Nigeria police arrests goat - thinks it’s a shape shifter
.... and those people probably believe Rene Auberjonois is a changling too. I'm not making this story up.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=241183&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31312
Goat arrested for 'armed robbery' 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 said 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.
Nigerian media published a picture of the goat and reported that police paraded it in front of journalists in the Kwara state capital Ilorin.
But this was denied by police.
"The vigilante group arrested the goat and took it to the police, then they told the media," said a spokesman.
The next morning journalists turned up demanding to see the goat, he said. "But of course goats can't commit crime."
.... and those people probably believe Rene Auberjonois is a changling too. I'm not making this story up.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=241183&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31312
Goat arrested for 'armed robbery' 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 said 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.
Nigerian media published a picture of the goat and reported that police paraded it in front of journalists in the Kwara state capital Ilorin.
But this was denied by police.
"The vigilante group arrested the goat and took it to the police, then they told the media," said a spokesman.
The next morning journalists turned up demanding to see the goat, he said. "But of course goats can't commit crime."
