by Like any good detective story, you have a victim, a mystery and a suspect. For an animal shelter in Wisconsin, the case involved a dog and his stuffed hippo friend. The Case of the Fuzzy Purple Hippo begins after something terrible happened in their kennel at night.
Fox Valley Humane Association shared the suspenseful “murder” mystery on Instagram. It all began innocently enough.
Hank and his stuffed hippo were best friends.
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But then one morning, the shelter staff found Fuzzy Purple Hippo ripped apart, her stuffing strewn all over the floor. Even worse, they feared that her best friend, Hank, was the one responsible for the attempted murder (allegedly)!
Fuzzy Purple Hippo was rushed to emergency.
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She pulled through thanks to their team’s excellent surgical skills, although the shelter pointed out she was definitely “groggy” and her “demeanor seems a bit flat” after her operation.
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The shelter immediately launched an investigation and needed to know if Hank was indeed the culprit. So they pulled him in for questioning. But Hank didn’t say a word.
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Fuzzy Purple Hippo went in for some much-needed therapy and was asked about her relationship with Hank. Information classified.
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Meanwhile Hank was appointed an attorney to discuss the allegations brought against him.
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Soon picketers arrived at the shelter demanded that Hank be freed.
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The Appleton Police Department and K9 Blue were brought in to further examine the evidence.
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The end result of their investigation? Hank was cleared of all charges. It turns out that his stuffed hippo friend was trying to scale the kennel to escape when she got snagged on the wire mesh and accidentally pulled out all her stuffing.
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In fact, Hank was a silent hero. “Hank said that he was scared that the Fuzzy Purple Hippo would get in trouble for trying to get out of their kennel and he wanted to protect her,” the shelter revealed. “He was willing to go to prison to keep her free and able go to a good home.”
As for why Fuzzy Purple Hippo didn’t just clear Hank, the shelter blames heavy medication and her not fully being aware of the trouble Hank was in.
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Whew, thank goodness it was all a tremendous misunderstanding. But that was not the only news the shelter had to share. Hank and Fuzzy Purple Hippo have been released into the custody of…a new family – yes they’ve both been adopted.
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Case closed!
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