June 17, 2025

The Hilarious Zebra Escape

Show Notes
Transcript

In this episode, host Johnny Mac shares five uplifting stories. These include the captivating tale of a zebra named Zeke that went on the run in Tennessee, only to be dramatically captured after eight days of adventure. The episode also features a man who journeyed a thousand miles to satisfy his pregnant sister-in-law's craving for sausage rolls, and a circus performer who set a new world record for hair hanging. Additionally, John celebrates the 100th birthday of twins Bill and Jack, and details a quirky annual event in Minneapolis involving the sharpening of a gigantic pencil.

00:18 The Hilarious Zebra Escape
00:55 Zebra's Capture and Internet Fame
02:46 Pregnancy Craving Adventure
03:21 Guinness World Record Feats
03:50 Celebrating 100 Years of Life
04:25 The Giant Pencil Sharpening Ritual

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Oh man, they caught the zebra. Did

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you see the zebra? The zebra was so funny that

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I almost wanted to do a live version of this

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podcast so I could get to you immediately, and I

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don't even know how I would do that. Hi. I'm

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Johnny Mack with five good news stories. So in Tennessee

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last week, there was this zebra running around and the

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video was hilarious because the zebra was just out for

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a run. It's a pet zebra owned by Taylor. Taylor

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said the zebra had escaped from his one hundred and

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fifty acre form and was missing for eight days before

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finally being captured on June eighth. Taylor said his wife, Laura,

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had a bad feeling about Zeke the zebra. Taylor said

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that his wife didn't think that Zeke coming home was

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the best idea, and it turns out she was more

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right than ever. Zeke the zebra lasted a whole fifteen

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hours on the farm before escaping. Now did you see

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the video of this zebra? The zebra was finally spotted

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in a pasture near the Buchanan Road exit off I

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twenty four. Search and Rescue teams came in. There was

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a vet on hand to assist. They used a net

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capture method they had used to capture zebra's in Texas

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and basically dropped a net right over Zeke to zebra

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And then did you see the video? The net was

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attached to a helicopter. There's video you gotta see this

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video if you haven't seen it of a helicopter flying

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and there's the zebra hanging from the helicopter and its

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spinning and I keep wondering, what is the zebra thinking?

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Like the zebra was like out for a run, run, run, run,

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This is great, run and run road. Hey there's a net.

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I don't like this? WHOA what's going on? Why? Am I? Like?

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Does the zebra even understand what flying is? Before anyone

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knew the identity of the zebra, they were calling him

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Ed in honor of former NFL referee Ed Hoculee, who

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was known for his muscular body. Remember that guy. And

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of course refs wear black and white striped uniforms, so

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the zebra was known as Ed even though his name

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was Zeke. The Internet was flooded with videos as Zeke

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the Zebra was seen running along Interstate twenty four had

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caught on many doorbell cameras. Zeke became the inspiration for

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a song called Ed the Zebra using Suno, which is

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an AI generated song creator. A local pizzeria honored the

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Zebra with a fifteen percent off sale in honor of

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the social media buzz. Zeke's name has been changed to Ed.

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Taylor isn't sure if in the end, the farm is

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the right place for ed Zeke. They're not sure how

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he's able to escape. Taylor's hoping a zoo will adopt

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Ed so people can visit him in case you're curious,

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and I know you are. The Internet tells me zebras

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can cost anywhere from three to ten thousand dollars and

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they can live for up to twenty five years. You

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got to see that video if you haven't seen it. So,

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Lauren's pregnant. She's in Portugal with her husband Jamie. She's

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craving Gregg's sausage rolls. A man showed up. He had

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made a thousand mile journey with the sausage rolls. Jamie

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posted on Facebook, I cannot believe this. My wife Lauren

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had a pregnancy craving two days ago. She really wanted

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a Gregg's Sausage role while on holiday. My brother traveled

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all the way to Portugal to bring it to her.

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As now, leaving twenty four hours after. He brought a

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single sausage roll and an additional four pack to tire

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over for the rest of their vacation. Jamie said, what

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a kind man. Thank you, bro have a safe journey home.

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All right, we've kind of cooled off with the Guinness

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World Records lately. There haven't been as many, but here's

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one for you. A circus performer who specializes in hair

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hanging broke the record when she was suspended by her

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hair for twenty five minutes and eleven point three seconds.

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No thank you, but congratulations to Leela. She said it

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took her two years of practice in endurance building to

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break the record of twenty three minutes nineteen seconds. The

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new record again twenty five eleven. Her goal was to

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prove what can be done with the power of the mind.

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Congratulations to Bill and Jack. They are twins and they

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just celebrated their one hundredth birthday. Bill is the older brother.

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He's older by ten minutes. He enjoys an artistic life.

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He took up painting in his retirement. He exercises for

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twenty minutes a day. He says the computer is the

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most important invention of his lifetime. His tips for making

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one hundred clean and healthy living, staying active, sheer determination,

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and good genes. He said, I always intended to reach

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one hundred, and now it's here. I'm looking forward to

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the next one hundred. His advice to young people have

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an interest in sports and keep yourself active. And In Minneapolis,

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one thousand people gathered for an annual ritual. The ritual

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is the sharpening of a gigantic number two pencil. The

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number two pencil is twenty feet tall, who was made

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out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of

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John and Amy. The tree was damaged in a storm

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a few years ago, so instead of chopping it down,

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they turned it into a pencil. The sharpening ceremony has

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turned into an annual event. Some people dress up as

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pencils or erasers. Rachel came by. She flew from Chicago

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for the event. A friend had told her about it,

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and she said, some man is sharpening a pencil on

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his lawn. Yeah, I'm gonna be part of it. How

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can you not life's too short? Rachel was dressed as

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a pencil, now like a real pencil. Every time you

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sharpen it, it gets a little shorter. Every year they

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take anywhere from me three to ten inches. They know

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one day it'll just be a stub, but until then,

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enjoy the pencil. And those are your five good news

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stories for today. You gotta go look at that Zebra

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