The individuals in the surrounding region were taken aback.
Many people had expressed their dissatisfaction with the house, but no one knew for certain what was going on. Unbelievably, when the news was announced, neighbours were stunned and expressed their disbelief. In case the tortoises weren’t enough of a mystery, they couldn’t believe that the residence was home to over 9,000 of the creatures.
Many people were perplexed because their neighbours had never seen any tortoises being smuggled into or out of the house, and they were right. A call to the police would have prevented poachers from continuing their illegal activity on the property.