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Boy carves initials on turtle in 1965. Dad finds turtle alive 47 years later

Last edited Fri May 4, 2012, 12:45 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Turtle With Boy’s Initials Turns Up Alive 47 Years Later



It was 1965 when a boy in Washington County carved his initials in a turtle’s shell and then let it go.

Now, 47 years later, the turtle is still alive and has been found by the boy’s dad.

Holland Cokeley, 85, of South Strabane, Washington County, was walking in the woods of his backyard with his neighbor’s dog, Zack.

Zack began poking around at something and Cokeley realized it was a turtle. He didn’t think much of it, until he gave it a closer look.

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Jeff Cokeley now lives in New York State, but began laughing when his dad sent him pictures of the turtle.

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Holland Cokeley kept it for a couple days and then released it, so it can wander for perhaps many more years.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/05/04/turtle-with-boys-initials-turns-up-47-years-later-alive/
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No heartwarming human interest story goes unpunished...observe a group of monkeys who will be outlived by the turtle they're weeping over:

Whisp (12,429 posts)
5. Dad finds turtle alive 47 years later


holding a carving knife, looking for the kid all those years.

SirRevolutionary (199 posts)
11. A heart-warming tale of a boy and his animal mutilation.


The old fella must be proud

longship (10,887 posts)
18. Calling ASPCA!


Kids do sick ****ing things sometimes. What's more astounding is that people actually think this story is entertaining. It is just another example of how sick society is.

I am appalled.

     There ain't no outrage like DUmmy outrage 'cause DUmmy outrage don't stop!

[Gina]

Gah!  They would be really upset to find I jumped for joy when my damn finch finally keeled over last week.  That sucker hung on for 7 years! 

[Karin]

Don't hawks eat turtles?

[GOBUCKS]

We used to fly Junebugs around on the end of a piece of thread, then turn loose and let them fly away towing the thread.

It was horrible bug torture. Luckily for me, no ASPCA snitches were around.

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We used to fly Junebugs around on the end of a piece of thread, then turn loose and let them fly away towing the thread.

It was horrible bug torture. Luckily for me, no ASPCA snitches were around.

     I still kill spiders with a can of hairspray and a lit match.

     Come at me, DUmmies.

[Gina]

We used to fly Junebugs around on the end of a piece of thread, then turn loose and let them fly away towing the thread.

It was horrible bug torture. Luckily for me, no ASPCA snitches were around.

should have lit the end of the thread 

[AllosaursRus]

We used to fly Junebugs around on the end of a piece of thread, then turn loose and let them fly away towing the thread.

It was horrible bug torture. Luckily for me, no ASPCA snitches were around.

We used to pull the glow lights off the lightnin' bugs in order to make glowin' fingernails when I was a youngster. I'm sure the DUmmies would have me electrocuted! They're against capital punishment unless it's one of us!

[Mr Mannn]

I have never has the pleasure of dumping salt on a slug. One of these days I'm gonna do it.

In my day I've offed a few critters. I remember using a stick to shove a scorpion into a nest of giant desert ants. The ants boiled outa the nest and tore that scorpion apart! cool.

[Skul]

Maybe I shouldn't tell them about the six flying squirrels I have in the house.

[BEG]

When one of my cousin was a little girl their cat had kittens (they lived on a farm). The cat had the kittens in the barn. My cousin went in the barn, went up in the loft and started throwing the kittens out the window.  She was too young to understand what she was doing. She also squeezed one of the kittens, literally, to death.

[dandi]

We used to catch dragonflies, "skeeter hawks" we call them down here, pin their wings back and hold them face-to-face where they'll rip and tear at each other. The one who took the other's head off first was the winner.

[Kimberly]

Warren DeMontague (34,411 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

44. George W. Bush used to torture frogs.

So, you may have a point.

Obama ate a dog.

[Chris_]

Frogs taste like chicken.

[Skul]

When my wife was young, she would glue a piece of thread to a toothpick and use it as a cricket whip.
Her words, not kidding.

What did stuff taste like before there was chicken?
How big was hail before golf-balls?

[obumazombie]

I hope they never find that tree I carved a heart into. Trees are people too. I learned that after all these years. I wonder where that tree is now. I hope it didn't pick up and leaf only to put down new roots elsewhere.