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.
Atheist Burns Joints Made From Bible And Koran – Bible Wins!
ALEX Stewart, an atheist from Brisbane Australia, has investigated whether the pages of the Bible or Koran burns better when smoked as what looks to be a marijuana joint?
Stewart, 29, a member of the Brisbane Atheists, should guarantee lots of media interest and at last three wars.
Ikebal Patel, president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, is quick to comment:
“I think it’s highly offensive that he has done this to two of the holiest books in the world. It does not in any way add any value to trying to promote world peace and the consideration of different views…”
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Posted: 13th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Found 800 Miles From Home: Missing Mohammed Fazlu, 7, Went Looking For His Ball
MISSING 7-year-old Mohammed Fazlu, of Bangalore, India, has been fond alive and well. Fazlu was playing football when he kicked the ball into a train. He went to retrieve it and before he could climb back down the train had moved off.
Four months later, police find the lad living in India’s Vellore district, in Tamil Nadu, 800 miles from home. They launch an appeal for his parents on TV channel. Mohammed’s younger brother Roshan Zameer was watching the television. He sees his brother and tells his parents.
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Posted: 12th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The Greatest Scarifying Tattoos Gallery Ever Is Revolting
TATTOOS are old hat. The cool kids are scarifying. This involves cutting patterns into the skin. It’s not inking. It’s more etching. Here’s a collection of scarified skin. It’s pretty revolting:
The Greatest Tattooed Mugshots Ever
Tattoos – Lip Ones
The Best And Worst Fan Tattoos Ever
Tattoos – Weird And Stupid Ones
Tattoos – Retro Ones
Tattoos – On Your Arse
Tattoos – Super Heroes
Tattoos On Faces – The Mughsots
Tattoos: The Misspelled Ones
Posted: 12th, September 2010 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Old Man And Wheelie Bin Rescued Mile Out To Sea Off Anglesey
THE trouble began when the 81-year-old man took his inflatable dingy into the sea off Anglesey to fetch his friend’s wheelie bin that had blown in.
He set sail dressed in his day clothes. He had on neither waterproofs nor a life jacket.
The winds were up and the man was blown a mile out to see off Red Wharf Bay. An emergency call went out and Moelfre inshore lifeboat was launched to rescue him.
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Posted: 11th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Home Destroys Fire And Other Breaking News
More:
Spotter: Arbroath
Posted: 11th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Woman Kills Sex Pest Husband As She Hoovers Floor
MARIA Maria Gotenko of Chernigov, Ukraine, killed her husband Victor when he tried to have sex with her as she vacuumed the floor at their home.
As the 47-year-old man was fondling her, Maria unplugged the Hoover and wrapped the lead about his throat.
He might have thought his luck was in until he collapsed and died.
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Posted: 11th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Sexually Assaults Bus In Durham
THE Ferryhill and Chilton Chapter in Durham reports that a Ferryhill man has bene jailed for a “sexual assuilt on a bus”.
Round up the usual suspects:
Spotter: Richard North
Posted: 11th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
As Romanian Fortune Tellers Tax Fails City Banks Save Day?
IN Romania, plans to introduce a tax on fortune tellers have failed.
The fortune tellers saw the whole thing coming. But the politicos did not. For them the plan to tax the mystics was brilliant.
But Alin Popoviciu, of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party, thought it a bad idea. He said politicians were frightened of being cursed.
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Posted: 10th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Video: Lion Attacks Honeymooners Dreams In Las Vegas
WHO wants to see the lion attack the trainer at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas?
Honeymooners Titus and Drew Ellis aw the show. The news bulletin comes with the brilliant headline:
“Vegas Tourist Nightmare”
(But it was a wet dream for the trainer.)
“We weren’t expecting it at all. It just all happened so quick, you know. All of a sudden he was on top of him, and you could tell it wasn’t a playful jump. Just the look on the guy’s face when it’s all going down. You could tell he’s in major pain and I am sure he was screaming.”
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Posted: 10th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Astronaut Douglas H Wheelock’s Twitter Pics Are Better Than Yours: Photos
DOUGLAS H. Wheelock (@Astro_Wheels ) has Twitter Pics better than yours. Wheelock is an astronaut aboard the International Space Station who has name like a spaceman’s colostomy bag. The View From his Window is wonderful…
Twitter Pics – The Sexy Celeb Ones
The Great American Tweet – The Best Celebrity Tweets
Bobbi Eden’s Oral Sex For 50,000 Twitter Fans If Holland Wins World Cup: NSFW
Posted: 10th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Police Arrest Man With $1500 Tied To His Scrotum
STEVEN Black was arrested by Florida police with $1,500 tied to his scrotum. No, not in change. This was not an experiment in elongation. The money was in notes. It as attached to his testicles with a shoelace.
