Search for owner of lost llama allows netizens to make puns

Police had to handle a lost-and-found situation that was only slightly different from the usual.

On Aug. 10, police in Granby, Connecticut, they spotted a roaming llama who appeared to have been separated from her owner.

Image: Granby CT Police

Knowing that social media was effective in getting the word out, they took to Twitter to announce the estranged animal.

If you are missing this, please contact the Granby Police. No, we are not kidding. pic.twitter.com/jAGbo42oNr

— Granby CT Police (@GranbyCTPolice) August 10, 2017

Twitter users responded to the call—albeit unhelpfully.

There were a bunch of puns:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

There was a case of mistaken identity:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

Bette Midler as one of the witches in “Hocus Pocus” does bear an uncanny resemblance.

A sighting was reported:

Last seen driving erratically! pic.twitter.com/80VOvTFyZS

— Ben Lutgens (@blutgens) August 10, 2017

Someone claimed to know the llama, while others were skeptical:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

And one preferred to forego a reunion:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

If the police were looking for sympathy, they just needed to look to their Dutch counterparts who have had to deal with other lost domesticated animals:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

But as always, all good things come to an end. The llama was recovered a few hours later:

The Llama Drama is over. Animal has been reunited with owner.

— Granby CT Police (@GranbyCTPolice) August 10, 2017

However, netizens still weren’t quite over it, and bad puns still kept coming, this time regarding the llama’s name:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

Some asked hard-hitting questions, like pictures or the reunion didn’t happen:

Image: Screen grab via Twitter/@granbyctpolice

Hopefully the police won’t have any more prob-llamas.  /ra

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