Huckleberries: Car doesn’t start? Check for marmots
Huckleberries Thursday:
If your car doesn’t start, you might have a marmot infestation.
A woman parked at Post Falls Walmart found a large marmot trapped in her engine compartment when she was unable to start her vehicle recently. With the help of a tow truck operator from Recovery Masters Towing and a concerned citizen, Post Falls PD officers freed the marmot. And the fun began.
“Chuck,” the name given the furry critter by responding officers, refused to leave “his newfound feast of electrical wires.” At that point, according to the PFPD Facebook report, negotiations began with the stowaway. Finally, Chuck gave up and fled, prompting the officers to pat one another on the back.
But their elation was short-lived. The varmint “returned to his life of crime and found another vehicle to unlawfully enter,” the report continued – a Dodge Neon. “Once again, officers tried to reason with the rodent who now seemed tired and perhaps a little stressed out.” Begrudgingly, Chuck surrendered and officers quickly whisked him away, to his natural habitat, “before he could reoffend.”
The good news/bad news of this tale? Bad news: The PFPD trespassed Chuck from Post Falls Walmart. And the good news? He was granted a full pardon. Full column here.