(Note to Wayne Rooney – this is how you might pay for it Wayne. You do it with style.)
The storey takes us to a Missouri bank where Black and his gang are attempting to cash a fake check using a stolen driver’s licence. The bank teller spots the scam and alerts police.
Black and his associates were involved in a scam using driver’s licences stolen from cars to obtain credit cards and forge bad checks, which they then attempted to cash at various financial institutions.
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Posted: 10th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Thai Woman Gives Birth To An Egg: Photos
CHAWEE Chinchaiphum has given birth to an egg in Thailand. Neither mum nor the dad, Chawee’s husband Prayut, both 40, have showcased the bouncing egg. But for 10 baht you can buy a photo of the wonder. And the photos are selling well.
We turn back to clock to 9am on the morning of August 16, 2010. A pregnant Chawee is feeling pains in her stomach area.
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Posted: 9th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Bomb Squad Blow Up ‘Suspicious’ Toy Pony
GOOD news is that the “suspicious” toy pony seen by Waterbridge Elementary School, Orlando, Florida, has been blown up by the bomb squad.
The FurReal pony was not a panto horse containing desperate paedophiles and jihadis but was full of stuffing.
To be on the safe side it was bombed.
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Posted: 9th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
The Goldfish That Weighs As Much As Edward Nino Hernandez In His Boots
TO France, where Raphael Biagini has taken ten minutes to capture the ‘giant goldfish’, an orange koi carp weighing 30lb.
Says Mr Biagini:
“To begin with, we couldn’t tell what was at the end of the line, but we knew it was big.”
(Edward Nino Hernandez is missing…)
Posted: 8th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Tongue Tattoos – A Gallery That Says So Much
TONGUE tattoos are good news for anyone who finds themselves lost for words. With tongue tattoo you can say so much with words inked onto your tongue. Or why not try a face, a picture or an invitation to “your mom”? Tongue tattoos turn your mouth into a window to your soul…
The Greatest Tattooed Mugshots Ever
Scarifying Tattoos – A Gallery Of The Revolting
Tattoos – Lip Ones
The Best And Worst Fan Tattoos Ever
Tattoos – Weird And Stupid Ones
Tattoos – Retro Ones
Tattoos – On Your Arse
Tattoos – Super Heroes
Tattoos: The Misspelled Ones
Tattoos – Tramp Stamps 2
Posted: 8th, September 2010 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Derbyshire Man Too Fat To Work In Case He Falls On Colleagues
BARRY Fowers, of Hatton, Derbyshire, can’t work in case he falls on a colleague and injures them.
Mr Fowers, 51, weighs 30 stone.
Until last October, he worked as an assembler fitter for a Burton-based company.
Says he:
“Because I was having a lot of time off for medical reasons, I was edged towards voluntary redundancy.”
His wife, Shirley, vice-chairman of Hatton Parish Council, adds:
“One of the main reasons he volunteered to take the pay-off was because he was classed as a potential danger to himself. Also, he was a potential risk to his work colleagues in case he fell on them.”
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Posted: 7th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
London 21/7 Terrorist Asiedu In Egg And Spoon Sports Day Tantrum
SPORTS scandal of the day takes us from Wayne Rooney’s knickers draw but to Wakefield jail where Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, jailed for 33 years for his part in the failed 21/7 suicide bomb attack on London, is in the prison sports day egg and spoon race.
The 37-year-old is beaten to first place by Rangzieb Ahmed, 34. Asiedu did not take losing well and kicked his hard-boiled egg around the exercise yard before stamping on it.
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Posted: 6th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Edward Nino Hernandez Is The World’s Shortest Man: Pictures
EDWARD Nino Hernandez is the worlds;’ shortest man. Mr Hernandez is 24. He lives in Colombia. He weighs 10kg (22lbs). He works part-time as a dancer in department stores. He is 27 inches tall.
He has gown just 40 cm since birth.
Mr Hernandez takes the title from He Pingping of China.
Says he:
“It bothers me that people are always touching me and picking me up.”
