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Police Investigate Bizarre Emergency Call From Bishop
KOAT.com ^ | 9-30-07

Posted on 10/01/2007 4:58:00 PM PDT by Renfield

GALLUP, N.M. -- Gallup police reported a bizarre set of circumstances following a recent emergency call to the home of Roman Catholic Bishop Donald Pelotte.

The most recent event happened Thursday when Gallup police reported receiving an emergency call from Pelotte, 62.

An incident report from the McKinley Metropolitan Dispatch Authority reported that Pelotte told operators "...gentle little people, about 3 to 4 feet tall, and wearing Halloween masks" were in the hall. The dispatch log reported that Pelotte said he hid in a closet while the people were in his home.

The report said Pelotte offered conflicting information about the people who he said were in his home.

At one point, he said one person came to visit and the others also came inside. He also described them as strangers and said they had been there three hours and didn't want to leave.

Police report they never found anyone inside Pelotte's home.

Pelotte recently returned to Gallup after being treated for injuries sustained in a fall at his home in July. Since then, he has been in and out of hospitals and recovery centers in New Mexico, Phoenix, Houston and Florida.

Police said at the time of his original fall that the initial report was that the bishop had been attacked by intruders who entered his home. Pelotte later confirmed that he had fallen.

The diocese told reporters in Gallup that priests who consult Pelotte will make decisions concerning his involvement in the church.


TOPICS: Religion; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: apparitions; bishop; catholic; dwarves; leprechauns; littlepeople; newmexico; nm; weefolk; weirdness

1 posted on 10/01/2007 4:58:11 PM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield

Bizarre.


2 posted on 10/01/2007 5:07:28 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Always finish what you st)
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To: Renfield
There’s very possibly a medical explanation to this.
3 posted on 10/01/2007 5:22:02 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
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To: Gay State Conservative

There’s very possibly a medical explanation to this.

Hobbitmania.


4 posted on 10/01/2007 5:27:04 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Renfield
...gentle little people, about 3 to 4 feet tall...


5 posted on 10/01/2007 5:31:19 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: tet68
Hobbitmania.

Older man....fall...in and out of health care facilities since the fall.Possibly some sort of head injury.Of course it could also be strictly psychiatric in nature.

6 posted on 10/01/2007 5:37:42 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
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To: Renfield

Its the aliens ;-)


7 posted on 10/01/2007 6:00:06 PM PDT by festus (No matter how guilty you are a jury will probably get you off.)
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To: Renfield
I am no doctor but it sounds like the head injury and some combination of medication, exhaustion and dehydration.

Good luck to him.

8 posted on 10/01/2007 6:22:42 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: Renfield

I know the Bishop’s brother,who is a priest. He is the parish priest everybody wants. Warm, loving, soft spoken, sharp as a tack. He was caring for his brother after the first incident.


9 posted on 10/01/2007 8:58:21 PM PDT by Andyman (The truth shall make you freep.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; elkfersupper; CedarDave; CougarGA7

WTFIIWNM?

10 posted on 10/02/2007 4:01:50 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: festus
Well, this IS New Mexico.
11 posted on 10/02/2007 4:35:40 AM PDT by Renfield (How come there aren't any football teams with pink uniforms?)
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To: martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; elkfersupper; CedarDave

Alright. Who lifted the hook?

12 posted on 10/02/2007 9:07:13 AM PDT by CougarGA7
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To: martin_fierro; CougarGA7

I have an alibi.


13 posted on 10/02/2007 9:09:22 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: martin_fierro
I've been trying to figure this out for a long time.

The reporting of the incidents involving this character is just not right.

I think he is either crazy or has a bunch of unsavory friends or habits or all of the above.

14 posted on 10/02/2007 9:18:26 AM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Renfield

15 posted on 10/04/2007 1:39:57 PM PDT by Dajjal
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