Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers

John Knight · Post by **John Knight** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:18 am

I got sent a link to this news storey today at work. Laughed, I nearly shat!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle ... 295138.stm

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 28,00.html

BarcelonAl · Post by **BarcelonAl** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:42 am

One housewife, Suad Hassan, 30, claimed she had been attacked by one of the badgers as she slept.

"My husband hurried to shoot it but it was as swift as a deer," she said. "It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey," she told AFP.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:39 pm

I think she was talking about her husband there. I like the fact that the British Commander had to actually say, "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area" I bet they had fun with that in the mess tent later! :D

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:57 pm

UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.

i doubt i could have said that to the press and kept a straight face :D

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:29 pm

They must have bet him to deal with this one and say that. I wonder how much he won!

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:36 pm

I love Mrs Hassan's description of the badger, delightfully naive. I think she's lying about them being as swift as deer though.

When the British forces start terrorising the enemy caves with badgers, we'll know where they got the idea from.