Not often you have the power of El Nino in your hands…
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Posted: 6th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Charity Declares War On Charity Muggers With Weed And Guns
TO Albuquerque, where do-gooders have dropped a gun, ammo, a grenade and some marijuana into a charity collection box at Goodwill store.
Finally! The tools we need to wage war on the charity muggers.
To the shopping precinct!
Posted: 6th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
No Charges Brought Against Women Who Took Dead Relative On Liverpool To Berlin Plane
THE two women caught trying to place a board a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport with a dead body wearing sunglasses and sat in a wheelchair will not face any charges.
Gitta Jarant, 66, and her daughter Anke Anusic, 41, had been pinched in April 2010 for trying to get the pair’s, respectively, husband and father, 91-year-old Kurt Willi Jarant, on board the plane to Berlin.
The CPS and police have dropped because a time of death could not be ascertained.
Says Martin Hill, reviewing lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service:
“Having carefully reviewed a file of evidence presented to me by police, I have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to bring any charges in relation to the death of Kurt Willi Jarrant.”
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Posted: 5th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Half-Naked Cumbrian Woman Masturbated Whilst Driving On Motorway After She Wet Herself
MIRANDA Chapman, 43, of Doomgate, Cumbria, was masturbating in her car as she overtook lorry driver Jonathon Kitchen between Carlisle and Shap at around 4pm on May 13.
At Penrith Magistrates’ Court, the gathered hear that Mr Kitchen called the police. Ms Chapman was pulled over by officers at Brunthwaite. She was charged with dangerous driving and outraging public decency.
Judith Birbeck, defending, explains that Mrs Chapman had reacted badly to the news that her daughter was pregnant. Says she:
“That might be good news to for many people but in this case it wasn’t. Her daughter suffers from mental health problems that are exacerbated during pregnancy so Mrs Chapman was unhappy and concerned by that call.”
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Posted: 5th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Grandma Stabs Granddaughter For Using Bad Language
GRANDMA of the Day is Parbati Kalicharan, 64, who is accused of stabbing her granddaughter, 12, with a knife in a row over a jigsaw puzzle.
The Dakota Country District Court hears that Kalicharan was cutting peppers in the kitchen. Her granddaughter says “shut up”.
Grandma does not like the language. She takes hold of the box of a puzzle the girl is working on and throws it in the bin. The girl asks for the box back so that she can see the picture and work out the jigsaw.
Grandma rips the box up. Then grandma takes all the puzzle pieces and throws them in the bin, too.
The girl tells grandma that she doesn’t like her. She hides under the kitchen table. Although, she soon emerges to go the fridge.
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Posted: 5th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Cuts Of Whale Tail To Eat – Police Go Nuts
WHALE Kill of The Day takes us Delray Beach, south Florida, where a 7-foot whale lies dead on the sands. Chris Hogan walks over. He cuts off the whale’s tail with his knife.
He intends “to eat it”.
Hogan is described as “puffing on a butt in a pastel shirt and pith helmet”.
He cuts a dash. And then the law arrives:
On the beach, just south of Atlantic Avenue, swimmers, police and reporters milled at yellow crime scene tape framing a 40-by-40 foot square. The decomposing carcass was at center and the tail assembly off to the side, Hogan’s orange fishing glove still lying on it.
Hogan is hauled in:
“I apologize to the state of Florida. I pay my taxes and I didn’t know it was illegal. I do now.“
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Posted: 4th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Whole Rat Found In Tin Of Baked Beans
YOU can now get baked beans with added rat. Cheap protein is making us healthy.
The rat is thought to have climbed into a tin at the baked beans factory and been entombed.
Heinz says it wasn’t them. Premier Foods, owners of the Branston and HP brands, says: “We have no record of any such case or investigation.”
A health expert tells us:
“The rat had come to an untimely end, but was not possible to say if it had died before or after it got into the beans. But enzymatic tests established that it had been through the canning process. A post mortem examination showed that it hadn’t eaten recently – it had not enjoyed a last meal of baked beans.”
Would anyone enjoy them now?
Question: what makes the brown sauce brown?
Posted: 4th, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment
In Photos: Manchester Police Crash Evo Sports Car
AN update on the earlier story of two of Manchester finest who seized a Mitsubishi Evo car from a suspected drink driver and then joyrode into two front gardens.
The wheelsmen have been suspended from police driving. An investigation looms.
And a car is now better than next door’s water feature and old caravan…
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Posted: 3rd, September 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
