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Man finds turtle with son's initials on it (carved 47 years ago)
A Pennsylvania man said he recently found a live turtle his son carved his initials into 47 years ago.
Holland Cokeley, 85, was walking in the woods behind his South Strabane home with his neighbor's dog when the dog found the turtle, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, reported Friday.
"I picked it up, and I thought, 'Oh geez, this is Jeff's turtle!'" said Cokeley. "It's been here for 47 years, and it still has the same markings on it!"
In 1965, Jeff Cokeley, then 13, carved "JC" and "1965" on the turtle's bottom shell and then released it back into the wild. He now lives in New York but laughed when his father sent him a picture of the turtle, Holland Cokeley said.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/05/05/Man-finds-turtle-with-sons-initials-on-it/UPI-71491336238953/
These kinds of turtles can live longer than most humans.
