Sunday, March 28, 2010

Man drunk, opossum dead, CPR futile

couldn't help stopping on this headline. sadly, after having murdered at least six opposums in the former days of my mgb, my guilt was so great i could imagine it being about me. and not even with the being drunk part.

Police report attempt to revive flattened opossum

By Jason Kessler, CNN
March 26, 2010 8:52 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania man attempted to resuscitate "a road-killed opossum," state police say.

But this was one possum who wasn't playing possum -- the ugly creature remained dead.

Troopers responding to the scene in Oliver Township on Thursday determined that Donald J. Wolfe, 55, of Brookville, was drunk, according to the police report.

Several witnesses observed Wolfe's failed resurrection of the flattened marsupial, police said. It was not immediately clear how he endeavored to restore the possum's life.

The arresting officer in the incident was unavailable for comment Friday. Attempts to reach Wolfe were also unsuccessful.

Wolfe will be charged with one charge of public drunkenness, police said. couldn't help stopping on this headline. sadly, after having murdered at least six opposums in the former days of my mgb, my guilt was so great i could imagine it being about me. and not even with the being drunk part.


1 comment:

kim said...

Having just seen a partially hit possum around the corner, I shutter to think how he would have tried to revive it! Those are the situations where i wish I were raised on a farm and knew how to put an animal out of its misery. Does that happen in Lassy?