Odds and Ends: Stowaway raccoon, Dolly Parton the donkey

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a raccoon that stowed away in a car shipped to Belarus, a mountain lion found wandering the streets of San Francisco, a Michigan donkey named Dolly Parton and a bighorn sheep that got stuck on a frozen Colorado river. Fo these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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