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Parachuting donkey shocks Russian beachgoers
I've heard of Democrats doing bailouts before, but this . . . .
Russian beachgoers got a shock when they saw a donkey soaring in the blue skies over the balmy beaches on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia last week, police said on Tuesday.

Attached to a parachute, the animal screamed in fear as it circled over heads of holidaymakers sunbathing on a beach in the Cossack village of Golubitskaya in the Krasnodar region.
Probably did a bit more than scream, being a mere animal and all. As it circled over the heads of holidaymakers. Ick.
A regional police spokeswoman said the donkey ended up in the skies as a result of an impromptu advertising campaign by several Russian entrepreneurs to attract beachgoers to their private beach. Instead, they attracted the attention of regional police who learned of the flying donkey earlier this week and launched a probe....
Posted by: Mike 2010-07-20
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=301462