Norman Scanner Report: Aug. 13, 2008

Calling state lawmaker Paul Wesselhoft! It was "vicious animal" night in Norman, Okla., on Wednesday.

It started with a call to Jackson Drive at 9 p.m., where authorities were investigating an animal that had bitten a child. And, do you know what breed it was?

That's right. It was a Shar Pei!

For those of you not familiar with the breed, here is one in action.

Cutest. Thing. Ever.

I am told, however, that adult Shar Peis can be mean little bastards. Nevertheless, I love all of God's children, animals that is.

But that wasn't our only "vicious animal" call of the night. Police got a call from a local hotel reporting a vicious Chow. If I heard the call right, a patron would not enter the establishment because of the presence of the dog. Chows are actually fairly aggressive dogs from what I've read, although I think I found the extent of this random YouTube Chow vid a bit over the top.

In other scanner fun and yucks from Norman, Okla., on a summer's night, two days before the skies are supposed to open up on us with massive amounts of rain ...

Police investigated a pair of drivers in a local trailer park off of Lexington Drive, which brings to mind this random fact: I did not know we had trailer parks in Norman.

Call came in at about 10:11 p.m. of a white construction truck running people off the road along Interstate 35 and Indian Hills Road.

In a pair of non-Norman calls: A black cow was reportedly lounging in the roadway at about 10:35 p.m. along 240th Street and Western Avenue in far southwestern Oklahoma City. Wasn't "Black Cow" a Steely Dan tune?

Also, a 40-year-old man overdosed on morphine and Xanax and was found lying in the street along West Seventh Street, presumably in OKC, but I couldn't say for sure. However, there has been a lot of lying in the middle of the street recently. Doesn't seem like it would be that comfortable, not without the morphine and Xanax that is.

Back in Norman, a woman in a blue Sunbird called police from an apartment complex along 24th Street SW after 11 p.m. to tell officers that her "baby daddy wouldn't give her her baby back." This brings up another random fact about Norman: I did not know anybody still drove a Sunbird here.

Finally, the line of the night goes to the Norman dispatcher who apologized to officers in joking fashion for her tardiness in getting back to them with information because she was watching TV.

"Sorry, I'm caught up in the Olympics," she said.

Aren't we all, honey. Aren't we all.