RT Animated Adventures
Reveille Gets Dognapped
2016 Episode 2 January 19, 2016
Burnie recalls the story of when his college friends kidnapped the Texas A&M mascot, and the ensuing manhunt which followed.Audio from The Rooster Teeth Podcast #250
First comment, I guess?
From Wikipedia:
"Shortly after beginning her duties, Reveille was stolen by a group of University of Texas students... For almost a week, Texas A&M denied that the mascot had been stolen. After the school finally acknowledged her disappearance and released a statement that they were planning to press felony charges against whoever took her, Reveille was tied to a sign post near Lake Travis and an anonymous caller informed the police of her location. She was returned unharmed to Texas A&M and resumed her duties."
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If that all it takes to steal the dog I wonder how many more times it's been stolen
That dog seems ridiculously easy to kidnap. I'm surprised it didn't happen more often.
"we're pressing felony charges." Fuck you Texas A&M that seems like bit of an over reaction don't you think.
To be fair, they may have just *said* that to scare the people into turning her in (which worked). But I do know that A&M does take their traditions very seriously. And she probably was expensive. But a felony does seem a bit excessive when it was just a joke. It's not like they were planning to hurt her...
I remembering listening to this podcast at my church's christmas eve service
You were listening to Church at church? Dude, that's so meta.
what i was finished with singing for church choir so i was killing time
Dude I wanna know what happened to the "guard" of the dog, like I would've been scared as fuck to report that to the higher-ups.
I think that they actually mention it in the podcast...I may be talking out of my ass here but I wanna say the guard pretty much got shit on so hard he left school. I dont remember exactly but I wanna say it was something like that.
See, if this were a movie, the finale would be that those three guys contact the guard instead of the radio and let him collect the dog so he can be a hero.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-12-31/sports...
"Cpl. Jim Lively, the sophomore Corps of Cadets member responsible for the puppy" says if she gets stolen "I really don't like to think about that. I'd probably end up in something like a witness protection program."
I like how Gavin's solution to this conundrum was to bury a perfectly healthy and well behaved dog. Not to return her or even leave her at the pound anonymously, but to bury her alive. It's amazing how his brain works.
Well it's a good thing it wasn't Gavin that stole that dog. Otherwise he would've... dug himself deeper.
Amazing. I googled it, totally happened
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-12-31/sports...
here's a news article from 1993 when it intially happened~
Apparently the dog was kidnapped from her handler's home when she was a puppy. So, she hadn't even gone to replace the previous dog yet.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-12-31/sports...
Also: "In fact, freshman members of the Corps of Cadets are not allowed to speak the word "dog."They must greet her with "Howdy, Miss Reveille, ma'am."
And: Reveille VI vanished Sunday morning. About 2:30 p.m., an anonymous caller telephoned the Dallas Morning News and claimed to be a UT-Austin student. He said one person grabbed the dog out of the Livelys' back yard.
"It was easier than hell," the caller said. -Accurate Burnie friend quote.
I live in College Station, and I can say they are borderline obsessed with protecting that dog. One guy has taken a hit from a football player that was running out of bounds because he was on a collision course with Reveille. To be honest, wouldn't be surprised if some would take a bullet or, with the new open carry coming out, shoot any that would threaten her.
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