Fox Steals Handbag, Returns It, Anna And Jeremy Clark Say

The Huffington Post First Posted: 11/08/12 EST Updated: 11/08/12 EST

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He just wanted to see if it looked good with his fur coat.

Anna Clark, 35, says that a red fox stole her handbag. Or maybe "borrowed" is the correct term, since the little critter apparently brought it back.

Anna's husband, 38-year-old Jeremy Clark, told The Argus yesterday that the couple was standing in their driveway in West Sussex, England, when the fox appeared and snatched up the bag in his mouth.

Jeremy said he yelled at the fox to drop the bag, but the fox didn't listen, taking off into the bushes instead.

A few minutes later, Jeremy claims, the fox returned, reportedly looking guilty, and placed the bag back at Anna's feet before scurrying off once more.

The couple had apparently seen the perpetrator around the neighborhood before, but this is the first time such an incident has taken place.

No charges were filed.

This isn't the first fox to flirt with the wrong side of the law. In August, a fox, along with his accomplice, a pig, reportedly helped a kangaroo escape from a zoo in Germany.

At least they're good at interspecies friendships. In March, a fox was filmed just chilling on a porch with an eagle and a cat in Alaska.

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Richard SirRoyal Inman

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11:59 AM on 10/30/2012

God, shut up. Does everything have to be political?

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denise rae

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05:11 PM on 10/30/2012

You know, you can ALWAYS spot a bagger/gop'her in the blogs, even if on occasion they do not post political. The rudiest bloggers out there. Gotta hand it to ya baggers, you beat the left on insults everytime. I left the GOP in 1999 because they were becoming the party of hate. Congrats, you succeeded all my expetations for the party. See Karl Rove is trying to steal this election also by those robo calls in FL telling the elderly that they can cast their vote over the phone, and to toss their ballots in the trash. I didn't vote for BO in '08 but I voted for him last week.

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Crystlefire

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03:50 PM on 10/29/2012

LOL...We do have a Rat in the WH along with a grinning Fox (Biden)!! Both have literally gotten away with murder, lying and hypocrisy. Just glad that people are finally waking up to see the real sly foxes!!

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Wesmyth

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02:14 PM on 10/30/2012

This is a story about an actual fox stealing and returning a lady's bag, something that is meant to be nothing but an entertaining/humorous story, and yet you insist on making it an allegorical story to allude to Obama and Biden, and how they have "literally gotten away with murder, lying and hypocrisy" (according to your accusation)? This is ridiculous. What's next, Hurricane Sandy is Obama's fault?

There's a time and place for politics, and this story is definitely not the place to spew slander about either Romney or Obama.

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