Man Finds 4.5 Pound Egg in Woods
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Posted: 6:23 PM Nov 26, 2009
Man Finds 4.5 Pound Egg in Woods
It's not a hard-boiled mystery, but people are having trouble cracking the case of a giant egg found in a wooded area in Clendenin.
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CLENDENIN, W.Va. (AP) -- It's not a hard-boiled mystery, but people are having trouble cracking the case of a giant egg found in a wooded area in Clendenin.

Sherman Farley spotted the egg while hunting this week. It weighs 4.5 pounds and is about 18 inches in diameter.

State naturalist Jim Phillips says there's no animal native to the state that lays eggs that big.

Bill Pepper, who owns Benedict Haid Farm nearby, suspects it's an ostrich egg. Pepper's farm has one emu and seven ostriches.

But the egg was found more than three miles from his farm, and none of his birds has gone missing.

Farley plans to keep it as a souvenir, although he'd still like to know what it is.


Latest Comments

Posted by: Robert on Nov 30, 2009 at 02:34 PM

Mothman!
Posted by: Jimmy on Nov 30, 2009 at 12:44 PM

It's probably a deer egg!
Posted by: D on Nov 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM

I see Mike is a biology major. A deer egg, Really??? LOL, look up the definition of mammal.
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