Wayward Tortoise Found After 4 Days on the Lam

40-pound reptile returned to Central Pa. home after slipping out the backdoor

A wayward tortoise is safe at his central Pennsylvania home after giving his owners a shell of a scare.

Police say the nearly 40-pound tortoise was found several blocks from his Derry Township home on Thursday. George the Sulcata desert tortoise had been missing for four days after slipping out a back door.

Derry Township police had asked neighbors to be on the lookout because low temperatures could have given George problems.


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