Jun 05 2009
Basketball Player Ruffin’s Lizard Collection Ruined in Freak Tornado
Trail Post just got notice off of the ticker on a news story about the horrible weather that swept through Oregon last night.
PORTLAND, Ore. - In a devastating accident that threw Portland Trailblazer Michael Ruffin’s lizards airborne, creating the first flying lizards since the pterodons of the Cretaceous, a tornado ripped through Ruffin’s so-called “lizard lounge” and displaced a collection of the scaly creatures worth thousands of dollars.
The tornado, which occurred at 6:18 PST, touched down just west of the city, and proceeded to whip through Ruffin’s suburb. Oddly enough, it immediately dispelled after hitting the Ruffin family home, and taking its ransom of geckos and iguanas and throwing them as far east as Hood River.
Ruffin, when reached about the terrible accident, was sad, yet still hopeful. “Losing that bearded dragon will haunt me,” he said. “Luckily I kept some eggs in the basement.”
Yes, that lizard is riding a jet ski.
