Police: Drunk Pa. Man Tried To Revive Dead Opossum

CBS News ^ | March 26, 2010

[rightwingintelligentsia]

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Police say they charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a long-dead opossum along a highway.

State police Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw 55-year-old Donald Wolfe, of Brookville, near the animal Thursday along Route 36 in Oliver Township, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

The trooper says one person saw Wolfe kneeling before the animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance. He says another saw Wolfe attempting to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Levier says the animal already had been dead a while.

[glennaro]

A new version of “Groundhog Day”?

[unkus]

Now, that’s what’s called blind drunk.

[bgill]

Tastes like chicken!

[Jeff Winston]

Some might say this doesn’t belong on FreeRepublic, but heck, it makes every bit as much sense as a lot of what our politicians have been up to lately.

[Jeff Winston]

Just caught that this happened in Punxsutawney, PA. ROTFL!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What are you lookin at?....

[Fiddlstix]

Obviously he thought it was Punxsutawney Phil and was trying to help

[PLMerite]

Probably a lot safer than trying to give mouth-to-mouth to a *live* opossum.

[LTCJ]

Was he crying out, “Phil! Phil! Get up, Phil!”?

[STD]

Joe Biden performs drunkin CPR

[Berlin_Freeper]

You won’t see that in a beer commercial.

[BigEdLB]

Some possums are too far gone no matter waht you do.

[dblshot]

Man that is one ugly ‘possum.

[atomic conspiracy]

“The trooper says one person saw Wolfe kneeling before the animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance.”

Reminds me of the time I found a local street preacher mumbling and gesticulating in my parking lot. He was trying to cast out a visitor’s Dodge Demon. I told him we would just have it towed if it caused any problems.

[PUGACHEV]

It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

[atomic conspiracy]

Maybe he was trying to impress one of those naked PETA babes.

[Mikey_1962]

If he was drunk he may have given mouth to anus resuscitation.

[Terry Mross]

My cat got in the cloths dryer. She looked pretty bad when I pulled her out. I wrap her in a soaking wet towel, gave her mouth to mouth and rushed her to the vet. The vet said my mouth to mouth saved her life.

And if you ever find yourself in a similar position be careful to only blow small bursts of air. The cat’s lungs are a lot smaller than mine. Just kidding but it is true.

[Bernard]

Was it an ex-oppusum, or just pinin’ for the fjords?