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.
Japanese Super Nanny Monster Scares Naughty Children Into Compliance
SUPER Nanny has never taken her naughty step to Japan. There is no need. Misbehaving children in Akita, Japan, are wanted to behave lest a “namahage” monster come to your house.
Three families totaling 11 people participated in the event. Parents brought their children to the inn to stay the night without telling them about the surprise to come. Suddenly, a namahage monster burst into the room, growling and thrashing around.
“Will you listen to your father?” asked a namahage monster of one child. Amidst sobs, and with all the power the child could muster, came the response: “Yes!”
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Posted: 26th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Suicidal Woman Falls 330ft On Taxi And Lives: Photos
THE story is that the woman who jumped from the 23rd floor of the Buenos Aires Panamericano hotel landed on Miguel Cajal’s taxi.
She survived the fall – and also the landing.
This blog says he was “mercifully foiled by the waiting black and yellow cab”. The NY Post calls it a “miracle“.
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Posted: 25th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Portents Of Doom: A Live Hawk Invades The Library Of Congress
IN today’s portent of doom we see a live hawk take up residence in the Library of Congress building on Capitol Hill. The hawk will not leave. Thgis follows news from Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, who confirmed earlier in the months that 10,000 cows and buffalos died in bad weather. Add that to the dead birds in Arkansas and you have a pattern.
Doom is upon us. We blame the gay penguins...
Posted: 25th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Dentist Dresses Female Staff As Saucy Serving Wenches
AT Dr. Marie Catherine Klarkowski Munich dental surgery, the female staff have been kitted out in low-cut Dirndl dresses. The low cut cleavages and tight bodices will distract the patients from the drill hading towards their teeth.
Says Dr Klarkowski, 41, and dressed in the Drill Baby Drill Dress:
“The most important thing for us is to take away the patients’ fear. The sight of cleavages gets patients narcotised and distracted from the pain rather quickly. Some patients’ mouths are already wide open on entering the practice – and that is just what a dentist wants.”
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Posted: 24th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Delhi Mugger Hides Inside Public Toilet
TO Delhi, where Jitender Singh has taken to hiding in a public toilet and robbing people at gunpoint. The news goes that Singh had only recently robbed a person of two mobile phones, a gold chain and Rs.15,000 in cash.
It’s boom time in India, readers. While we Brits take only a copy of the Daily Star for our emergencies, Indian take cash.
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Posted: 24th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Australian Ex-Pat Sues Over British Racism: Mockodile Dundee
WHO knew that Australians were so sensitive? Mr Geoff Stephens claims he is a victim of British racism. He’s lived in the UK for 26 years. He works for the council in Dymchurch, Kent.
He says he’s suffered accusing colleagues of making racist comments, such as greeting him with “G’day, sport” and asking “Is your girlfriend called Sheila?”.
Other phrases include ‘throw another shrimp on the barbie’ and jokes about kangaroos.
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Posted: 22nd, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Creed Saves Boy From Wolves: Justin Bieber Cures Woodworm
WALTER Eikrem, 13, is the Norwegian boy who says that when confronted by pack of wolves he gave them a blast of Creed and they trotted off. Says Walter:
“The worst thing you can do is run away because doing so just invites the wolves to chase you down. But I was so afraid that I couldn’t even run away if I’d wanted to.”
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Posted: 22nd, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Those Top Ten New York Mafia Nicknames: 1000 Alleged Mobsters Arrested
IN New York and New Jersey, over 100 alleged mafiosi with links to surnames ending in a vowel like the Gambinos, Genoveses, Luccheses, Bonannos and Colombos have been arrested. The nicknames are golden.
The Top Ten:
Vinny Carwash
Junior Lollipops
The Beard
Tony Bagels
Johnny Bandana
Hootie
Meatball
The Vet
Mush
Beach
Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The Greatest Tattooed Mugshots Ever
ANORAK presents a collection of mugshots of tattooed faces and body parts for your study. Picture number 2 is a class act and one for the ladies; number 6 charts the progression of a career felon in facial alterations; number 7 is not someone you’d want to meet on a moonlit night; and our all time favourite is picture 12, which is a man with nose of trouble. Enjoy them all…
Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (23)
Lancashire School Children Trauma As Headteacher Says World War Has Broken Out
MIKE Richards uses the morning assembly at St Mary’s RC, Bacup, Lancashire, to tell the primary school’s student body that World War 3 has broken out.
Students are taken to a cellar. They hear an air raid siren. A firework explodes.
Thankfully after some weeping, wailing and perhaps wetting, at .30pm Mr Richards confirmed that war was over.
Says Mr Richards:
“We were doing World War Two as a topic and we saw advice from schools that basically suggested that we introduced the topic as if it was really happening, which is what we did.”
How authentic do you want it, kids? Were evacuees placed on buses to the country to live with strangers? Did a man in a black shirt single out the Jews and march them off to the kitchens? Did you fracture their legs to simulate rickets?
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Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
If Anyone Has A Stepladder In Preston Call The Police
THE SpID speeding sign on Navigation Way, Ashton, is out of service until someone can find a stepladder.
As the report on local police priorities in Preston says:
“Due to domestic problems, the volunteer responsible for the Speed Indicator Device on Navigation Way no longer has access to a ladder.”
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Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Burning Dead Bodies To Heat Redditch Swimming Baths
THERE are plans to use waste heat from the local Crematorium in Redditch to heat the local swimming pool, writes Yampster.
