Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 09, 2013
October 08, 2013
October 10, 2013
Transcript:
Super sleuth! Eugene Vidocq (1775-1857), the world's first professional detective, claimed to have captured 4000 criminals in 7 years! I'm outta here- The province of Alberta, Canada, operates a strict no rat policy, employing professional rat catchers on its borders, and has been free of the rodents for over 50 years! From the patent drawing In 1904, James E. Bennett of Illinois, patented a base ball catcher, designed so that baseball players could catch the ball without using their hands!
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DoctorLarryO over 10 years ago
How hard would it be to dig a ball out of that trap and make a throw?
Marv Walker over 10 years ago
How many of Vidoc’s “criminals” were really criminals? No rats in Alberta? That’s true. It’s really La-La Land. The only thing I believe in today’s strip is the baseball catcher patent. Not all inventors invent and patent usable things.
funnypapers4 over 10 years ago
Alberta as the rat-free province? Hardly, the government had been yapping how great they were able to keep away these rats for 50 years. In the last 3 years – about 100 Norway rats were discovered in Lightbridge, Alberta and 1 or 2 rats were found in Calgary. All were caught and killed.
The $64 question is: If these rats can be found in these cities above … what other places could the rats be hiding?? No border agent CAN guard the entire border fully at 24 hrs / 7 days! Alberta’s rat-free days are numbered.
boldyuma over 10 years ago
The problem with rats is like the problem with cockroaches…If you see one…there are probably at least 100 scurrying around nearby..
ceylondiver over 10 years ago
Vidocq was a master criminal before he was a policeman. He was the model for Honore de Balzac’s sexually ambiguous villain Vautrin, quite a nasty character.
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
Eugene, by being the first detective, had a vast pool to work from. Then the criminals learned how to cover their tracks, and it’s been cops and robbers ever since.