Two items from our overnight email:
- Calvin reports numerous gunshots heard around 11 p.m. in Pinehurst, just northeast of Maple Leaf. “When I called in to the police they stated they’d heard several reports about it. I heard twenty to thirty shots in all.”
Anybody have more news on this?
- On a brighter note, Elise has a question about “random bunnies in Maple Leaf.”
TweetRecently I’ve noticed a couple cute and friendly rabbits foraging on the corner of 17th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 91st Street. I saw them a few days ago in the late afternoon and tonight at around 1:30 a.m. One is large and brown and the other is black and a bit smaller.
They don’t seem to have any fear of people, so I worry they are escaped pets which may not know how to live safely out in the neighborhood. However, they are not amenable to being approached closer than about three feet, so maybe they’re wild and just hanging out. Neither have any indicators of being owned by anyone except for not acting feral. Keep your ears open for families missing their pets but please don’t call to get them rounded up by animal control. Thanks!
11 reader comments so far ↓
1 michael // Aug 19, 2012 at 11:41 am
Ramadan ended… Maybe the celebrations?
2 Lisa // Aug 19, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I thought I heard something two nights ago around 2:15 am. Same thing-about 20-30 bangs. Not sure what it was.
3 Kato // Aug 19, 2012 at 2:06 pm
heard it as well, sounded like fireworks to me
4 Renee // Aug 19, 2012 at 2:44 pm
I heard it. It sounded like fireworks.
5 Stefan // Aug 19, 2012 at 3:43 pm
GunShots+bunnies equals dinner?
6 Calvin // Aug 20, 2012 at 1:40 am
Glad it was fireworks. Surprised me as it wasn’t a time of day or year I expected to hear them.
7 MapleLeafBob // Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 am
Maybe somebody wanted rabbit stew and was shooting at the bunnies!!
Sorry – I just had too
8 Kat // Aug 20, 2012 at 1:27 pm
I couldn’t decide whether it was gun shots or firecrackers – you never know what goes on in this neighborhood anymore.
9 Casey // Aug 20, 2012 at 2:44 pm
The owners of the bunnies know they are loose. I knocked on a few doors over a week ago on got the story. As mentioned in the article, it is impossible to get close enough to catch them. The rabbits have been staying close to home, but apparently are enjoying their freedom.
10 Susan // Aug 23, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Surprised the coyotes haven’t gotten them. The owners might want to see about borrowing some traps.
11 brad // Aug 29, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Coming down 91st the other night and was about a foot away from running one over. They should really keep them inside. If they don’t want them anymore they should find a nice home for them.