Strange But True Category
Weird, offbeat and bizarre news from around the world. Funny, strange & odd news stories that make you wince, laugh and fear for humanity.
Mum Sells Sons Toys On eBay: 4Chan Pollute The Soap Dish
WHO is the mum who’s selling her children’s manga Beyblade toys on eBay to teach them a lesson? To add to the punishment, the sales pitch comes with a picture of two crying boys.
Mum is daney21. 4Chan spotted the story and the bids for the 8 toys. The bid rises from an opening gambit of $69 to an impressive $999,999. (For that money, mum might even included in the deal the boys AND a free tumbler.)
Mum sends an email to a 4chan bidder:
“Do you plan to pay over $9000.00 for the beyblades or is this a joke to you because this has been a problem all day and I am going to report to ebay.”
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Posted: 18th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Swindon’s Magic Roundabout: Twinned With Gdansk
IN Gdansk, Poland, one road sign offers drivers 12 different instructions. This is one way to delay a German or Russian invasion. But is it more confusing than Swindon’s magic roundabout..?
Posted: 18th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
Dog Tosses Owner’s Weed To Police
WHEN Sherman County cop Sgt. John Terrel pulled over Joel Dobrin’s1998 GMW with California plates, a sock flew out of the window.
Dobrin tells police that as he tried to hide the sock, his passenger, a dog, grabbed hold of it in his teeth and pulled. Dobrin pulled. The dog pulled harder. The dog won and with a flick of its head tossed the sock out of the vehicle.
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Posted: 18th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
China Builds Safety Wall Across Motorway: Drivers Not Told
TO China, land of health and safety. There, Zou Tieqin, 42, is talking to media:
“I had my family in the car and I suddenly saw the wall in my headlights. I braked but it was too late and I went straight through.
“We were saved by our airbags but when we got out of the car we saw lots of other vehicles piling in. Some weren’t so lucky. The people responsible cannot get away with this and we are demanding compensation.”
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Posted: 18th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Jesus Christ Spotted In Man’s Rocking Chair
IS that Jesus Christ in Lou Balducci’s rocking chair – not sitting in it, but ingrained in the wood?
Says he:
“Last week, I noticed this image of Jesus on the chair. I don’t know how it got there, but it is clearly an image of Jesus.”
“We showed it to our housekeeper and she said it was a sign that our house and our family was being blessed. My in-laws are very religious and also believe that it is a blessing.”
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Posted: 18th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Liverpool Gran Caught Having Sex With Pet Rottweiler
PAULA Mangan, 42, a grandma, has been having sex with her family’s Rottweiler-Chow dog in Huyton. In court, she is handed a two-year community order with supervision. Her partner Lee McCall pleaded guilty to 13 counts of making indecent images.
Says Judge Robert Warnock:
“I am satisfied you now realise this sort of behaviour is wholly and totally unacceptable.”
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Posted: 17th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
Forceps Left Inside Patient Poked Through Navel When She Coughed
WHEN the French woman coughed the forceps left inside her by a doctor during a tummy tuck operation poked through her navel.
When she told surgeon Dr Bernard Dessapt, of Lyon’s Natecia Clinic, said that he had no need to remove the forceps right away because “another 24 hours would not change her life“.
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Posted: 17th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Worker Dead At Desk For A Day Before Anyone Noticed
REBECCA Wells, 51, old Rebecca Wells had been dead at her desk at the L.A. County Department of Internal Services for a day before she was discovered.
Wells had come into work on Friday at 9am. Her body was discovered by a co-worker the next day.
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Posted: 17th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
Surrey Armed Robber Steals Huge Stash Of Porn Mags
DO you know the masked man armed with a knife who raided who robbed a post office in Gomshall on Tuesday afternoon? The Surrey Advertiser say the man demanded money. When the shopkeeper refused he pushed him onto a stool. The sticky-fingered thief than stole all the porn mags from the top shelf and legged it in the direction of Goose Green.
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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Chicken Saves Dog From Drowning
WHEN Nutty the eight-week-old Jack Russell puppy fell into the garden pond, John Greene from Greystones, Co Wicklow, brought him back to life with a kiss.
Man kisses dog, would be a news item itself. But this one has more. The 42-year-old Irishman was alerted to the exhausted animal sinking to the bottom of the pond when chickens he keeps in his backyard kicked up a commotion. Lassie… Flipper…Skipper…
What that, Feathers?
Scene 1: The Pond
Feathers: Bock,bock,bock,bock,bock,begowwwwk
Nutty’s stuck in the pond and he’s gonna drown?!
Feathers: Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!
Moments later Nutty is saved. To build up his strength, the pooch is served a hearty chicken supper.
Scene 2: Dinner
Thanks Feather.
Feathesr: Sizzle.
Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Couple Explain How The Deer Got Into Their Bed: Melanie Phillips Was Right?
MELANIE Phillips was right? Are gay marriages leading to couplings between man and beasts? Are zoophiles now the norm? To Eagan, Minnesota, where Colleen Slattery and Beau Williams say they the deer in the bedroom got their on its own accord. They say the deer smashed through their bedroom window.
Says Ms Slattery:
“The glass shattered, as the deer galloped across us in bed.”
