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OilemFirchen

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45. In the late 70s I was a dispatcher for the Volusia County (FL) SO.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2015, 06:36 PM

Feb 2015

Cassadaga was just down the road from HQ in Deland and we were constantly deluged with calls from within the spiritualist camp and, more commonly, the tourist strip. Wiccans had set up shop across the street and complaints were typically that one or the other had spirited away porch furniture or pets.

Then there were the crazies...

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Best police report ever: [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2015 OP

That's actually adorable! Control-Z Feb 2015 #1

Surprised they didn't come out to shoot it jberryhill Feb 2015 #2

They would have outrun the hare malaise Feb 2015 #3

A Grimm tale all around jberryhill Feb 2015 #4

That was Aesop! Demeter Feb 2015 #5

I feed pedants to my pedaardvark jberryhill Feb 2015 #6

Petard! Demeter Feb 2015 #8

Le P�tomane! jberryhill Feb 2015 #10

We shell take that under aardvisement. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #16

Figures you'd start snappering away jberryhill Feb 2015 #17

Don't put Aerows Feb 2015 #30

ROFL malaise Feb 2015 #9

It was a fable, not a fairy tale Demeter Feb 2015 #11

Bwaaaaaaaaaaah fugging hell, let me get some more BM coffee malaise Feb 2015 #12

No, those were parables jberryhill Feb 2015 #18

I don't want to tell you how I read "BM coffee. " nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #28

It's Chock Full O' Nuts! jberryhill Feb 2015 #29

It's blue mountain malaise Feb 2015 #46

I know, hon....it's just that I read it before my morning coffee. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #47

LOL malaise Feb 2015 #49

I'm staying out of this. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #24

Why would they shoot it? It had no hands to put up over its head. Glassunion Feb 2015 #36

You haven't seen hilarious until you've seen Arcata, CA police reports eridani Feb 2015 #7

Arcata definitely has limerick talent. bvf Feb 2015 #13

And that's the story of Iraq, children. Good night! n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #14

& that folks is what life is like dealing with my sister... giftedgirl77 Feb 2015 #15

*gigglesnort* ColesCountyDem Feb 2015 #19

This is a good one, as well: Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #20

And of course: FSogol Feb 2015 #25

Ha!! Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #26

i wonder if the wind whistling this guys skull hifiguy Feb 2015 #38

Obviously, the squirrels are taking after the local nuts Demeter Feb 2015 #31

The Place Where The Nuts Hunt The Squirrels hifiguy Feb 2015 #40

This entire thread is a hoot! PotatoChip Feb 2015 #21

Bwah! bigwillq Feb 2015 #22

That's how bad police response is... lame54 Feb 2015 #23

brilliant observation jberryhill Feb 2015 #33

Maybe it had an accomplice and they ran away and are now... pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #41

Aaargh earworm Cal Carpenter Feb 2015 #44

How does somebody that stupid HappyMe Feb 2015 #27

Not everyone is a wildlife biologist, you know jberryhill Feb 2015 #32

An exotic animal - okay. HappyMe Feb 2015 #34

Exotic is a relative term jberryhill Feb 2015 #37

I hope you never come across a Chupacabra then snooper2 Feb 2015 #35

At least it wasn't a stump turtle. hifiguy Feb 2015 #39

Made me smile n/t SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2015 #42

Someone found their missing army helmet. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #43

In the late 70s I was a dispatcher for the Volusia County (FL) SO. OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #45

lol Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #48