The Lake County Sheriff’s Office shared an edited photo of “Tyson the Bison” beside a damaged Long Grove Covered Bridge as part of an April Fools’ Day joke. | Photo: Kimee Lee / Wauconda For Wauconda Facebook group
Area police departments took to social media Friday to make April Fools’ Day jokes about the bison that has been wandering around the Wauconda area since escaping from its owner months ago.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said on social media that they “cannot confirm or deny” a post made in the “Wauconda For Wauconda” Facebook group that “Tyson the Bison” might be responsible for some of the damage that has happened to the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge.
The photo posted in the Wauconda group showed a bison edited onto a photo of the Long Grove Covered Bridge from when it was heavily damaged by a box truck in June 2018.
The bridge has become well-known as it has been hit by oversized vehicles over 30 times in recent years, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Island Lake Police Department also took to social media Friday by posting a photo of their “new” police patch with a bison on it.
“Great news, everyone! Turns out, Billy the Bison had wandered off into the prairie, on a rite of passage. After months of meditation, honing her survival skills, extensive tae kwon do training and foraging on wild mushrooms, she has returned. She’s massive, muscular and grew out some glorious horns of justice,” the post said.
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