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A severed bison head found in the front yard of a Boulder home, it turns out, belonged to the homeowner.
Police and the owner’s two roommates were alarmed after finding the head propped on a rock at about 1 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of 18th Street.
Authorities immediately checked on Ralphie, the mascot for the University of Colorado Buffaloes.
Police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said by e-mail that the owner — whose name was not released — had recently returned from a visit to a buffalo ranch in Nebraska, where he was given the bison head as a souvenir. The bison had been butchered at the ranch.
The owner was drying the head so he could display it on a wall but neglected to tell his roommates, she said.
Denver Post staff and wire reports
