Hello, Mr. G Raff: Text prank warms cockles, heart
- May 6th, 2008
- 2 Comments
Someone sent out thousands of text messages encouraging recipients to call Mr. G. Raff and a number of other animals at the Houston Zoo. The message includes the number to the Zoo’s main switchboard. No one knows who set up the prank, but the giraffe is already set up on two dates with nice ladies from the Houston area and could be mating shortly.
UPDATE - More information straight from the emu’s mouth. The Houston Zoo just emailed us:
Actually, if you picked up the story from Dial-a-Phone they didn’t get it quite right. It was Dublin Zoo that received calls related to hoax text messages that told recipients G. Raff or Anna Conda wanted to talk to them. At Houston Zoo our text messages were all variations of the “Somebody’s looking for you” theme. Go to www.chron.com to see the Houston Chronicle’s story about our hoax text message experience.












Pfepher (Who am I?)
3 months ago
A friend once emailed another friend with a “lead” on a business opportunity - a Mr. Behr and the phone number of the Bronx zoo. I was there when the victim of the prank made the call. He was NOT ammused (but I sure as hell was).
thebonafortuna (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Which Dublin Zoo?