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2007-02-12 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Man mistaken for coypu survives shot in the head

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-12 04:54|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cheesman was a coypu, similar to a large rat.

Coypus are the world's largest rodents. Try a 100 pound rat.

Posted by phil_b 2007-02-12 05:02|| 2007-02-12 05:02|| Front Page Top

#2 http://www.zen39103.zen.co.uk/coypu.html

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-12 05:46|| 2007-02-12 05:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Boy, those are funny-looking critters!

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-12 05:48|| 2007-02-12 05:48|| Front Page Top

#4 But, I believe good eating. Squiral(sp?) tasting chops.

Posted by phil_b 2007-02-12 07:12|| 2007-02-12 07:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Good eating? - The Cheesmen or the Coypu?

Posted by Glineting Slert2228 2007-02-12 08:24|| 2007-02-12 08:24|| Front Page Top

#6 We call these things 'nutria' around here (Louisiana) - they're immigrants from South America, and are causing all sorts of problems (wetland destruction etc.) We've tried putting bounties on them, generating a market for their meat and fur (originally brought in to raise for fur but got free when a hurricane came through, and, well, they breed like rabbits, and the rest is history.) I was not aware they ever managed to get to the Pacific Northwest, so suspect Mr. Methhead Roderick was a displaced Louisianian.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-02-12 08:26|| 2007-02-12 08:26|| Front Page Top

#7 A 60 year old meth head? Let's party

Posted by Nick Nolte 2007-02-12 09:48|| 2007-02-12 09:48|| Front Page Top

#8 It's Oregon. And judging by the majority postings to RB from there, it's also endemic.

Posted by Pappy 2007-02-12 09:51|| 2007-02-12 09:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Nutria teeth are bright orange. According to my swamp boat guide in Louisiana, nutria were first imported by the McIlhenny (Tabasco sauce) family to create a fur farm. The boat left South America with six nutria and arrived in New Orleans with thirty six. A hurricane knocked over their enclosure, they escaped into the bayou and the rest as they say is history. They chew up all the roots of the swamp grasses and trees. I'd shoot one if I saw it but I might check to see if it was wearing dive fins first...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-02-12 10:07|| 2007-02-12 10:07|| Front Page Top

#10 Pappy: It's Oregon. And judging by the majority postings to RB from there, it's also endemic

LOL, we got nutria trolls and there're good eatin! I gotum Tabasco sauce get that RB BBQ fired up!

Posted by RD 2007-02-12 11:41|| 2007-02-12 11:41|| Front Page Top

#11 The shooter rescued the victim and called 911. I think it must've gone like this:

Shooter (to his friend in the boat): Whoa, look, a nutria. Pow!
Diver: Ow! Ow! Help! Help!
Shooter (paddling over to him): What's wrong, dude?
Diver: Somebody shot me!
Shooter: Wow, really? Come on dude, we gotta get outta here! There's some nut on the loose!

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-02-12 12:25|| 2007-02-12 12:25|| Front Page Top

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