Penguin story update

I heard from the mom of the student who told the penguin story and she said that he heard the story from his neighbor (an adult). She said she didn't know if it was true or not, but she was glad I got such a kick out of it. As it turns out from the comments this is a bit of an urban legend and my student took it to be true because the neighbor told it to him like it truly happened to someone in their family. OR it could have been that he thought that's what she meant. Either way, it did not happen to his cousin! Entertaining story though!