Post #147947 by Tangaroa on Sat, Mar 19, 2005 8:56 PM

On 2005-03-18 16:17, ZebraTiki wrote:
Once there was a big news story about an escaped hippo that had wandered into Leisure World (a retiree's community) that was next door, and had taken up residence in their pond, but kept evading her keepers' attempts at capturing her.

Well - it wasn't into Leisure World (L.W. is adjacent though - my dad works there!) - Bong is right... In 1978, "Bubbles" the hippo escaped over the side of the hill, crossed the 133 (Laguna Canyon Road) and took up residence in a rain-filled pond. For several days, the police tried to get her to come out. Finally they tranquilized her, overdid it & she drowned.

My mom took my brother & I by there one of those rainy nights - I morbidly stared out the car trying to get a glimpse of the rogue hippo, to no avail...

This and many, many other horrible stories are to be found in the checkered past of Lion Country.....

[ Edited by: Tangaroa on 2005-03-19 21:02 ]