Camel Roams Sweden Roads During Snowstorm

[matcom]

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- It took some convincing before police would respond to reports of a camel on a southern Sweden road in the middle of a snowstorm.

"We were somewhat doubtful at first," said police spokesman Sten-Ove Fransson in Skoevde, 162 miles south of Stockholm, of Friday's incident. "But then more people called, so we were finally convinced that there really was a camel gone astray on the road."

Before police arrived, friends of the camel's owner came and led it back to a stable, where it has been kept while awaiting a home in a new barn.

Owner Anneli Arvidsson said in a telephone interview that the 22-year-old Siberian camel, Emat, might have wandered off because of the absence of his usual companion, a horse.

"On Friday, the horse had been taken inside the stable and the camel was left alone in the pasture, which probably made him feel lonely," she said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/02/02/camel_roams_sweden_road_during_snowstorm/

[dusty64]

1. Well, I hope

they were reunited.

[Robb]

2. We've got a guy raising camels

up the highway a few miles. He's got probably a couple dozen.

This is more remarkable if you know I'm in Colorado, and those camels live at about 7,500 feet. :P They don't escape often, though... I heard that he sold a prize white one to someone for $200K!