Leonora LaPeter Anton: ST. PETERSBURG — Walt Schum was fishing for bass in Crescent Lake one day last year when he saw a white Ford 150 pickup pulling up to the curb. A young man descended the embankment to the lake.
In the back of the truck, Schum noticed large animal carriers.
As the fisherman watched, the young man snatched a goose off the ground and lit out for his truck.
"I went running up the hill after him, yelling at whoever I could to do something," said Schum, 40. "They just shut the door and the truck took off as fast as it could. I tried to get a piece of the license plate number. It was just insane what had just happened."
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