Showing posts with label climbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climbing. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Bobcat climbing power pole starts 5-acre fire

California - A bobcat climbing a power pole got electrocuted and sparked a five-acre brush fire in California’s Ventura County. County fire Capt. Dan Preston told the Ventura County Star that the bobcat was apparently chasing an owl or another bird when it touched the power lines, caught fire and fell to the ground in a rural area near Piru.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Man accused of climbing into pit toilet - again


PORTLAND - When Gary Moody pleaded no contest to trespassing in 2005 for hiding in a pit toilet on White Mountain National Forest property in New Hampshire, a judge urged him to seek help for whatever had driven him to climb down there. According to a new complaint, Moody didn?t get the message. The 49-year-old Pittston man is charged again - this time in federal court - with climbing into a pit toilet in the White Mountain National Forest. ...More