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A healthy 8-10 foot, 1000 pound manatee was spotted in the Mississippi near downtown Memphis. He had to swim over 700 miles upstream to get there. They are treating him right, restricting water traffic around him and watching him with boats and helicopters. Officials in Memphis are in touch with Florida experts to see what to do with the poor guy.

IT'S A SIGN, I tell you ! Jimmy's comin' to Tennessee !!!!

citcat wrote:A healthy 8-10 foot, 1000 pound manatee was spotted in the Mississippi near downtown Memphis. He had to swim over 700 miles upstream to get there. They are treating him right, restricting water traffic around him and watching him with boats and helicopters. Officials in Memphis are in touch with Florida experts to see what to do with the poor guy.

IT'S A SIGN, I tell you ! Jimmy's comin' to Tennessee !!!!

Kind of like how the Secret Service precedes the president by a few weeks, checking out the place?

citcat wrote:A healthy 8-10 foot, 1000 pound manatee was spotted in the Mississippi near downtown Memphis. He had to swim over 700 miles upstream to get there. They are treating him right, restricting water traffic around him and watching him with boats and helicopters. Officials in Memphis are in touch with Florida experts to see what to do with the poor guy.

IT'S A SIGN, I tell you ! Jimmy's comin' to Tennessee !!!!

very cool!!!!!

chippewa wrote:

citcat wrote:A healthy 8-10 foot, 1000 pound manatee was spotted in the Mississippi near downtown Memphis. He had to swim over 700 miles upstream to get there. They are treating him right, restricting water traffic around him and watching him with boats and helicopters. Officials in Memphis are in touch with Florida experts to see what to do with the poor guy.

IT'S A SIGN, I tell you ! Jimmy's comin' to Tennessee !!!!

Kind of like how the Secret Service precedes the president by a few weeks, checking out the place?

Yeah, Jimmy sends out his Mystery Manatee to check things out.
HEY !
This may be why Jimmy mostly does concerts near water....spooky !!!

Manatee: "Can you tell me how to get to Beale Street?"
Elvis: "Practice, momma. Practice."

bravedave wrote:Manatee: "Can you tell me how to get to Beale Street?"
Elvis: "Practice, momma. Practice."

He was thinking last night about Elvis
Day that he died, day that he died

I'm going to Graceland
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and Pilgrims with manatees
And we are going to Graceland
..............
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see Graceland
...............
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

He is my cousin looking for me! He just needs to head a little further west.

citcat wrote:

chippewa wrote:

citcat wrote:A healthy 8-10 foot, 1000 pound manatee was spotted in the Mississippi near downtown Memphis. He had to swim over 700 miles upstream to get there. They are treating him right, restricting water traffic around him and watching him with boats and helicopters. Officials in Memphis are in touch with Florida experts to see what to do with the poor guy.

IT'S A SIGN, I tell you ! Jimmy's comin' to Tennessee !!!!

Kind of like how the Secret Service precedes the president by a few weeks, checking out the place?

Yeah, Jimmy sends out his Mystery Manatee to check things out.
HEY !
This may be why Jimmy mostly does concerts near water....spooky !!!

Partying with a Porpoise?

I just noticed this Google Ad at the bottom of the page:

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Mebbe that's why he's the lost manatee?

Poor Manatee!!!! I hope they get him home safe!!!!!!!

We even had a manatee up here in RI this year....

We have a good half MILLION no wake manatee signs that they can borrow. Every waterway in SW Fl is clogged with them.

bravedave wrote:Manatee: "Can you tell me how to get to Beale Street?"
Elvis: "Practice, momma. Practice."

He just wants to go Walking in Memphis..

ragtopW wrote:He just wants to go Walking in Memphis..

Is it Cinco de Mayo yet?

Manatee Still Cruising Around Upper Chesapeake

This is a great story....maybe he just felt the need to relocate. I mean hanging around with a bunch of other manatees probablly gets a little bit boring after awhile. Sort of the manatee spin on "Take Another Road"

citcat wrote:A healthy 8-10 foot, 1000 pound manatee was spotted in the Mississippi near downtown Memphis. He had to swim over 700 miles upstream to get there. They are treating him right, restricting water traffic around him and watching him with boats and helicopters. Officials in Memphis are in touch with Florida experts to see what to do with the poor guy.

IT'S A SIGN, I tell you ! Jimmy's comin' to Tennessee !!!!