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Originally Posted by Rob Stuart
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Ronnie and Reggie Kray...
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I had a close personal encounter with Reggie Kray one Friday 16th April. He had escaped captivity (leaving his twin Ronnie behind bars) and been sighted roaming the local golf course. He even brazenly appeared in its club house, then decamped, only to be spotted lurking in my parents' garden.
There, he proved to be a gentle creature, not averse to being manhandled nor biting or scratching at all when we detained him (first) in a cardboard box and then (when he looked like succeeding in his persistent efforts to escape) being transferred into a somewhat sturdier wicker basket. (Apparently, though, he and his brother had been wild in their youth.)
We rang the relevant authorities and in due course a warder and driver arrived to take him back; which Reggie assented to readily, even eagerly, after obligingly posing for photos.
Of course we hadn't known all the back-story till then. Meanwhile we had simply enjoyed this unexpected encounter with an altogether-amiable young runaway ferret.