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FEEL-GOOD FLASHBACK #4: Fairy Lake's famous snapping turtle recovers from fisherman's hook

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Peter Duncanson of Halton Hills Turtle Guardians holds Groot, a snapping turtle estimated to be 60 years old, shortly before releasing him back into Fairy Lake Thursday.

Anyone who's been around the dock at Acton's Fairy Lake has likely caught a glimpse of Groot, a 60-year-old snapping turtle who had quite the adventure this past summer.

The large legend in a half shell was inadvertently hooked by a fisherman and spent 10 days recovering at the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre, thanks to the quick actions of the Halton Hills Turtle Guardians.

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