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Tourist snaps photo of seal being chased from Irish fish shop

November 27, 2017
An employee from The Lighthouse, a fish store and seafood restaurant, chases Sammy the Seal across the road in Wicklow, Ireland.
An employee from The Lighthouse, a fish store and seafood restaurant, chases Sammy the Seal across the road in Wicklow, Ireland.



WICKLOW, Ireland - A visitor to an Irish town captured a photo of local celebrity Sammy the Seal being chased out of a fish store after trying to steal a snack. Derek Byrne tweeted a photo he snapped on a seaside road in Wicklow, Ireland, when he spotted a fish shop employee chasing a large seal across the street. "Just witnessed this giant seal being chased out the door of a fishmongers shop in Wicklow town," Byrne wrote. Commenters informed Byrne that Sammy the Seal is a local celebrity in Wicklow and is famous for making near-daily treks across the road to attempt to steal from The Lighthouse, a fish store and seafood restaurant. The store has employed several measures to ward off the thieving seal, including once chasing the animal with a large photo of US President Donald Trump. - Agencies


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