Bad News For The "All Cultures Are Equal!" Crew
The BBC reports on life in Nigeria:
Police in Nigeria are holding a goat handed to them by a vigilante group, which said it was a car thief who had used witchcraft to change shape.A police spokesman in Kwara State has been quoted as saying that the "armed robbery suspect" would remain in custody until investigations were over.
But another police spokesman told the BBC the goat was being held in case its owner claimed it.
The belief in witchcraft and the power to change shapes is common in Nigeria.
Police reform activists have condemned the "arrest", saying it highlights the low education levels of many Nigerian police officers.
Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper has a picture of the goat and reports that police paraded it in front of journalists in the Kwara state capital Ilorin on Thursday.
But this was denied by national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu.
"The vigilante group arrested the goat and took it to the police, then they told the media."
The next morning journalists turned up demanding to see the goat, he said.
"But of course goats can't commit crime."
Well, this doesn't seem any more unbelievable than drinking the blood of a Jewish carpenter who's been dead for two thousand years.
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From Family Guy:
Peter: Woah! Is that really the blood of Christ?
Priest: Yes.
Peter: Man, that guy must have been wasted 24 hours a day, huh?
Tyler at January 28, 2009 5:59 AM
"but teacher, Billy changed into a goat and ate my school papaers!"
'You know Billy can't do that!'
"but look, he's throwing up, and that looks like my english assignment..."
SwissArmyD at January 28, 2009 6:39 AM
I love this story. I saw it, I think on witchvox, the other day. It's hilarious.
NicoleK at January 28, 2009 6:52 AM
Dang. I can only turn people into toads. o.O
Flynne at January 28, 2009 6:54 AM
I can't make a gay woman straight, but I can make a straight woman gay!
brian at January 28, 2009 7:08 AM
My chihuahua steals socks and stockpiles them under the bed and in his little crate. I'm pretty sure he's a shape-shifting transient.
ahw at January 28, 2009 8:11 AM
It's sad to see a kid go bad.
Eric at January 28, 2009 8:13 AM
Eric, ewe have the best puns
lujlp at January 28, 2009 9:24 AM
I want to know how they fingerprinted the suspect.
Oh, and did he fully understand his Miranda rights?
Cousin Dave at January 28, 2009 2:15 PM
"Oh, and did he fully understand his Miranda rights?"
Who, the goat??!
That's ridiculous.
We're talking about Nigeria. They've never heard of Miranda rights in China!
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at January 28, 2009 4:16 PM
ahw, we should get your chihuahua together with my pug. She does the opposite - takes things which have been neatly stacked in a pile and scatters them hither and yon. She would make a terrible thief but could have a promising criminal career as a vandal.
Pirate Jo at January 28, 2009 5:34 PM
And after that, my cat will come along and go to sleep on them!
Cousin Dave at January 28, 2009 8:27 PM
> scatters them hither and yon
Crid [cridcridatgmail] at January 28, 2009 9:18 PM
Adopted dog. Is there any other kind?
Eric at January 29, 2009 7:35 PM
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