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Health & Fitness

Bethel Parents Concerned About New "Ferret Legging" Trend

For the second time in the past week, parents are again being warned about a dangerous new "game" sweeping through schools, both locally and across the nation.

Even more troubling than the "ABC Eraser Challenge" reported last week, the new game, "Ferret Legging" (also known as "Put-um-down" or "Fire-in-the-hole") involves stuffing a live ferret into one's trousers. The angry rodent then proceeds to slice, chew and scratch with its razor-like teeth and claws until the player either removes his pants to set it free or - in many cases - requires medical attention.

Bethel Bacon editors could not find a suitable example online that did not include profanity, however readers are strongly encouraged to Google "Ferret Legging" to see examples of this horrendous practice and the results of this savage sport.

Local health officials are perplexed as to why the only victims to date have been adolescent Caucasian males. Females and minorities seem to be remarkably unaware of the craze.



(For the Record: As pointed out by readers and a team of ferret lawyers, ferrets are not rodents. They are members of the weasel family, descendants of the European polecat. Family: Mustelidae; Genus: Mustela; Species: M. putorius. They still should not be put down your pants.)




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