A Louisiana little one was discovered secure after being reported lacking final week — together with one thing “fowl” within the boy’s backpack.
“Storytime!” wrote the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Workplace in a Friday, Could 31 publish on its Fb web page.
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“Hey people, collect round for a wild little story from Friday morning,” stated the sheriff’s workplace within the publish.
That morning, “a teenager determined to embark on an journey, leaving residence searching for a brand new life,” the workplace stated. “Let’s be trustworthy, we have all been there in some unspecified time in the future in our youth.”
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Workplace is asking for assist after a toddler, and a hen that didn’t belong with that little one, have been lately found in Louisiana. (St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Workplace)
A deputy shortly discovered the kid, whose title, age and placement weren’t recognized by the sheriff’s workplace, based on the publish.
“However there was an surprising twist,” it stated. “Alongside for the experience, tucked away within the child’s backpack, was none aside from a rooster!”
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“Yep, you learn that proper. Ole Foghorn right here was a bit shaken up however unhurt,” stated the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Workplace.
The title is a reference to the Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn.
The Fb publish included an image of a giant hen that had been jammed right into a Pokémon-themed backpack.
“Now we have a little bit of a thriller on our fingers.”
Whereas this story might have appeared amusing to some individuals on-line, there was extra to it, stated the publish.
“Now, this is the kicker — the rooster didn’t belong to the child, and we’re nonetheless scratching our heads as to how precisely he ended up with it,” the workplace stated.
“So, now we have a little bit of a thriller on our fingers and, nicely, a rooster,” stated the publish, including emojis of a shrugging man and a rooster.
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The workplace requested anybody with details about the rooster to please contact it.
The rooster, in the meantime, is seemingly doing nicely.
“Ole Foghorn,” stated the sheriff’s workplace, is presently “cooped up within the Witness Safety Program over on the Patterson Animal Management, however we determine he would like to be again residence the place he belongs!”
The sheriff’s workplace dubbed the chook Ole Foghorn, presumably after the Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn (proven above, middle). (Karl Gehring/The Denver Publish by way of Getty Photos)
The publish concluded with the hashtags “#LostAndFound,” “#RoosterMystery,” “#CommunityHelp,” “#AnyoneMissingARooster,” and “#WhatAFridayThisHasBeenAlready.”
The publish was shared over 250 instances, with many individuals expressing amusement on the absurdity of the state of affairs — and declaring a key element the sheriff’s workplace had missed.
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“Factor is it’s not a rooster, it’s a hen,” stated one Fb consumer, with others concurring.
Was it a rooster or a hen present in a Louisiana kid’s backpack? Both method, it was fowl. (iStock)
“Someone name CPS — hen safety service,” stated one other.
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“And the way do we all know the rooster and the child weren’t in cahoots to go away for a greater life,” joked one other Fb consumer.
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St. Mary Parish is positioned in southern Louisiana.
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Workplace instructed Fox Information Digital by way of e-mail that it was undecided if the hen had been recovered over the weekend.
