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Tortoise Returns

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We found the tortoise. Well someone found him on main St near north. They picked him up and brought him to a pet store on Massachusetts and Normal. Then they contacted @matthew via craigslist. I think it was the nephew of the pet store owner that found him.

He did not like the car ride. I think it made him sick as he shit everywhere.

As soon as he got home he ate and went into his borrough. Its a miracle he was not run over. Now to go take down all the signs.

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💬 11 comments

  1. heidi ·

    Yea!!!!! Welcome home, Basra!!

    (That's probably Tango's Pet Store owned by Michelle Giomundo.)

  2. libertad ·

    I'm so happy that you got him back! Poor thing. I can't imagine seeing such a large tortoise on Main Street! That would definitely be a WTF moment for me. He looks awful in the car.

  3. samathon86 ·

    great!! :)

  4. metalpeter ·

    glad he is back after his adventure , hopefully it is his last adventure and that he knows now not to take off like that.......

  5. tinypliny ·

    That's very happy news! I went past main and north today morning and didn't see him! I was somewhat worried that he would have found a place to hide in the middle of all that digging in front of N.Pearl/North! It's a miracle! He must have crossed the road safely and then navigated all across all that construction and what-not! Brave (and foolish) little Basra!

  6. tinypliny ·

    It's very lucky that the cars are a LOT more slower on Linwood now (as they ought to be). I hated all that zooming down the streets. It used to be a very dangerous block to cross the street. Not so anymore.

    I wonder if some motorist saw him crossing... What would you do if you saw a huge tortoise crossing the road. I bet you would swerve thinking it was a rock or something.

  7. tinypliny ·

    Maybe you should really look into a GPS chip thing now. They used to do that Spooks all the time. :-)

  8. bill ·

    In the pic of Basra in the vehicle, there appears to be an open bottle of a New Belgium Brewing Company beer. Maybe that's what made him sick. Tortoises shouldn't drink alcohol. ;-) Glad he was found!!!

  9. matthew ·

    I'm putting the tortoise on the naughty step.

  10. uncutsaniflush ·

    Yay for the kindness of strangers!

  11. samathon86 ·

    so i had emailed ArtVoice to see if we can put an ad in there for a missing pet. They just got back to me with this message:

    Sameer,

    You can place an ad at no charge by visiting www.artvoice.com

    You will place the ad in the classified section under "Lost and Found" in the "Community Billboard" section. Feel free to call the office should you require any additional assistance.

    Cordially,

    Joseph Fell

    Artvoice Classifieds
    tel: (716) 881-6124
    fax: (716) 881-6682
    classified@artvoice.com

    This is very cool of them and would have definitely come in handy if Basra had not been found yet. Very cool ArtVoice, very cool indeed!

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