Hanahan Police Return Missing Tortoise After ‘Slow‑Speed Pursuit’

HANAHAN, S.C. — A missing African Spurred Tortoise is back home safe after Hanahan police located the runaway reptile lumbering down a sidewalk Sunday, bringing traffic — and officers — to a very slow, very determined halt.

Police say they were responding to a call about a “suspicious pedestrian blocking traffic,” only to discover the pedestrian was, in fact, a 70‑ to 100‑pound tortoise who had apparently decided to explore the neighborhood without notifying its humans.

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