Wildman Phil attracts crowd at UltraStar (gallery)

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Wildman Phil Rakoci was back at UltraStar Multi-tainment Center in Ak-Chin Circle on Saturday morning with his assortment of live creatures, from a tarantula to an aligator. The show was part of the weekend premiere of storks but also coincided with a HopeKids event.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.