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Whats the nost bizzare local story from your city? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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A memory of the wildest ever story just came to me and I wanna hear from everyone.

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[–] slowwooderrunsdeep@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Well I live in Philadelphia, and just in the decade I’ve been here, I’ve seen some shit.

The unsolved Hitchbot murder, and then a local radio station’s attempt to repair our good name before the Pope arrived.

The dumpster pools in Kensington.

“Do attend.”

When the Eagles won the Super Bowl and chaos ensued. I can’t find any source on this in particular, but my gf and I agree we heard on the police scanners that a giraffe had been freed from the zoo and was running down Girard.

Drumline Elmo, who has become as big a celebrity in the city as Gritty.

Gritty, who is a national hero in our eyes.

All of which doesn’t even factor in the everyday life crazy. This place is wild, and I’m all for it.

[–] dillydogg@lemmy.one 3 points 8 months ago

I love gritty. I grew up in Seattle and found the whole Kraken logo and team name were just so uninspiring. Especially when the Flyers just went all in on just being cool as hell with Gritty. Fortunately I was already a Canes fan so the boring Kraken thing doesn't bother me at all

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I'm Canadian and love Gritty. I wish more mascots were vaguely threatening and loved lists.

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