Turtle tale
Friday night, the WLOSers hit a new low by leading off their big 11 o’clock newscast with – GASP! – the theft of a – GASP! – turtle. You heard me right.
Holly Headache, who has been on the night shift lately, scored the story about some punks stealing “Pete” the box turtle from a water display at the StoneRidge restaurant. Pete is apparently quite the star with the little kids, though how they know the difference between Pete and the two or three other turtles in the display is beyond me.
Yes, this was the lead story.
Anyway, Holly had key interviews with 20-something restaurant hostesses up in arms over the whole ordeal. Somebody noticed Pete was AWOL. They scanned restaurant security cameras. They spotted the thieves, interviewed servers to track down their table and nailed them through their credit card receipt. Police tracked them down at a local motel. Holly scored the interview with the Ashvegas Police Officer, who didn’t seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed.
But what police work! Wish everyone would put some of that kind of energy into something that really mattered.
When confronted, the thief said he just wanted the turtle to add to an assortment of other creatures, but he had released Pete into a nearby creek. Not sure what the charges will be… grand theft turtle?
Goodbye, Carrier
I guess Holly got stuck with the turtle because Jon “Punnyman” Le was tied up on doing what he does best lately – reporting on WLOS.
Le had a story about the retirement of station engineer Jim Carrier. With 42 years in the TV biz, he’s seen some amazing changes. Le bid him a punny goodbye.
3 Comments
Glad to see APD tracking this one down. Now if they could just do as well with a few unsolved murders, such as the young girl who disappeared after visiting a downtown nightclub a few years ago, or the Hendersonville Road pharmacist whose body was found days later in his car about 100 yards from the front door of his drug store.
You know, I actually liked the turtle story. I’ve been to that restaurant several times before, and the turtles are something I remembered, not to mention the damn good food. You should check it out sometime. They got expensive stuff, like $17 a plate, and cheap stuff, like $6 a plate, and its all in this really nice lodge environment. But you are right, the story isn’t really news worthy. Where are the building collapses and murders I guess? Oh that’s right, all in S.C.
Ever see Holly Headache in person? Damn, she is tiny. Tiny as in danger of being dwarfed by a third-grader tiny. Hold me closer, tiny dancer!
-Kaboom! rumble, rumble, rumble … the lightnin’ has spoken!
– WL –