This story was actually on the St. Louis Dispatch website, I had to check the web address twice to make sure I hadn't accidently typed in The Onion's website.
BENTON, Ill. -- A rooster played chicken in the wrong town.That's the word from the downstate community of Benton, where police took a rooster into custody after it allegedly confronted a woman and her child.
Police Chief Mike O'Neill says the rooster has been bothering people lately, trying to keep them from getting where they want to go.O'Neill says officers had enough on Monday and took the rooster into custody after what he described as a brief scuffle.Nobody was injured and the rooster was thrown in an enclosed area near the police department. There, it lived on chicken feed and water until police located the owner. Chickens aren't allowed to live in Benton and the rooster was turned over to the owner only after he promised to find it a new home in the country.
What journalist covered this story - the editor's 10 year old kid? Can the police even "arrest" a rooster? Why didn't they call Animal Control? Oh, the questions... I love the midwest.
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you. have. to. be. kidding. That was awesome.
Well, some of my friends got pulled over while they were on tricycles. They got $100 fines. Maybe that story should have been covered. What would the news be without dumb stories though?
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