The Celebrity Seal Is Disrupting Traffic Again

0:03 Callaroga Shock Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. In Tasmania, a celebrity elephant seal has returned for his annual visit. That's right, it's Neil the Seal. He's a five year old Southern elephant seal and he has returned for his annual trip assured, delighting fans while creating plenty of headaches for local officials. Neil the Seal weighs around twenty two hundred pounds and he's become a local celebrity because of his yearly appearances and his neck for showing up in unexpected places. This year, he stopped traffic, knocked over some poles, damaged defense, and even bothered some park cars. Experts say, Neil the Seal isn't being destructive on purpose. He's just molting, and that's a natural process in which elephant seals shed their old skin and fur, causing them to rub against anything sturdy enough to provide a good scratch. I feel you, Neil the Seal. Police and wildlife officials recently had asked Neil the Seal, hey, can you back away from this busy intersection and go back to the beach. For a while. Authorities asked the public to admire Kneel the Seal from a safe distance, reminding people that despite its popularity, Kneel the Seal weighs twenty two hundred pounds and needs personal space. Let's keep it on the beach. In North Carolina, apples washed ashore. Yeah, there you are on the beach, and here come the waves, and the waves dozens of apples. Volunteers with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund were called in after reports that apples were scattered across the beach. At first, they suspected someone had dump some apples on the beach, but as they investigated, it became clear their fruit was drifting in with the tide.

1:36 They suspect the apples fell from a cargo ship at sea. Volunteers collected bags of apples and later found even more apples and some oranges. Now you might think, hey, free snack for the area's famous wild horses, but wildlife experts quickly removed the apples. They said the apples are not part of the horse's natural diet and can cause choking. We're serious digestive problems. No word on what they did with the oranges. A piece of American history has been found in an unexpected place. A volunteer working at the National Archives in England discovered a rare seventeen seventy six printing of the Declaration of Independence while they were cataloging centuries old naval correspondence. The document is one of only eleven known surviving copies of what historians call the Exeter Declaration, and is believed to be the only known example located outside the US. Michael, the volunteer, found the document he was working with some papers belonging to Captain Thomas Fritzeber of the Royal Navy. Historical records show the declaration had been taken from an American privateership called the Dalton after the Dalton was captured by British warship in December of seventeen seventy six. The declaration had originally been printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, just days after the Continental Congress adopted the document.

2:48 Rather than being submitted with the rest of the captured ship's papers, historians believed the declaration was quietly forwarded to Royal Naval officials in London were remained unnoticed for two hundred and fifty years. In Canada, a simple spell mistake turned a city promotion into an Internet sensation. You see, officials in Ottawa installed some bilingual signs. The signs which to promote a summer initiative to create temporary public gathering spaces in the downtown area. The English version fine. The French version omitted a single letter, which changed the freeze public squares into something that translated as pubic squares. Social media users quickly noticed the mistake, podcasters held in a laugh, and photos of the signs spread online. Oops. The police were involved in what they have called the world's slowest police chief. Charlie was out doing her thing. She spotted an unusual site at tortoise slowly making its way across a busy highway. Fearing that the animal would be struck by a passing vehicle, Charlie stopped traffic, ran out of the road, picked up the wandering reptile, and placed it safely in the passenger foot well of her patrol car.

3:56 After speaking with local residents, Charlie found out that the tortoise, named Tom, had been missing for three weeks. Tom's owner had spent hours searching the area and posting missing pet notices, hoping someone would find him. The police called the rescue a contender for the world's lowest police footchase. Tom is back home. Those your five good news stories for today, have a great day.