Pulsar Star behaving differently?

[Ducky]

Pulsars are like cosmic lighthouses sending out sweeping beams that blink at us across the galactic expanse. Now scientists have spotted a wacky pulsar that doesn't behave exactly like its fellows: Instead of circling a white dwarf star, this one orbits a sun-like star along an oval path.

LINK (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080515-weird-pulsar.html)

Is it possible that the other star it could have been orbitting previously exploded, enough to propel this pulsar into the nearest surrounding system, and the gravitational force of that sun kept it there to this day?

Might explain the eliptical orbit.

[Bitchkoma]

Another pulsar or a black-hole (if they exist) could also possibly nudge this pulsar out away from it's original companion.

Or maybe it was actually a magnetar which got caught in a plasma stream and became supercharged, releasing a burst of energy comparable to a supernova event. Basically a soft gamma repeater. That wouldn't require it to be ejected out of a previous system.

Of course I could be talking shit but I swear it makes sense to me :P

[Yo Mama]

I just love it when scientists find something new that makes them examine the boundaries of accepted theories.