Archive for February 1st, 2009

I’d love to see the witness statements

It’s good to see the Africans getting back in on the bizarre news act…the Chinese have had a virtual monopoly on strange news stories for a bit too long:

Newspaper claims car thief transformed into a goat
Fri Jan 23, 8:37 pm ET

LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria’s biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.

The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended.

The newspaper reported that police paraded the goat before journalists, and published a picture of the animal.

Police in the state couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas.

It gives a whole new meaning to kids stealing cars.

Samuel

February 1st, 2009 at 04:54pm


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