Buzzin Bizarre

A man from New Zealand claims to have been raped by a wombat.  He also claims that since the rape he has started speaking with an Australian accent.

Arthur Cradock 48 years old, has now been found guilty of wasting police time in the South Island town of Moteuka.  He allegedly called them last month to report that he was being raped by the wombat at his home and needed urgent help.  He later rang them again to say that he was alright.

Cradock, an orchard worker (a nutter!) said “I’ll retract the rape complaint from the wombat, because he’s pulled out.  Apart from speaking Australian now, I’m pretty all right you know.  I didn’t hurt my bum at all.” [as reported in the telegraph]

He pleaded guilty in Nelson District Court to ‘using a phone for a fictitious purpose’ and was sentenced to 75 hours community work.

The Police prosecutor did say that drink had a large part to play in the Cradock’s life and the Judge couldn’t understand what had motivated him to make the extraordinary call.  He was told not to do it again! (have sex with a wombat or phone the police)