Last Monday began with a mystery on Strahorn Road near Lacey, a section that begins an uphill climb. Where a female driver reported that she saw something that looked like a monkey dead on the road. Later, an officer of some sort reported from the scene to the 911 dispatch center that he’d removed the strange animal. I posted all of this, of course, on my Huckleberries Online Scanner Traffic. One of my blog commenters, tongue firmly cheeked, suggested that the creature could be the chupcabra – a legendary animal that preys on goats and other livestock/DFO, Huckleberries print, SR. More here.

• Boise: PERSI director assures Idaho funds not in trouble/Betsy Russell
• Thanksgiving 2010: No need to do dishes/OTV, Get Out! North Idaho
  
• Weather: Temperatures to drop as air makes it over mountains/Michelle Boss
• Business: Hayden has new option for Mexican food/Nils Rosdahl
• Greenery students discover perfect poinsettas demand precision/Pat Munts
• Education: Kroc mixes work, play w/after-school program/Rainey Coffin

Question: When did you last hit an animal on the road?