Surprise awaits Cadillac thief
NZPA—APRaleigh, North Carolina A man whose Cadillac was stolen from a shopping mall parking lot took out a newspaper advertisement saying the thief can keep the car — if he returns the pregnant rattlesnake under the seat. Mr Kidd Brewer, a developer, said that the 1976 Eldorado convertible was an expensive collector’s model. ‘lf whoever took my 1976 red Cadillac convertible
with white top from Crabtree Mall parking lot on August 9 wifi return my pet pregnant rattlesnake, Cleopatra, from under the seat, he can keep the car,” Mr Brewer said in the advertisement Mr Brewer said he was gone from his car only about 15 minutes when he discovered it had been stolen. While known for a sense of humour, Mr Brewer, aged 76, insists he is not joking about Cleopatra, or the impending nest of young rat-
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Press, 16 August 1984, Page 6
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