Weird Florida: Dancing Owls, Strawberry Moonshine, Police Dog Fired

Patch operates 23 daily news sites in Florida. The following are some of the wacky, wild and wonderfully unique stories covered during the month of February:

• Facebook Post Prompts Mom to Turn in Son, Cops Say
• Watch: Adorable Florida Mice Say ‘Cheese’ For The Camera
• Watch: ‘Bigfoot’ Filmed by Tampa Canoeist
• Manatee Confab Breaks Records
• Police Chase Ends Thanks to ‘Very Loud Snoring’
• Deputies: Man Listed ‘Drug Dealer’ As Job on Arrest Report
• Deputies: Naked Man Found Behind Wheel of Stolen Van
• ‘Florida Man’ Uncovered in New Film
• ‘Really Intoxicated’ Couple Loaded into Garbage Truck, Deputies Say
• ‘Zombie Cat’s’ Story Won’t Die, Now Headed to Court
• Dancing Owls Take Internet By Storm
• Florida Man Hid in Connecticut Snowbank to Avoid Arrest, Cops Say
• Teacher Pops Off Profanity-Laced Letter Over Gum in Class
• World’s 1st Penis Reduction Surgery Performed in Florida
• Cops: New Wife Bilked Elderly Husband Out of Breast Job, $100k
• Cops Looking for Meth Lab Find Strawberry Moonshine Still Instead
• Police Dog Fired for Biting Doughnut Shop Worker, Cop
• Watch: Politician Blasted for Calling Slow Learners ‘Dummies’

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