2007 North Carolina Big Sweep Animal Entanglements And Unusual Finds

                County     	Entanglements And Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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              ALAMANCE		Large pipe, 3 bikes, car fender, garden hose, bowling ball, landscaping edging, sofa, bucket, board, wire, 55 gallon drum with unknown liquid.     
 ALEXANDER (w/Catawba)  	   
    ALLEGHANY (w/Ashe)	     	
                 ANSON     
                  ASHE 		
                AVERY		(See Watauga.)    
              BEAUFORT  	Truckload of broken lumber, mattress, baby carrier, boat gas tank, steel pieces.
                BERTIE     	Buckets, board, 2 iron poles, 4 pipes.
                BLADEN        	
             BRUNSWICK     	
              BUNCOMBE    	Car parts, metal pieces, grocery cart, young girl's bra, girl's jacket and pants. 
                 BURKE  	Submerged couch and kitchen sink.   
              CABARRUS  	
              CALDWELL  	Commode plunger, oil can, hair nets, toilet seat, oven grill, oil boom, bath tub parts, vehicle drive shaft.
                CAMDEN     	 
              CARTERET  	
               CASWELL		Fishingrod, liquor bottle, full box of shotgun shells, part of hydraulic system, sheet metal, scuba mask, clothes rack, store shelving.
               CATAWBA  	Styrofoam, moped with no license tag.
               CHATHAM  	Plastic pipe, baby stroller, rugs, propane tanks, chairs, building materials. 
              CHEROKEE     
 
                County     	Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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                CHOWAN     	 
                  CLAY     	
             CLEVELAND  
              COLUMBUS  	Beach chairs, boat, wooden bench, mattress. 
                CRAVEN     	 
            CUMBERLAND  	Bike, ATV, moped, shopping carts, bed frame, landscaping timbers.   
             CURRITUCK          One exploded military shell.
                  DARE  	Entangled: sea gull. Buckets, pipes, party favors, ribbons with deflated balloons and party whistles. 
              DAVIDSON  	3 VCRs, 2 propane tanks, boat motors.
                 DAVIE     	
                DUPLIN     	
                DURHAM     	Loaded gun, shopping cart, bike frames.
             EDGECOMBE     	w/NASH
               FORSYTH     	Bra, underwear, Albuterol ampules, hair weave, condom wrappers, bottles of urine, bag of vomit, fire extinguisher, tarps, wreath, steering wheel, shopping carts.
              FRANKLIN     	Metal. 
                GASTON     	Camper shell, shopping carts, bikes, Moped, grills, credit cards, fence, cell phones, doll head, Zip lock bag with $25. 
                 GATES     	
                GRAHAM     	(See Swain County.) 
             GRANVILLE     	
                GREENE     	Building materials, cushions.
 
                County     	Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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              GUILFORD     	Entangled: Mallard in fishingline (live release). Helmet, Portajohn, DOT barrel, basketball goal, live shotgun shell, computer.
               HALIFAX     	 
               HARNETT     	Box springs, construction debris, lawn chairs.
               HAYWOOD     	
             HENDERSON     	
              HERTFORD     	
                  HOKE     	Entangled: turtle and fish. Swing set, A/C, 5 gallon fluid bucket, street sign, paint cans, lumber.
                  HYDE     	Wheel ring with jack attached.	
               IREDELL     	Lumber.
               JACKSON     	Four spools of wire from phone company.
              JOHNSTON     	TV, pallets, lot of plastic from juice boxes and cigarette butts.
                 JONES     	
                   LEE     	Construction and demolition waste, large auto parts.
                LENOIR     	
               LINCOLN     	2 grills, 7 ft. metal plank, styrofoam flotation.
              McDOWELL    	 
                 MACON    	Construction debris, chairs, plastic pots, 2 deer carcasses. 
               MADISON    	 
                MARTIN     	
           MECKLENBURG     	Christmas tree, bikes, shopping carts. 
 
                County     	Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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              MITCHELL     	Couch, wire, buckets, metal pieces.
            MONTGOMERY     	
                 MOORE     	Grill top.
                  NASH     	2 phone booth stands, 4 newspaper racks.
           NEW HANOVER     	Undetonated bomb from WW II.	
           NORTHAMPTON          Letter asking for 2 washing machines and a dryer, dead rabbit, carpet, car parts, bucket.
                ONSLOW     	Entangled: crabs, clams, octopus in net. Shark.. Part of computer, fence, pipe, floater, shopping cart, sheets of roofing, 55 gal. drum, 2 chairs 
                ORANGE     	 
               PAMLICO     	Entangled: snake in bottle (alive). Diapers, boat fender, crab pots, infant carseat, 4 ft. black plastic pipe, dog carcass.
            PASQUOTANK     	Wire. 
                PENDER     	Plywood board, concrete blocks, 2 x 4s. 
            PERQUIMANS          Metal strapping, 8-10 pieces of lumber, TV, dog.
                PERSON     	
                  PITT     		     
                  POLK     	Clothing, coffee pot, cooking pot, cooler, lid.
              RANDOLPH     	Dozen bike frames, shopping carts, large unglazed pottery vase, Jungle gym, air compressor, engine block, 38 diapers, 26 condoms.
              RICHMOND     	Couch, 2 sofa chairs, riding lawn mower. 
               ROBESON     	
 
 
                County     	Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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            ROCKINGHAM     	Entangled: possum, squirrel, beaver, 2 deer. Plastic wrap used across end of bridge for race finish line, love letter to married man not from wife, 7 deer in rivers.
                 ROWAN     	
            RUTHERFORD     	
               SAMPSON     	Entangled: deer in discarded fencing, raccoon in swingset. Barbell weights, microwave, heater, car door, 6 beds, 2 couches, toilet, chair, carport, shingles, vinyl siding.
              SCOTLAND     	Bait containters, plastic drink bottles, foam cups.
                STANLY     	Entangled: catfish. Underwear, lawn chairs, toilet paper, large pieces of metal, propane tank, crib, fishing line.
                STOKES     	Toilet with bee hive, 2 car hoods, 2 gas tanks, couches, boat.
                 SURRY     	 
                 SWAIN     	Propane tanks, old boat
          TRANSYLVANIA     	
               TYRRELL     	
                 UNION     	
                 VANCE     	(See Warren County.)
                  WAKE     	Woman's halter top, statue of Hindu god, jet ski, propellor 30 Coleman fuel bottles, artificial Christmas tree, concrete marker.
                WARREN     	PVC pipe, rug. 
            WASHINGTON     	
               WATAUGA     	
                 WAYNE     	Car seat, wallet, shotgun shells, mail, knife, shoe and toilet seat. 
                WILKES     	 
                WILSON     
                YADKIN     	
                YANCEY     	 
 
 
 

Check out other years' animal entanglements and other unusual finds:

2006.

2005.

2004.

2003.

2002.

2001.

 

 
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