The debate is raging on the Facebook pages of both Redditch and Bromsgrove Standards as to whether it is a good idea. General consensus in Bromsgrove is that it should be switched off while they are cremating paedophiles in case there are children in the pool.
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Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Camel Racing Robots Use Stun Guns To Make Steeds Go Faster
NEWS is that camel racing “has been thrown into disrepute”. So writes Richard Spencer from Dubai.
Did it ever have repute? Was camel racing ever a reputable sport? It’s not exactly darts, is it?
News is that the camels are bring whipped with electric stun-guns to make them run faster.
And then the story just gets better:
These were then being fitted inside the robot jockeys, which cost between £130-£200, that in recent years have largely replaced child jockeys…
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Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Who Tossed The Live Chicken Into A Nuneaton KFC?
DID you throw the live chicken through a window at the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Bermuda Park, Nuneaton, Warwickshire? Were you one of the two men who arrived on a moped last Tuesday evening? Are you the third man who filmed the chicken tossing?
Interestingly, the RSPCA’s Inspector Helen Smith, from the RSPCA, ignores the millions of birds being dished up by KFC to say:
“It’s just completely irresponsible to abandon an animal in this way.”
Better to drop it off at an abattoir where it can be killed and processed. The animals must be not be abused. The RSPCA will look after the bird they have called…Mrs Sanders.
Posted: 21st, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Allison Cox In Court For ‘Annoying’ Jacqui Gold With Poison
NANNY Allison Cox, 33, from East Grinstead is at Guildford Crown Court. She is charged with administering poison with intent to “annoy” Ann Summers owner Jacqueline Gold.
The allegation is that Cox spiced Gold’s soup with soapy window wash – to give it a clean finish, perhaps?
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Posted: 20th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Mum’s Note: Let’s Not Make This Any Harder, Kids
MUM has left a note for her nippers on the fridge. Let’s not say anything more about this then we need to…
Posted: 20th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Kidnapped Carlina White Reunited With Real Mum On A Hunch
CARLINA White was kidnapped from a New York hospital when aged 19 days. Her kidnapper raised her as Nejdra Nance. Now aged 23, she’s back with her mother Joy White.
Why? Well, Carlina never felt like she belonged with Mary Pettway, the woman who raised her. She called the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. And after a few tests, the truth was established.
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Posted: 20th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Burglars Looking For Drugs Snort Dog’s Ashes
CAN Rolling Stones survivor and dad-inhaler Keith Richards be linked to Waldo Soroa, Matrix Andaluz, Jose David Diaz Marrero’s decision to, having broken into a home, snort the ashes of the owners’ dead father and two Great Danes?
The cover story is that the men snorted some of the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine.
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Posted: 20th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Hampshire School Bans Student For Looking Too Old
THE Petersfield School, Hampshire, has suspended Prince Summerfield because they say he’s not 14. The school wants proof that he is 14. They say he looks older. They say he’s 24 – “beyond secondary school age.”
He says he was born on September 24 1996.
So the school has sent him home until his age can be proved.
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Posted: 19th, January 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2: Justin Bieber Is Chico
WHEN they come to make the sequel to Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Chico is a shoo-in for the lead role. He’s got the fashion range. He’s got the backstory. He’s got the nemsis.
It was a time of heroes when George Kalomiris adopted Chico, the 4-pound Chihuahua. Chico is no hero. Chico refuses to go out in the dark. (Buy the Justin Bieber night light!) You see, when Kalomiris was walking Chico, a great horned owl swooped and tried to abduct the little guy.
Kalomiris: “I was shaking when it happened. The owl came out of nowhere. It was moving fast and it dragged him across the sidewalk.”
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Posted: 19th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Stabs Four For Laughing At His Farts
TO New York, where Marc Higgins, 21, is farting at a party. Others make fun of him. So he leaves. He then returns with three knives and starts stabbing people.
On man, 21-year-old Matthew Walton died of his injuries. Three others were wounded.
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Posted: 19th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Man Kills Himself On Test Drive: Car Salesman Escapes
RICHARD Byrne used the red Mini Copper he was test driving to kill himself.
On July 13, 2010, Byrne of Chanel Road, Artane, Dublin 5, secured a test drive with Jeremy Beshoff, owner of Beshoff Motors in Howth. The owner sat in the passenger seat as they motored off. They appraach a pier. Mr Byrne locks the doors.
Mr Beshoff says:
“This happened so quickly I only realised when we were going over the side that Mr Byrne was on a suicide mission.”
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Posted: 19th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Dundee Schoolgirl Has Sex With Boys For A Cigarette
SO. The 13-year-old girl had sex with three older boys in exchange for a cigarette? All are pupils at Craigie High School in Dundee.
A single ciggie usually goes for around 20p. Is this story a sign of inflation, stiff taxes or debasement? Is the sex or the smoking the more shocking? And then read this in the Daily Record?
“The school became aware when it started to get talked about in the playground. The girl is distraught.”
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Posted: 18th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
Elephant Climbs Tree To Escape Flood: Photo
THERE’S a young elephant up a tree in Sri Lanka.
Can an elephant climb a tree? Depends how much it want to.
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Posted: 18th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Australia Floods: Before And After Photos
IN these photos you can see the before and after photographs of the floods that hit Australia. One thing to look for are the cricket pitches. Many are now under water. Should the Aussies bother drying them out..?
Posted: 18th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
