The zebra files
Post Reports
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🗓️ 5 November 2021
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Summary
When you hear hoofbeats, think zebras — especially if you’re in the D.C. suburbs, where fugitive zebras have been on the run from a local farm for many weeks. Buckle up for a wild ride as we delve into this suburban safari.
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For more than two months, fugitive zebras in the Maryland suburbs have captured the imaginations of children, neighbors and members of Congress alike. Post Reports producer and amateur zoologist Emma Talkoff started looking into what she thought was a cute local news story — only to unravel a much wilder tale.
Read more from The Post on the zebras from reporters Dana Hedgpeth, Katie Mettler and Maura Judkis.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, check, check, check. |
| 0:05.1 | It is Friday, November 5th, and it's time for me to tell Martin everything I know. |
| 0:14.1 | So I was getting a snack in the kitchen, and then I looked out the window to see if there |
| 0:21.2 | was deer, but all there was was just a zebra. |
| 0:27.7 | When I got the call, it was zebra's house like, no, not print stores, it's counting, |
| 0:31.8 | not zebras, maybe they're mistaking. |
| 0:33.6 | Sort of like a ball of yarn, and where you pull it one string and start asking questions |
| 0:37.9 | and it got thicker. |
| 0:39.3 | Or zebra hunting, have you seen the zebras? |
| 0:42.0 | Have you seen the zebras? |
| 0:43.8 | I refuse to answer because I don't want to incriminate myself or indicate one way or |
| 0:51.6 | the other how the fever's got out. |
| 0:55.1 | Because zebra story, it started out as something kind of enchanting and wonderful. |
| 0:59.0 | Now with this twist, it's turned into something a little darker and more sinister. |
| 1:04.7 | Oh my God. |
| 1:09.0 | It sounds like cereal, but for zebras. |
| 1:14.6 | It feels like cereal for zebras. |
| 1:16.4 | It's incredible. |
| 1:17.4 | Welcome to hearing all of the many twists in this crazy tale. |
| 1:21.2 | Should we go ahead and set up the show and say who we are? |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:25.0 | Welcome to Post Reports. |
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