ODDLY ENOUGH | Wild turkey cozies up to Ohio woman and her husband
ODDLY ENOUGH
Wild turkey cozies up to Ohio woman and her husband
CHESTERLAND, Ohio
An Ohio woman said she and her husband can’t have Thanksgiving turkey anymore, now that a wild turkey has “adopted” them.
Rea Wedekamm said for the past month, the male turkey has visited her yard up to four times a day in Chesterland, 18 miles east of Cleveland. The Plain Dealer reported that the bird comes within a few feet of Wedekamm, spreads it colorful feathers and gobbles back when she makes a similar sound.
State wildlife biologist Mike Reynolds said wild turkeys normally fear humans, though they can become friendly. He cautions that they also can become aggressive.
Wedekamm said that hasn’t become a problem with her “Mr. Turkey.” She worried about him during the state’s recent turkey-hunting season and was relieved when it ended May 15.
18-year-old dairy princess in Wash. is lactose-intolerant
ELMA, Wash.
Laurel Gordon of Washington state has been putting on a tiara to promote milk products the past two years as Grays Harbor County’s dairy ambassador.
The funny thing is, the 18-year-old from Elma is a lactose-intolerant dairy princess.
The Daily World of Aberdeen reported that unless Gordon takes special pills, her body is unable to digest milk, so she drinks soy milk.
But her family operates a dairy farm that has been in the family for 150 years, and she believes in the product.
Twitter helps Colo. woman track down bike thief
BOULDER, Colo.
A Boulder woman says her savvy social- media skills are what reunited her with a stolen bike.
The Daily Camera reports 30-year-old Elaine Ellis returned home Saturday morning to find that her bike lock had been ripped out of a brick wall and her $500 bike missing.
She quickly tweeted news of her missing cycle and included a cellphone photo a neighbor took of the thief as the crime was happening.
Less than five hours after she sent out the tweet, one of her Twitter followers spotted the thief and informed police.
Officers arrested 41-year-old transient David Carroll Oldham on suspicion of theft.
Mountain lion found in garage
HESPERIA, Calif.
A California father of five rooting around his garage for what he thought was a raccoon or other small critter suddenly was face-to-face with a mountain lion.
Jesse Taylor’s wife called 911 Tuesday morning after he discovered the big cat in the garage of their home in Hesperia, about 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
California Fish and Game, Hesperia Animal Control and San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials showed up, tranquilized the cougar and released it in San Bernardino National Forest.
Associated Press