ItsOurTimeNow

"Is that a parrot in your bra or are you just happy to see me." - ping!


5 posted on 11/08/2005 5:22:33 AM PST by ksen ("For an omniscient and omnipotent God, there are no Plan B's" - Frumanchu)
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To: NYTexan

Life imitates scrappleface


6 posted on 11/08/2005 5:22:47 AM PST by saveliberty (I did not break the feed. I may have lost it, but I did not break the feed.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
What was a parrot doing in her bra?

Smiling

7 posted on 11/08/2005 5:23:03 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: ksen

"Polly want a crack-ho"


8 posted on 11/08/2005 5:23:04 AM PST by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: ksen

'E's pinin' for the cleavage!


9 posted on 11/08/2005 5:23:26 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: ksen
"Honest, Your Honor, I didn't know it was a parrot. I thought it was a top secret National Security document, and I was retrieving it for Sandy Bergler. Honest. Sir."
10 posted on 11/08/2005 5:23:37 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: ksen
"The circumstances of the case are the most bizarre..."

"... the most brazzier"
11 posted on 11/08/2005 5:24:20 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: YouPosting2Me

"Ya know, I thought something was weird when she came in as an A cup and left as a D cup."


12 posted on 11/08/2005 5:24:38 AM PST by ksen ("For an omniscient and omnipotent God, there are no Plan B's" - Frumanchu)
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To: ksen
Just noticed this post....also about a bird:

Terrorists: Swimming in Saudi Money--Drugs, money laundering, and illegal birds
 

13 posted on 11/08/2005 5:25:27 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: SlowBoat407

'is feet are nailed to the perch!


14 posted on 11/08/2005 5:25:31 AM PST by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: ksen

"That's just a Bird of Paradise eating my cupcakes!"


15 posted on 11/08/2005 5:28:02 AM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: ksen

He's not dead, he's resting.


16 posted on 11/08/2005 5:32:44 AM PST by shekkian
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To: SlowBoat407

It was just stuned!


17 posted on 11/08/2005 5:34:23 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Pining for the fjords?)
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To: TomGuy

Yeah,

But thats about sporting falcons and eagles. Which probably do as poorly as parrots in capture.

As for this 'rare' baby bird in the story, if it's worth only 2000 bucks, then it's more likely a very common macaw or cockatoo. Not rare at all.

She should have gone for a Hyacinth at 10,000 or a Major Mitchells or Black Palm (30,000 each)....THEN you're stealing something!!!


18 posted on 11/08/2005 5:37:24 AM PST by najida (I've found the last dragon, now I need to figure out what to do with him.)
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To: Bahbah; MinuteGal; onyx

Morning laugh!


19 posted on 11/08/2005 5:37:57 AM PST by hoosiermama
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To: Charles Henrickson

Just another "entrapment" case. Okay, who "squawked".


20 posted on 11/08/2005 5:38:02 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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