Where did you go, Suzie Q?By Prentiss Findlay (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Saturday, May 17, 2008
MOUNT PLEASANT — Leslie Mazyck had just arrived for his overnight shift as a county police officer when he got a call about an elephant at a service station. "The first thing I thought is that the man must be having hallucinations," Mazyck said. By the time he arrived, the elephant had taken off down Mathis Ferry Road. Back in the woods, in an area known as lovers lane, Mazyck found Suzie Q crunching on a corn crop. He called for help. Three officers arrived and the elephant was rounded up fairly quickly. "One said, 'I dare you to get on the elephant's head.'" Mazyck did just that with help from his fellow patrolmen. A photographer was sent to document the occasion. That was about 50 years ago. The town is on a quest to find out what happened to Suzie Q. It wants to erect an historical marker to tell her story, but for now it's incomplete. Read more in the weekend editions of The Post and Courier.
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This article has 2 comment(s)
Posted by SCgal on May 17, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It wants to erect an historical marker............
How much money will be spent on this project & will it be tax payer's $$$ paying for this?
Posted by LI58 on May 17, 2008 at 8:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What the ....? And who is paying for this?