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by BB » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:11 pm
A young deer apparently leapt from the I-15 overpass in the Sixth Ward area to find itself atop a boxcar last week.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/0 ... 00deer.txt
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by ~Z~ » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:06 pm
Wonder why this was needed in the article, but hey, still interesting:
"The wardens transported the carcass to the wildlife center, where it was fed to the few bears that hadn’t yet gone into hibernation."
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by J T » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:45 pm
Hobos are definitely taking on a new appearance these days.
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by GreatLakesRailfan » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:01 pm
trainjunkie47 wrote: Just shows not all railfans walk on two legs.
"The wardens transported the carcass to the wildlife center, where it was fed to the few bears that hadn’t yet gone into hibernation."
Hmm...is this a new policy regarding trespassing railfans?
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by AARR » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:43 pm
Deer must have thought grain is still carried in boxcars
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by Railzfan » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:29 am
Jeez...what a wiered story...you never know what you are going to see while out railfanning!