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.
School Report Contains 14 Spelling Mistakes: Photo
EMAIL of the Day comes from the teacher at Gleed Girls’ Technology College, in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
There are 14 spelling and grammatical errors in the school report delivered via email to the pupil. (Click image to make bigger.)
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Posted: 1st, December 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
When A Chinese Boy Gets Stuck In Washing Machine: Mum Calls State TV
WHEN Chaofan, 3, got stuck in his mum’s washing machine Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, she did what anyone would do: she called the media.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV arrived, as did three men in military uniform, another man in camouflage duds and another man with a circular saw. As Chaofan is cut free, one military man takes photos.
It’s all looks like a piece of propaganda, the boy being used to advertise the fact that the Chinese military are good sorts; you CAN fit a small boy inside a washing machine; and washing machines are common in China.
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Posted: 1st, December 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Women Hide Stolen Goods In Rolls Of Fat
AILENE Brown, 28, and 37-year-old Shmeco Thomas are accused of shoplifting goods by hiding them under their rolls of fat (four pair of boots, three pair of jeans, a wallet and gloves).
Finally, the thin have a real reason to far the obese, rather than just one of unbridled envy at how anyone can eat cream buns carefree. First they nick your clothes; then your kids; then your car.
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Posted: 1st, December 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Lancashire George Clooney Involved In Dating Site Perfume Theft
BLACKBURN Magistrates’ Court calls Tracie Barnes, who was on date with the “George Clooney lookalike” she had met on the Bnaughty online dating site when disaster struck.
Having met her own George Clone at the pub, the Beak hears that Tracie Barnes fled from the pub. She left behind her train ticket and her money.
Says Mr Church-Taylor, defending:
“He had posted a photograph on the website but when she met him face-to-face he wasn’t the George Clooney lookalike she was expecting. She made an excuse to go to the toilet and left without saying goodbye.”
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Posted: 30th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Caught Masturbating In Harry Potter And The Deadly Hallows Show
THIS is Alexander Ofner, the 39-year-old arrested for masturbating in the back row of a South Carolina cinema while watching Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows.
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Posted: 30th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
No joke – NASA to prove alien life form exists!
Over to the NASA website…
“NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.”
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Bye bye Wikileaks – looks like your ten minutes of fame is about to be usurped big time
Posted: 30th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Chinese Dog Farmers Seek To Unify South And North Korean Meat Markets
CAN Ha Wenjin restore good diplomatic relations between China and North Korea? The Wikileaks leaks say that Chinese politicos seeking to get close to American politicos say that North Korea is a “spoiled child”. Well, so says the US politico under pressure to show how much progress he’s making in his despatches back to base.
The talk is of severed links between the Mr Kim’s North and big China. But Anorak has news of a secret North Korean cable (we intercepted Carrier Cockroach No. 555321 over Hong Kong) that says North Korea is delighted with the subterfuge and plot Dupe Imperialist Yankees is going well. Well, so says Our Man in Kowloon from his vacuum cleaner shop.
But what’s this got to do with Ha Wenkon? Well, she’s the Chinese women who’s adopted 1,500 stray dogs. She’s sold all her worldly good to fund the unofficial dog rescue centre in Tangquan County, Nanjing.
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Posted: 30th, November 2010 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Bolton Burglars Leave Trail Of Ice To Stolen Boiler
TO Bolton, where burglars have stolen a boiler from an empty house in Firs Lane, Leigh.
Police see the broken door to the kitchen. They see where the boiler once stood. Then they look at the ground and see that the boiler is leaking water. The waster has frozen, leaving a trail of ice.
The trail ends four doors away. Two men are arrested on suspicion of burglary.
Says Chief Inspector Clara Williams:
“This is an excellent example of some good old fashioned police work.”
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Posted: 29th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Shakespeare Insults Prince Charles And Camilla: Pernicious Bloodsucker Of Sleeping Men
WHO fancies a stint sat in The Insult Chair, a wooden bit of furniture which resides in a corner at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre? No need for fancy US cables to riducle and mock when you can sit Putin, Sarkozy, Assange or Gaddafi in the chair of judgement and let rip.
