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[Drugged] Stoned Owl Hides Out In Christmas Tree
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| December 15, 2005
Posted on 12/15/2005 2:35:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A bird with a buzz found in a Florida family's Christmas tree is getting ready to go back into the wild.
The little screech owl was found in the tree, which the family had kept for five days before deciding to decorate it.
Animal control officers from Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary came to get the owl, and said they smelled a strange odor on it when they did.
"Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like marijuana," said Jeff Dering, of the sanctuary. "They examined the owl, looked at its eyes ... and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned."
Blood tests confirmed the owl's state.
Sanctuary staff checked the bird out, fed him and named him "Cheech." They said he would be released in a few days.
The buzzing bird also brought an early holiday gift to the sanctuary, which was in need of more than $250,000. The attention the bird has brought has helped ensure the sanctuary's survival.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cannabis; marijuana; stonerraptor; whoolettheowlout; wod
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To: nickcarraway
Is the Owl hungrier than normal? Show him a bag of Cheeto's.
To: L98Fiero; stylecouncilor
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:13:59 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: TX Bluebonnet
It didn't, the people who had the tree most likely smoked it.
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:18:51 PM PST
by
sandbar
To: nickcarraway
Paging Woody Harrelson ... Woody Harrelson ... please pick up the white courtesy bong in the lobby...
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:19:10 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: TX Bluebonnet
"How did it stay stoned for 5 days?" I don't get it - how did it GET stoned???
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:32:34 PM PST
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: orionblamblam
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:33:51 PM PST
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: nickcarraway
Here's a pic of the little stoner...
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:35:40 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: martin_fierro; nickcarraway; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; Tijeras_Slim; Fierce Allegiance; ...
I wasn't "Stoned", Martin. I was drunk. And maybe a little "tired and emotional" from the airplane glue. Big deal! Every one of you, ask yourselves "What would I do if I discovered myself nude in the middle of a shopping mall at 2pm?" I wanted to end the commotion as soon as possible (and the ordeal for my children).
You know you'd all do (or, more likely have done) the exact same thing.
Owl_Eagle
"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"
-Hillary Clinton
(Yes, she really said that
Peggy Noonan
The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)
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posted on
12/15/2005 3:42:34 PM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: mewzilla
After a visit to PaintShopPro...
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:08:25 PM PST
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluaralistic statement.)
To: nickcarraway
Stories like these give owls a bad name...
Ummm, what were we talking about?
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:11:35 PM PST
by
Owl558
(Pardon my spelling)
To: Owl_Eagle
Hilarious. I've heard about your screech, by the way, but I'm not that kind of therapist. I recommend you discontinue the unfettered access to alcohol and do something a little more fun and safe like snorting Pixi Stix instead.
To: MissRepresent
He wouldn't pee in a cup.
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posted on
12/16/2005 8:52:19 AM PST
by
kallisti
To: nickcarraway
He's famous!
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posted on
12/16/2005 8:54:38 AM PST
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
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