Would you ever voluntarily get within 50 feet of that creature's whatchmacallit...with or *without* its permission? I certainly wouldn't!
The more I think about it, the more this story stinks. Sooner or later, the police will release a "Never Mind" statement, very quietly. Nothing will ever be done to those who perpetrated the hoax.
But all people will remember is that a bunch of haters (probably right-wing, and I bet that they voted for Bush) assaulted a poor defenseless lesbian.
And the meme gets furthered just a little bit more.....