LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.
The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended.
The newspaper reported that police paraded the goat before journalists, and published a picture of the animal.
Police in the state couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas.
________________Hen Little Lil lays eggs the size of grapefruit
A primary school's pet chicken has astonished pupils and teachers by laying eggs the size of grapefruit.
Little Lil, a Columbian blacktailed cross hen, is the smallest of her flock but regularly lays eggs measuring 10cm across - more than twice the size of a normal egg.
Youngsters at Raikes Centre pupil referral unit in Gloucester have been unable to measure the weight of the eggs because they exceed 8oz, the maximum their scales will reach.
When pupils cracked open the latest oversized egg they found a yolk, an egg white and another small but complete egg on the inside, like a Russian doll.
The six-month old hen has only been laying since October but once a month she forces out an egg measuring an eye-watering 10cm by 8cm.
Teacher Kate Farminer, 54, said: "We've got four pet chickens here and Little Lil is by far the smallest and also the quietest.
"So we were amazed when she started producing these enormous eggs - you wonder how she gets them out.
"The first time it happened the egg broke but the latest one was intact.
"We've got another two spare so this time our curiosity got the better of us and we took a look inside.
"We couldn't believe it when we found another egg inside - maybe she's a Russian chicken."
Little Lil lives with three other pet chickens Auntie Madge, Auntie Edie, and Auntie Doreen. Her eggs normally measure 4cm by 7cm.
The centre's three classes of children aged between four and eleven also keep pet rabbits and chickens.
According to Guinness World Records, the largest ever egg was laid by a Black Minorca hen in England in 1896 and weighed nearly 12oz.
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