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Goat detained over armed robbery
Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:01pm EST
LAGOS (Reuters) - Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.
"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.
"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat," he said.
Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.
Goat detained over armed robbery
Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:01pm EST
LAGOS (Reuters) - Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.
"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.
"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat," he said.
Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.
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Permalink Reply by Shininggold on -
"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat,"
C-can't....stop....laughing
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Permalink Reply by Official Rob on -
Just what we need, theifs that turn themselves into Eddie god damn Murphy
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Permalink Reply by SketchedLilly on -
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And I thought the people here bothered police with stupid things.
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Permalink Reply by Shininggold on
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Where'd you get this from? This is too good to be true.
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Permalink Reply by Official Rob on
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digg.com
wonderful site to get odd news and interesting things to read around the net ;)
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Permalink Reply by DonTerrifico on -
i got it from reddit.com, never been to digg will check it out though
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Permalink Reply by DonTerrifico on
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i couldn't make this up... www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50M4XT20090124?feedT... couldn't find a proper url for it sorry
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Permalink Reply by ragman on -
here you go,
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090123/odds/odd_us_goat
yep this story has been around a while. still hilarious.
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Permalink Reply by Conejita on -
This is the most awesome story ever.....
I'm glad that innocent until proven guilty extends beyond species...else that goat just might be dinner.
O_O
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Permalink Reply by Captain Funk on -
Are they going to interrogate the goat? He might know where the other guy is.
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Permalink Reply by Scott Chaos on -
How do you interrogate a goat?
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