Beasts on the prowl in Northland town

Published: 10:04PM Friday September 10, 2010 Source: Close Up

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There are beasts on the prowl around the small Northland town of Ruakaka. How they got there is like a comedy of errors except that one encounter nearly proved fatal.

At first glance this seemed like a fanciful pub story but as Matt Chisholm discovered not only is it true, but there's a twist in this tail.

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