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Woman, 26, cited after Charleston police said she scared carriage horses with T.rex costume
Post and Courier ^ | 5.19.2017 | Dave Munday

Posted on 05/20/2017 10:51:20 AM PDT by Gamecock

A 26-year-old West Ashley woman was ticketed Friday after Charleston police said she caused an accident by scaring two carriage horses with a Tyrannosaurus rex costume.

Nicole Wells of Ashley River Road was cited on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and wearing a mask or disguise on a public street, a city code violation, police said.

Wells was released after turning herself in Friday morning, spokesman Charles Francis said. She was not jailed.

The incident was reported shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday near Tommy Condon's restaurant on Church Street. Two Palmetto Carriage Works horses, named Yogi and Boo Boo, were pulling 16 passengers when a woman dressed in an orange Tyrannosaurus rex costume got in front of the carriage and started making growling noises, according to witnesses and the police report. She refused to move after being warned several times that she was upsetting the horses, driver Van Sturgeon said.

The horses jumped and jackknifed the carriage. Yogi fell back on his haunches. The driver was thrown to the pavement, and a wheel ran over his right leg. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. He was walking with crutches Friday with a bruised leg and broken foot.

Initially it was reported that Yogi was scratched but officials later confirmed he was not hurt. No passenger injuries were reported.

The dinosaur shuffled off to a parking garage on Cumberland Street and got into a car, according to surveillance video. Witnesses told police it was a woman.

At a press conference Friday afternoon, Palmetto Carriage Works President Tom Doyle said staffers have seen people lay down in the street to stop the horses, as well as yell insults at drivers and passengers.

"We've seen the attacks getting more and more brazen, and we fear the result will be the death of one of our family, a guest or an animal," he said. "These attacks follow the increasingly irresponsible rhetoric coming from organizations that have one goal, and that goal is to end carriage tours in Charleston."

The Charleston Animal Society has been calling for reforms to the carriage industry and not a ban, but has reposted videos of fallen horses from groups whose agenda is to ban carriages. The Animal Society decried the dinosaur incident as animal cruelty and offered a $2,500 reward Thursday for an arrest and conviction.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: animalcruelty; animalrightsnuts; animalrightsuts; carriagehorses; carriages; charleston; costume; crime; dinosaur; horses; leftwingnuts; nicolewells; peta; recklessendangerment; southcarolina; trex
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To: shanover

“Cucumber: Cats worst enemy, woman’s best friend?”

You know what they say, once you go Cucurbitaceae, you never go back.


41 posted on 05/20/2017 1:16:55 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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To: digger48
Migth that be the College of Charleston?
42 posted on 05/20/2017 1:21:42 PM PDT by jamaksin
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To: Quickgun

I used to rescue Rots for the SPCA....what a wonderful animal.....Saved over 12 of them.....

Into GSDs now.....they are smarter but not more loyal than Rots


43 posted on 05/20/2017 1:21:57 PM PDT by nevergore
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To: Gamecock

“The dinosaur shuffled off to a parking garage on Cumberland Street and got into a car, according to surveillance video.”

That’s a perfectly normal thing for a dinosaur to do.


44 posted on 05/20/2017 1:42:07 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: nevergore

GSD?


45 posted on 05/20/2017 1:44:32 PM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

German Shepherd Dog


46 posted on 05/20/2017 1:45:27 PM PDT by nevergore
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To: nevergore

Poor things do not seem to have a long lifespan judging from my neighbors Rotties.


47 posted on 05/20/2017 2:00:55 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Gamecock
Scares people also,

according to this staged Japanese prank

If that was pulled in the States, I suspect that when T-Rex rounded a corner, there would be a guy with a drawn handgun waiting for it.

48 posted on 05/20/2017 2:08:33 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: doorgunner69

8-12 years.....
Sad but a fact of life.....
Good News, puppies are born every day....


49 posted on 05/20/2017 2:13:34 PM PDT by nevergore
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To: Gamecock
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50 posted on 05/20/2017 3:13:07 PM PDT by tumblindice ("Fight for your country." Hector)
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To: JBW1949

That’s mean.

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51 posted on 05/20/2017 3:15:31 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Farmer Dean

“For some odd reason cats are deathly fraid of cucumbers.”
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Even big cats:
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52 posted on 05/20/2017 3:28:19 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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53 posted on 05/20/2017 3:29:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Gamecock; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; A Strict Constructionist; ...
Thanks for the ping Gamecock.

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54 posted on 05/20/2017 4:12:23 PM PDT by upchuck (Getting your news from the Wa Po is as worthless as getting it from Saturday Night Live ~ Greenfield)
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To: wally_bert

Go Pros look like so much fun. I loved Charleston. But the people were about 2 points too friendly for me on the Friendly People Meter. Only place in the country where I actually worried if I had been rude to the clerk somehow.

Nashville was PERFECT for my friendly nature. I fit in exactly. Here in LA I am wayyyy over the top of the friendly meter. I do not fit in here. North Orange County, a little better fit.


55 posted on 05/20/2017 6:21:26 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

The first couple of days trying it went well.

The video really impressed me.


56 posted on 05/20/2017 6:27:43 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: nevergore

GSD’s are smart, but certainly no more loyal. And big and strong goes to the Rotties, :)


57 posted on 05/20/2017 7:19:08 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Quickgun

There’s a special place in my heart for Rots......

They are incredibly loyal and loving dogs.....

After training and rehabilitating numerous Rots....even some that were functionally feral, these dogs have won me over....

BTW, the GSDs have them beat in speed and agility.... :^)


58 posted on 05/21/2017 5:50:43 AM PDT by nevergore
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To: nevergore

Yes, but to make up for the big and slow of my big Rottie, I have a purebred female Staffordshire Terrier. A 45 pound stick of dynamite.She is as loving and as loyal as they come, also. But I recommend folks that have other dogs to stick with females in this breed. They are very good dogs, but can be jealous..


59 posted on 05/21/2017 8:06:14 AM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Quickgun

They also have a very strong bred “prey” instinct.....

Although they can be fantastic with small children....if the inbred prey instinct is very strong, it can kick in ...turning a wonderful family dog into a tragedy.....


60 posted on 05/21/2017 8:11:25 AM PDT by nevergore
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