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Published October 31, 2009 03:44 pm - • Man rescues phone from dump by listening for ring • Officials find gator that escaped at show and tell • Crime-weary Ohioans say cops tell them to move out SUNDAY’S WEIRD NEWS: Nov. 1, 2009 • Man rescues phone from dump by listening for ring
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A determined Colorado man found his missing cell phone at a trash dump after dialing the number and listening for the ring. Billy Boyd says he dropped the phone Tuesday while raking his yard outside Aspen and unknowingly scooped it into a bag of leaves. He says he didn’t realize his mistake until after he left the leaves at a city recycling center. Boyd says he could hear the phone ringing but couldn’t reach it because of the grate across the recycling bin. By the time he reached city officials, the bin had been emptied onto a massive leaf pile at the dump. After a half hour of dialing, listening and sifting at the dump, Boyd found his phone. Landfill manager Chris Hoofnagle says it’s the first time he can remember anyone finding a lost item at the dump. • Officials find gator that escaped at show and tell PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter’s school for show and tell. Stan Kirkland, a spokesman for the Florida wildlife commission, says officials think the 5-foot alligator is in a Panhandle pond. Authorities weren’t able to capture the gator Friday. Searchers scoured a wooded area surrounding the school Friday afternoon after the alligator jumped out of the man’s vehicle with its mouth taped shut. 
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