Traditionally anyone who sits in ye olde chair can only be insulted by quips from Shakespeare’s works. When seated the mechanism springs to live and a syrupy voice belches:
“Thou misshapen D*ck. Your bum is the greatest thing about you”.
“Out, you mad headed ape. A weasel hath not such a deal of spleen as you are tossed with”
“Thou Loathsomest Scab In Greece”
“Pernicious Bloodsucker Of Sleeping Men”
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Posted: 29th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
American Stole 299 Bird Skins To Buy New Flute
EDWIN Rist, 22 and a US citizen, has admitted to the Beak at Hemel Hempstead Magistrates’ Court to stealing 299 bird skins from the Natural History Museum at Tring in Hertfordshire to get the cash to buy a new flute.
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Posted: 27th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Big Issue Seller Flogs Woman’s Dog Left Outside Tesco As She Shopped
SHERRY Sourena is the 60-year-old with the cocktail-sweet name who left her dog Tetley outside the Tesco’s on Bournemouth’s Triangle. When she retuned the Lurcher Saluki cross has been sold by a bogus Big Issue seller for £20.
Says she:
“What he did was evil and calculated. He’s ruined my life. I’ll never risk leaving Tetley alone again. He’s all I’ve got.”
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Posted: 27th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Man Smashes Motel Room Hunting For Trapped Midget
MOVE over Capri Anderson and Charlie Sheen – the midget needs some space. At the Motel 6 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Joseph Jones has received a phone call from the “manager”, or so Mr Jones claims. It is late at night. The voice tells him that he needs to break thing to free the midget trapped next door.
The voice tells him that the previous guest has wired the room with cameras. They need to be destroyed. The vice tell him to unplug the TV. He needs to go into the bathroom and remove the lid from the toilet cistern. He should not take the lid and smash the TV with it. The TV must then be tossed out of the window.
There are cameras behind mirrors. He is told to take a wrench and break the mirrors. He does so.
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Posted: 26th, November 2010 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Burqa Bandit Raids Bury Jewelers: Multi-Racial Gang Escapes
THE figure in the burqa at the Jadee Jewellers store in Rochdale Road, Bury, is a man wielding a machete. The man who let him into the shop, believing the figure to be a woman looking for fancy objects, is swinging a hockey stick.
Two other men the Burqa Bandit has let in to the store are clutching a silver metal hammer and a baseball bat, respectively.
The gang smash glass and steal whatever they can lay their hands on.
But what did they look like?
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Posted: 25th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
X-Ray Of The Day: The Safety Pin up The Nose
MEET Alexis McCarter. The six–year-old has a safety pin stuck up her nose. The pin is discovered after Alexis goes to the doctor. She’s been having piercing headaches, nose bleeds and ear pain.
But the doctor can’t pinpoint the reason.
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Posted: 25th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Appears In Court Holding Own Bowels
TO Zimbabwe, where Boas Chiwanza is stood in the dock with his bowels in his hands.
Chiwanza, a suspected bike thief, was shot by police. He weas kep in remand for two months with his wound open.
In court, Justice Yunus Omerjee sees the accused and orders him to removed to hospital. Says he:
“He should be urgently treated for his protruding intestines and to be held at such hospital for that purpose. This court should be advised as to compliance with the form of this court order by relevant authorities.”
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Posted: 25th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Woman Steals Fur Coats In Panties: Video
THAT’S 44-year-old Nakita Norman of Cleveland shoplifting two fur coats by pushing them into her panties. The video from the Sword Furs shop on Center Ridge Road sees Norman removing the security tags and then stuffing $5,000-worth of fur into her pants. Make your own jokes…
Posted: 24th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Tattoos Taken From Prisoners Are Death Art: Photos
THE Department of Forensic Medicine at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, has a collection of tattoos removed during autopsies on prisoners at the local Montelupich Street jail. It’s a macabre art gallery. But is it any stranger than:
Man Has 2,200 Disney Tattoos Removed: Tinkerbell might Wince (Photos)
Tattoos: 1980s TV Stars In Ink
Scarifying Tattoos – A Gallery Of The Revolting
The Best And Worst Fan Tattoos Ever
Tattoos – Weird And Stupid Ones
Tattoos: The Misspelled Ones
Posted: 24th, November 2010 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Real Life Super Heroes: Protecting Seattle And Beyond
IN Seattle a plague / cape / pants of Superheroes is wrapping a protective Cosplay glove about Seattle:
Seattle police say a group of self-described superheroes have been patrolling the streets at night trying to save people from crime.
