AKRON, Mich., Jan. 24 An Akron, Mich., woman said she received a barrage of phone messages after her advertisement selling a horse was mistakenly categorized as food.
Kristen DeGroat said her ad in The Saginaw (Mich.) News, which offered her 3-year-old mare for sale, mistakenly appeared in the "Good Things to Eat" section of the classifieds, The Saginaw News reported Thursday.
"3 YEAR OLD Registered Pinto Mare, $200 or best," the ad read.
DeGroat said she received about 60 calls in response to the ad, mostly from people upset that someone would sell a horse for food.
"I had a lady call whose friend was just in tears over this thing," DeGroat said. "It doesn't help that my cell phone number starts with 666."
A representative of the newspaper said the ad appeared in the wrong section due to an error that was later corrected.
DeGroat said about one-third of the calls were from buyers who were genuinely interested in buying the horse for its culinary value. However, she said she sold the animal to a St. Charles, Mich., buyer who purchased the horse as a pet for his granddaughters.
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