Turtle - running at large
The Icon receives reports from time to time from hikers who frequent the path around the National Quarry. The reports go like this: "We saw a very large snapping turtle along the path." Those reports are true. At 7:30 a.m. on July 5 Bluffton police report a snapping turtle incident at Jefferson and Huber streets. According to Ryan Burkholder, Bluffton police chief, police respond to a turtle crossing the very busy roadway. The turtle was identified as Ohio’s largest turtle, snapping turtle (chelydra serpentia) and this turtle weighed approximately 8 pounds. The snapper was removed from the roadway without incident and placed back in the wildlife.
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