Their name?
They call themselves the Rain City Superhero Movement and say they’re part of a nationwide movement of real-life crime fighters …
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Posted: 24th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Teen Gang Raped By 10 Women
IN Papua New Guinea, a 17-year-old has been gang raped by 10 women. They had knives.
Says Southern Highlands Province police commander Teddy Tei:
“This is a serious matter and police are trying to identify who these animals are. More than 10 women with kitchen knives attacked him and four women had sexual intercourse with him”.
He adds:
“HIV/AIDs is a problem in PNG and I am concerned the women might be infected. I always warn the women to be careful at night but I am now warning the men too.
Posted: 23rd, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Momo Is The Chihuahua Is Japan’s Edible Lifesaver
MOMO is the chihuahua tracking down earthquake victims in Japan.
Momo (Peach) is smaller than the average rescue dog and is thus able to wriggle into tiny spaces.
She will also be easier for the trapped person to overpower and eat…
spotter: D-listed
Posted: 23rd, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Stafford Women Finds Crocodile’s Head On Street: I’m a Celebrity Theme Night A Must
TO STAFFORD, where Zoe Green is looking down at the severed head of a crocodile lying on the pavement. Is this the remain of a I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here themes party or Hen Night?
Her son, “little Austin” asked mum to take it home as “a surprise for daddy” – “so she removed her chips from their carrier bag and replaced them with the croc’s cranium.”
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Posted: 23rd, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Punch A Chinese Panda Bear For One Cent A Shot: Photos
PUNCH Me Panda sees Nate Hill journey about New York City dressed a panda bear. He offers strangers the chance to punch him. It’s one penny a blow. Anorak wonders who you would like Nate to dress up as next? The Hello Kitty cat? Noel Edmonds? Jeremy Kyle? France?
Says Nate:
By work has little to say on technology. Its about either blending the adult world and the child’s world and responding to ageing (free bouncy rides, candy crack) or about helping people get over personal loss and tragedy (Death Bear).
Says Punch Me Panda:
Do you ever get so mad that you want to punch something? I’m here for you. My name is Punch Me Panda. Kidnapped from my family in China, I got mailed to the Bronx Zoo. Luckily, my crate got lost in the mail, and I ended up here in Brooklyn. I wandered around the city awhile and ended up living on the street. I noticed that New York City, though wonderful, can sometimes get people down. Things happen here, and they’re not always good.
I got an idea. I need to make some money to eat, and New Yorkers could use some help. So, if you’re frustrated, angry, or just had a bad day, I will come to your house, and you can punch me. I wear a chest protector, and you wear boxing gloves, so no one gets hurt. It costs one cent per punch. With these pennies, I can get on my feet, and you can get out that aggression. Together, we can make our lives better.
Posted: 23rd, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Ohio Limits Condemned Prisoners’ Final Words
OHIO plans to limit the time given over for a condemned prisoner to make his last words known. Michael Beuke, who murdered three people, delayed his lethal injection for 17 minutes by reciting the Catholic rosary. He did not sing Kanye West’s Runaway, repeat Louis Walsh’s blather before removing an X Factor act nor give his views on Kate Middleton and Prince William. Had he done so he may still be alive today…
“Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries!’” – James French, a convicted murderer yelled to the press
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Posted: 23rd, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Carlos Rodriguez Is Our Half A Head Mug Shot Of The Day
CARLOS Rodriguez is our Mug Shot of the Day. That’s him with half his head missing. Rodriguez was arrested for hiring a prostitute. (Give the guy a break, eh, readers.)
The police report contains a box for “unique physical features.” Police enter: “half a head.” Other half missing and still at large…
Tattoos On Faces – The Mughsots
Funny Mugshot T-Shirts: A Gallery
Posted: 20th, November 2010 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Duck Has Three Legs And Four Feet: How Does It Get Around?
I SAY, I say, Yang Fuyong, of Linchuan County, Guilin, southern China’s duck has three legs and four feet.
How does it get around?
He pegs it.
Posted: 20th, November 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
