A woman's tortoise that went missing about July 1 was found Sunday walking down a rural road about five miles away from home. It's estimated that the tortoise, whose name is Willy, walked at a speed of about . 005 mph during his voyage. It was a local emergency medical services technician who found the 40-pound, two-feet-wide tortoise Sunday. Willy's owner, Kellie Copeland-Burnup, has put him inside a chain-link dog kennel in her back yard.

Cory Workman, a 16-year-old teenager, was bitten on the ankle by an alligator on Sunday while he was dangling his feet over the water's edge in the St. John's River in DeLand. Workman reported to officials that he had been skipping rocks across the water. According to an official with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, throwing rocks or sticks into the water can sound like fish to an alligator, so it probably mistook the boy's body for food.

After being dragged into a lake by a big alligator, a 16-year-old boy used a tip he saw on the Discovery Channel to break loose from the grip of the animal to save his life. The incident occurred late Saturday at a lake in Central Florida. Authorities said Corey Workman was throwing rocks and sticks into the water at a remote area of the St. John's River in Volusia County, Fla. just before midnight. A 6- to 8-foot-long alligator came out of the water and seized Workman's left foot and began pulling him into the lake.

A fast food worker in Arkansas is crying fowl over some disrepectful treatment he's been receiving while in his chicken suit. The man dresses up as a restaurant's mascot and stands outside promoting the eatery. Steven Turnage says it's bad enough standing outside along a city street in 105-degree heat in a chicken suit, but having people through things at him isn't helping.

A Conn. man is currently charged with assaulting his wife with a carrot causing her to lose sight in one of her eyes after the incident. The husband and assailant, 46-year-old Roderick Vecsey will answer charges of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct later this week.