Llamas Delay Traffic
by B. S. Ryter
Traffic was delayed yesterday morning on Kersh Rd. because about 20 llamas were roaming in the road. The llamas are owned by farmer Homer Sampson. Mr. Sampson has been raising llamas for about 15 years on his Kersh Rd. farm. A few motorists that SRVO talked with about the situation were not happy with Mr. Sampson. Many motorists had to wait minutes for the llamas to get out of the road.
One motorist said, “The traffic down this road is going to be bad enough with the bridge closure, but now we have to worry about stupid llamas in the road. Plus, those ugly things are aggressive. If you honk the horn, they’ll run at your car.” Two other motorists said they honked at the llamas, and the llamas spit on their windshields. Both said they had difficulties getting the llama saliva off their windshields.
One unlucky car passenger got spat on by a llama. Speedy Duckworth’s wife wanted him to pet a llama, so he rolled his driver’s side window down to pet a llama. Speedy said, “That llama walked up to me, and I put my hand out. He wouldn’t let me pet him, and I could tell he was about to spit. So, I ducked, and he spat on my wife’s face. She was not a happy camper to say the least. But, she told me to try to pet the darn llama, so she couldn’t blame me. Don’t tell her, but I was laughing on the inside.”
One Kersh Rd. resident, who wanted remain anonymous, said she thinks Mr. Sampson let the llamas out on purpose. She said, “I’ve never seen those llamas get out. I think he let them out on purpose to delay traffic. I think he doesn’t want people driving down this road. He’s an ornery old man.”
Mr. Sampson was able to wrangle his llamas back into their pasture later in the day. But, motorists on Kersh Rd. need to be on the lookout for the llamas in the future. Also, don’t honk at the llamas if you encounter them, and don’t roll your window down!