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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Kilburn Drugs Dealer Sues Police For Humiliating Him In Name And Shame Leaflet
FOLLOWING news of Simon Cremer’s trials (and non trials), we meet drugs dealer Luke Walsh-Pinnock, 22, of Kilburn, London. Walsh-Pinnock says his human rights were abused when police added his name to “name and shame” leaflets distributed in his area.
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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Teen Burglar Kills Three Witnesses: The Goldfish Must Die
IN Arlington Heights, the 16-year-old thief kills the witnesses to his burglary: the goldfish die. He pours condiments and spices into the tank.
The Trib Local news reports an associate of the villain telling them.
“We can’t let them live, they’re witnesses.”
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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Police Find 30 Items Hidden In Man’s Rectum
NEIL Lansing had 30 items up his rectum when Florida police searched him. The items were not loose nor on a novelty conveyor belt but housed within a single condom.
The condom contained 17 blue pills, a cigarette, six matches, one flint, an empty syringe (!) with an eraser covering the needle (on the end of a sharp pencil?), a lip balm container, an unused condom, a pharmacy receipt and a coupon.
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Posted: 16th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
This Is What Happens When A Bear Breaks Into Your Car
EVER wonder what would happen if a bear broke into your car? (Tip: leave the wet wipes within easy reach.)
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Posted: 15th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Headless Body Died Of Natural Causes, Say Tulsa Police
THE headless body found in a Tulsa home died of natural causes. Well, so say the police of the 55-year-0ld woman who had not been seen since Christmas Day 2010.
Inside the home, police found that dogs had eaten parts of the body – and the head was was in another room to that body.
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Posted: 15th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
St Valentine’s Day: Aquarists Marry Underwater At London Acquatrium (Photos)
ST Valentine’s Day meant an underwater blessing ceremony at the London Sea Life Aquarium for “aquarists” James Oliver and Kathryn O’Connor. Unless he was marrying the turtle…?
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Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Colombian Cocaine Smugglers Use 100ft-Long Submarine: Photos
YOU are about to see photos of a submarine used by drugs smugglers in Colombia. It was seized by the Colombian Navy at a rudimentary shipyard in Timbiqui, department of Cauca.
News is that the sub was already moved 8 tons of cocaine into Mexico.
The sub presents the use of advanced technology seen for the first time in this country, and its construction must have cost the narcotraffickers more than 4,000 million pesos, according to the Naval police of the Pacific.
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Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Manchester Race Of The Day: Steve Aldridge And His Mother Vivien Monk
SCENES of Manchester: Steve Aldridge and his mother Vivien Monk make their way around Manchester City centre on their mobility scooters with their humourous signs.
If you see “Old Part”, toot…
Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
St Valentine’s Day: My Wife Is A Rock
ST Valentine’s Day: the right person for you is out there.
“She’s my rock,” says happy husband.
Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Malaysian Leader Says St Valentine’s Day Is Non Muslim
MUSLIMS must know that St Valentine’s Day is a trap that will force you into sex with a loved one. Not our view but that of Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. He says the day of love is “not suitable” for Muslims.
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Posted: 14th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Education, Educashun, Educaitin
EDUCATION moves on apace in Oman.
We don’t need no Educaitin…
Snow: Very Funny Sculptures And Designs
Posted: 13th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Lei Yadi Min Has 26 Fingers And Toes: Photo
LEI Yadi Min has seven toes on each foot. She has six fingers on each hand. (Someone get her a piano.)
Anyone want to guess where she lives..?
In Pictures: The Boy In China With 30 Fingers And Toes
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Posted: 13th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Essex Man Spells Out Attackers Name In Own Blood
PAUL Harvey wrote the name of his attacked in his own blood. In front of police at his home in Colchester, Essex, he managed to finger Spencer Wragg. The villain is now in jail.
He tells the NoTW:
“Blood was pouring from my face on to the floor. I stretched out my finger, dipped it in and wrote SPEN across the tiles.
“Then I ran out of blood, so I dipped my finger in again and wrote CER. They caught him that night.”
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Posted: 13th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Brilliant Spanish Woman Owns Sun
ANGELES Duran now owns the sun. And she – like her possession – is brilliant. El Mundo reports:
“I am brilliant,” Angeles Duran told a press conference in Vigo, Galicia, “and I know the law. There is no snag to my claim, because I have backed it up legally. Anyone else could have done what I did, but they didn’t, because I am a genius. Under Spanish law, I am now the official owner of the sun, and I plan to charge people for using it.”
Earlier, Ms Duran had displayed a document issued by the notary office in Virgo, backing her claim to ownership. “It confirms that I am the sole owner of the sun, a star of the spectral type G2, located in the centre of the solar system, at an average distance of 149,600,000 kms from Earth. The idea came to me after I read about an American who had claimed ownership of the moon and Mars. I checked the law , and found that although the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 prevents goverments from staking a claim over a celestial body , that ban does not apply to private individuals.
I have already met with the spanish ministry on Industry, to discuss levying a fee on thier solar-powered photovoltaic plants, and I plan to charge goverments worldwide for use of the Sun, once I have worked out how to inforce my claim. I plan to give income to the national pension fund, and to end world hunger, and I will only keep 10% for myself. It’s time to start doing things the right way.”
Spotter: Wired,
Posted: 12th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
