It turns out that there was a break-in of sorts at the Heritage Farm Museum of the Brunswick Area Historical Society and the culprit eluded capture by the authorities until – you guessed it – April Fool's Day. And it took an apple to do it.
The guilty party was a groundhog who we probably sealed in the house when the foundation was renovated and closed up tight in December.
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| The little guy was captured and then released to freedom |
Groundhogs hibernate, so the critter was probably there somewhere. Then we started getting reports of items toppled over and a window popped out. Well, finally it was determined it was the groundhog trying to get out.
Ed Kelly from the Parks and Recreation Department and Mike Kellums, animal control officer, set a live trap. But whatever the bait was, it wasn't working until Ed placed an apple in the trap. The same day, they were able to successfully remove the uninvited guest.
With the alarms all reset it's kind of back to normal.
(Sun News - April 4, 2014)
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