Cardiopossumary Resuscitation

Pa. man arrested after giving mouth-to-mouth to roadkill

The possum lying along the Colonel Drake Highway on Thursday was was long-dead certified roadkill. And Donald Wolfe was intent on bringing it back to life. Trooper Jamie Levier of the Punxsutawney barracks said witnesses saw Wolfe, 55, locking lips with the lifeless marsupial about 3 p.m. in a remote area about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

After receiving several calls, troopers arrested Wolfe along an isolated stretch of the highway and charged him with public drunkenness.

Levier says the Brookville man was "extremely intoxicated" and "did have his mouth in the area of the animal's mouth, I guess."

Another person saw Wolfe kneeling before the deceased animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance, Levier said.

In a release, state police listed the victim of the incident as "society." Wolfe will face the charges before a district judge in Jefferson County at an unscheduled date.

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9 Responses:

  1. chuck_lw says:

    Once again, the press gets it wrong.

    He was actually trying to install Linux on it.

  2. holywar says:

    state police listed the victim of the incident as "society."

    Just thought that deserved highlighting.

    • cdavies says:

      This member of society would greatly benefit from watching a drunken man attempt mouth to mouth on flattened furry animal. I'm only saddened the police didn't have the presence of mind to video the incident for youtube.

      Feh. Police. Haven't they got some nightclubs to harass?

  3. pikuorguk says:

    Isn't getting intimate with roadkill considered a good night out in some parts?

  4. jpennycook says:

    Surely the man saw a dead furry animal, and was performing a quirkafleeg?
    http://www.russandem.co.uk/quirk/