STOCKTON, Minn. – About 20 sheep congregated, bleating and and blahhing long after sunset at a house up Quarrv Hill Road, waking everybody up. “What’s going on?” They called the sheriff, whose deputies were mystified too. Nobody knew anybody in the neighborhood who kept sheep. The animals had no tags or markings. They were dirty, as if having been unloaded from a truck after a dusty ride. And they appeared also to have stumbled hrough the woods at night, judging from te burrs snagged their wool. The next morning, deputies posted an on online request for help. Then the sheep were gine. Had Little Bo-Peep found the lostvambs and nusheredt hem hime? The mystery was solved smewhat with this anonyous online response:
A porchlight beacon. Wayward herd showed up uninvited on a Quarry Hill doorstep a few hundred yards off U.S. Highway 14 over Stockton Hill. Baaaad behavior?
“The sheep are baaaaack home and tucked away, counting themselves. The head sheep said they just wanted to do some community service, by mowing (eating) and fertilizing the neighbors’ grass. They also wanted to help get the neighbor to sleep but didn’t realize it was already the middle of the night, since they can’t tell time. The neighbor’s dog got the surprise of a lifetime but is willing to forgive his fellow animals. We were able to get over this ‘herd-le’ and get everyone back to their rightful place. ”