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Proteus Jones
Feb 28, 2013



Grittybeard posted:

Wasn't there a thing where this bird was stolen fairly recently or am I imagining that?

Yeah, it was Army doing the "steal the mascot" thing.

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In November, Aurora suffered injuries to both wings when she was abducted by West Point cadets in a prank gone wrong ahead of the Air Force-Army game. Army and Navy have a long tradition of stealing each other's mascots ahead of games, but no one had previously been able to take an Air Force falcon.

Two West Point cadets took Aurora and another Air Force falcon, threw sweaters over them and stuffed them into dog crates, the school's falconry team adviser told The New York Times last year. The cadets turned over the birds the next morning, with Aurora's wings bloodied -- likely from thrashing inside the crate.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/27755074/air-force-academy-23-year-old-falcon-mascot-aurora-dies

I'll have to ask my brother (who's a West Point alum) what the fallout was. He was of the opinion at the time that these goobers would be kicked out of the academy.

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Proteus Jones
Feb 28, 2013



Womp womp.

No NY6 for UCF

Proteus Jones
Feb 28, 2013




They likely will be. This is their second loss to an unranked opponent this season.

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