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‘Bad apple culprit’ hits Pacific Northwest homes

VANCOUVER, Wash.

One rotten apple spoils the bunch, but a man known as the “bad apple culprit” doesn’t stop at just one.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office in southwest Washington says someone has periodically been tossing apples on roofs. Sometimes the culprit leaves a note, as was the case when he recently struck at a home in Hazel Dell.

In the note, the culprit claimed he targeted five homes – three apples per house. He also wrote of his experience tossing apples at homes across the Columbia River in Portland, Ore.

He says Portland “might be the best place on Earth for a hooligan riding a bicycle with a backpack full of apples.” That’s because there are bicyclists everywhere and it’s easy to get lost in the neighborhoods.

Bee swarm ousts Pa. police department

CARBONDALE, Pa.

The cops have been buzz-ted.

A swarm of bees has forced officers at a Pennsylvania police department out of their station.

The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported that Carbondale police had to abandon the station Tuesday when the bees arrived.

Most of the buzzing insects settled into cracks and crevices in the third-floor brick exterior of city hall, but others managed to get inside the first-floor police station.

A beekeeper removed more than 400 bees Tuesday while officers worked from other offices in the building. The expert was expected to return Wednesday to remove the rest of the bees from the building’s exterior.

Scientist says snake in Maine is an anaconda

WESTBROOK, Maine

Wessie P. Thon might actually be Wessie A. Conda.

A Texas scientist who ran tests on a large snake skin found in the Maine city of Westbrook said Tuesday that the tests came back as “100 percent from anaconda.”

A big snake caused a stir in Maine when it was seen this summer eating a beaver along a riverbank. The discovery of a 10-foot snakeskin this month indicates it’s still lurking locally.

Locals dubbed it Wessie. That spawned a parody Twitter account called Wessie P. Thon.

University of Texas at Tyler biologist John Placyk performed the skin test. He says Wessie’s behavior corresponds with that of an anaconda. He says it’s possibly an escaped pet.

Associated Press