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On the Lighter Side => That CAN'T be true! => Topic started by: Hadrian on 02/06/2006 19:30:31

Title: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: Hadrian on 02/06/2006 19:30:31
Marmots running wild in Prosser



 ROSS COURTNEY/Yakima Herald-Republic

A marmot scans the horizon in an empty field in Prosser.  
 
PROSSER — It sounds like a campy horror movie: An aggressive gang of large rodents terrorizing a senior community, burrowing under homes, leaving nasty droppings on front porches and, if you believe all the stories, actually attacking people.

For residents of the Wine Country Villa senior subdivision, though, it's no joke. And we're not talking about field mice here, either. These varmints, properly called marmots but known to nearby residents as groundhogs, woodchucks, rockchucks and a host of more-profane nicknames, can reach 30 pounds



full story: http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/286211249482411

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Title: Re: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: moonfire on 03/06/2006 02:55:17
Where is Steven Spielberg?  This is horrible

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Title: Re: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 03/06/2006 23:54:52
YAY... go you rodents! [:D]

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Title: Re: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: moonfire on 04/06/2006 01:11:59
Figures fellow dam cousin rodent rooting them on!  LOL

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Title: Re: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 04/06/2006 10:50:21
Marmot... you either luv it or hate it

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Title: Re: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: another_someone on 04/06/2006 11:30:58
quote:
Originally posted by moonfire
Figures fellow dam cousin rodent rooting them on!  LOL


Be careful in your use of language – I believe the Aussies use the word rooting with a different meaning to that which the Americans might use it for.[}:)][;)]


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Title: Re: Marmots attacking people!
Post by: moonfire on 04/06/2006 15:34:56
Okay, how about cheering them on?  Much better...LOL

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