Video still of Rocky, the raccoon found with a golfer’s iPhone in West Palm Beach, Fla. (© Sun Sentinel, http://aka.ms/Rocky)

Rocky the raccoon bandit nabbed stealing golfer's iPhone

1/11/2013

Not convinced by that camera-snatching seagull or the child-napping eagle? How about an iPhone-stealing raccoon? Brian Acker's cellphone disappeared while he was playing a Dec. 31 round of golf in West Palm Beach, Fla. Returning to the Okeeheelee Golf Course on New Year's Day to hunt for the smartphone, Acker activated a GPS app that began pinging high in a palm tree. Employees instantly suspected the handiwork of Rocky, a sticky-fingered raccoon notorious for pilfering wallets, shiny objects and players' snacks. Grounds workers retrieved the unharmed iPhone4 along with an array of junk food wrappers. Rocky didn't place any calls, but if he checks Twitter, he'll see his story's gone viral. [Source]

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