ABC 7 (Chicago, Illinois) 10 July 08 Tortoise returned to owners after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam
Highland, Ind. (AP): A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure lumbering around three northwestern Indiana towns.
Tank is an 8-year-old African spur thigh tortoise. He was returned home yesterday to owners Mark and Kim Hirchak after they called Munster police to report him missing.
The couple had earlier called Highland and Hammond police, but Munster police knew all about their missing reptile, which had turned up a gas station not long after his escape.
During his absence, Tank had been shuttled between various homeowners, including a couple whose backyard strawberry patch and flowers became his dinner.
Fourteen-year-old Kylie Hirchak says Tank is like a member of the family.
Tortoise returned to owners after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam
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I just stumbled across this posting; something very similar happened to me a few years ago. My Burmese brown scaled a fence and was gone for weeks. I got her back when a lady called Encon to report a giant turtle that was eating her hostas and was following her around her yard. They referred her to me and I got my Evelyn back!
'Reptiles' will be printing the story (with a picture of Evelyn) shortly in their 'Living with Reptiles' section.
