The Hilarious Zebra Escape

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Oh man, they caught the zebra. Did you see the zebra? The zebra was so funny that I almost wanted to do a live version of this podcast so I could get to you immediately, and I don't even know how I would do that. Hi. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. So in Tennessee last week, there was this zebra running around and the video was hilarious because the zebra was just out for a run. It's a pet zebra owned by Taylor. Taylor said the zebra had escaped from his one hundred and fifty acre form and was missing for eight days before finally being captured on June eighth. Taylor said his wife, Laura, had a bad feeling about Zeke the zebra. Taylor said that his wife didn't think that Zeke coming home was the best idea, and it turns out she was more right than ever. Zeke the zebra lasted a whole fifteen hours on the farm before escaping. Now did you see the video of this zebra? The zebra was finally spotted in a pasture near the Buchanan Road exit off I twenty four. Search and Rescue teams came in. There was a vet on hand to assist. They used a net capture method they had used to capture zebra's in Texas and basically dropped a net right over Zeke to zebra And then did you see the video? The net was attached to a helicopter. There's video you gotta see this video if you haven't seen it of a helicopter flying and there's the zebra hanging from the helicopter and its spinning and I keep wondering, what is the zebra thinking?

1:31 Like the zebra was like out for a run, run, run, run, This is great, run and run road. Hey there's a net. I don't like this? WHOA what's going on? Why? Am I? Like? Does the zebra even understand what flying is? Before anyone knew the identity of the zebra, they were calling him Ed in honor of former NFL referee Ed Hoculee, who was known for his muscular body. Remember that guy. And of course refs wear black and white striped uniforms, so the zebra was known as Ed even though his name was Zeke. The Internet was flooded with videos as Zeke the Zebra was seen running along Interstate twenty four had caught on many doorbell cameras. Zeke became the inspiration for a song called Ed the Zebra using Suno, which is an AI generated song creator. A local pizzeria honored the Zebra with a fifteen percent off sale in honor of the social media buzz. Zeke's name has been changed to Ed.

2:24 Taylor isn't sure if in the end, the farm is the right place for ed Zeke. They're not sure how he's able to escape. Taylor's hoping a zoo will adopt Ed so people can visit him in case you're curious, and I know you are. The Internet tells me zebras can cost anywhere from three to ten thousand dollars and they can live for up to twenty five years. You got to see that video if you haven't seen it. So, Lauren's pregnant. She's in Portugal with her husband Jamie. She's craving Gregg's sausage rolls. A man showed up. He had made a thousand mile journey with the sausage rolls. Jamie posted on Facebook, I cannot believe this. My wife Lauren had a pregnancy craving two days ago. She really wanted a Gregg's Sausage role while on holiday. My brother traveled all the way to Portugal to bring it to her.

3:09 As now, leaving twenty four hours after. He brought a single sausage roll and an additional four pack to tire over for the rest of their vacation. Jamie said, what a kind man. Thank you, bro have a safe journey home. All right, we've kind of cooled off with the Guinness World Records lately. There haven't been as many, but here's one for you. A circus performer who specializes in hair hanging broke the record when she was suspended by her hair for twenty five minutes and eleven point three seconds. No thank you, but congratulations to Leela. She said it took her two years of practice in endurance building to break the record of twenty three minutes nineteen seconds. The new record again twenty five eleven. Her goal was to prove what can be done with the power of the mind.

3:51 Congratulations to Bill and Jack. They are twins and they just celebrated their one hundredth birthday. Bill is the older brother. He's older by ten minutes. He enjoys an artistic life. He took up painting in his retirement. He exercises for twenty minutes a day. He says the computer is the most important invention of his lifetime. His tips for making one hundred clean and healthy living, staying active, sheer determination, and good genes. He said, I always intended to reach one hundred, and now it's here. I'm looking forward to the next one hundred. His advice to young people have an interest in sports and keep yourself active. And In Minneapolis, one thousand people gathered for an annual ritual. The ritual is the sharpening of a gigantic number two pencil. The number two pencil is twenty feet tall, who was made out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of John and Amy. The tree was damaged in a storm a few years ago, so instead of chopping it down, they turned it into a pencil. The sharpening ceremony has turned into an annual event. Some people dress up as pencils or erasers. Rachel came by. She flew from Chicago for the event. A friend had told her about it, and she said, some man is sharpening a pencil on his lawn. Yeah, I'm gonna be part of it. How can you not life's too short? Rachel was dressed as a pencil, now like a real pencil. Every time you sharpen it, it gets a little shorter. Every year they take anywhere from me three to ten inches. They know one day it'll just be a stub, but until then, enjoy the pencil. And those are your five good news stories for today. You gotta go look at that Zebra video if you haven't seen it already. If you would

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