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.
The Wake And Shag World’s Biggest Alarm Clock
THIS video shows the alarm clock constructed by a man who seems to ahve visited Old Mr Anorak’s Thai ping-pong winter training camp.
This is just how he gets up…
Posted: 29th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Man Drowns Mowing Lawn
TO Nebraska, where a man has drowned while mowing the lawn.
Bob Thorson, chief deputy of the Saunders County Sheriff’s Department, tells one and all that 85-year-old Albert Kavan Sr. was riding on his riding lawnmower shortly before 8 p.m. when he rolled down an embankment and came to a stop in a small area of water.
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Posted: 29th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Pabst Is The World’s Ugliest Dog
HATS off to Pabst – offically the world’s ugliest dog.
Pabst, a boxer-mix rescued from a shelter by Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, Calif., won the annual contest on Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California.
It was an upset victory for Pabst, who beat former champion Rascal, a pedigree Chinese Crested.
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Posted: 28th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Pictures Of A Real Shanghai Factory Made From Lego Pieces
IN Shanghai, the civic authorties are building building from Lego – factories schools, hotels.
At around 5:30am on June 27, an unoccupied building still under construction at Lianhuanan Road in the Minxing district of Shanghai city toppled over. One worker was killed.
You can create your own disaster at home by piling Lego bricks into a structure and then pushing them over.
The pictures are incredible:
Posted: 28th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The New York Hipster Moves
THIS is how the New York hipster moves…
The Daily What is mobile…
Posted: 27th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Man Accused Of Sexually Harassing A Mermaid
TOMMY Ervin, manager of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, florida, faces charges that he did sexually harass a mermaid.
Ervin’s former co-worker Nancy Flowers accuses Ervin of behaving inappropriately toward her and her co-workers, including her daughter Heather Flowers, who is a mermaid at the park.
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Posted: 27th, June 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Homosexual Demon Exorcised In US Church: Video
THIS video shows a 16-year-old boy lying on the floor as patrons of Manifested Glory Ministries, Connecticut, exorcise a “homosexual demon” from his body.
The crowd yell:
“Rip it from his throat!”
“Come on, you homosexual demon! You homosexual spirit, we call you out right now! Loose your grip, Lucifer!”
Says Rev. Patricia McKinney:
“We believe a man should be with a woman and a woman should be with a man. We have nothing against homosexuals. I just don’t agree with their lifestyle.”
“Come out of his belly.
“It’s in the belly — push.”
Video:
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Posted: 26th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Accused Says Drugs Not Cocaine But Something To Help His Erection
MAREK Cernay tells the High Court that the powder he bought is not cocaine but a drug to improve his sexual stamina.
Cernay, a Slovakian national, says he paid £25 for four bags of drugs – worth £6,000 -after telling a man at a Tesco’s supermarket in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, that he had trouble maintaining an erection.
“That male then produces these four bags of powder which are worth £6,000 and sells them to him for £25,” the prosecuting lawyer added.
According to police statements, Cernay told officers: “I have them for hard on.”
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Posted: 26th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Northen Ireland’s Little People Host World Dwarf Games
WHAT more fitting place then Northern Ireland to stage the World Dwarf Games, it being a place where little people with little minds and little ways command respect.
The event will feature more than 200 little people from 15 countries being shouted at by local little people.
Lord Mayor Naomi Long commends the Dwarf Athletic Association of Northern Ireland:
“Through their hard work and dedication, DAANI gives people with restricted growth conditions the opportunity to get more involved in mainstream sports and outdoor activity.”
Of course, Northern Ireland is not just home to little people but is the residence of giants which patrol the coastal areas looking for Romanians in their caves…
Posted: 26th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Woman Exchanges Sex for Potato Chips
THIS is Lahoma Sue Smith, 36, up before the Beak accused of exchanging sex in a car for $30 case of Frito-Lay crisps.
She is found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $1,142, which works out at just over 38 boxes of crisps.
The case features in the police reports, as officers spot Smith “trying to catch a date” by flashing her headlights.
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Posted: 25th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Nazi Cows Being Bred In Britain
BEWARE of the cows. Beware of the Nazi cows. Roaring cows are not only attacking Britons, and poisoning our Great British air over our Great British countryside, but now they have a political affiliation. Hail the “Nazi cows”!
Says the BBC:
The Heck calf was born at a farm in Lifton which imported more than a dozen of the animals from Amsterdam as part of a conservation project. The herd is descended from cattle specifically bred by Nazi scientists between the world wars to be used as a symbol of ambitions to rule the world.
The cows. Always the cows. Hail the 1000 year ranch!
Farmer and conservationist Derek Gow has the cattle as part of a wildlife photography business.
Hail the model cow!
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Posted: 25th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Footballer Impales Foot On Hedgehog
THE Telegraph profiles nine-month-old female hedgehog Huff Puff who “weighs in at 2.04kg – the weight of a small cat – and is the size of a football.”
The football simile is unfortuate given that in the summer months players and gentlemen routinely turn out in bare feet or plimsolls.
Look out for headline: “Footballer Impales Food On Hedghog” soon…
Posted: 25th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
The 10 Most Bizarre Items Left Behind In Student Accommodation
UNITE, a property letting firm, has compiled a list of the ten most bizzare items left behind in student accommodation.
The list will serve as a cultural artefact, a sign of the time. Old Mr Anorak, our patron, recalls how he left behind – and this with deep and lasting regret – “Fag!” Thomas Harpie, who was unable, despite much heaving and grunting, to fit inside OMA’s trunk.
The 10 most bizarre items left behind in student accommodation:
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Posted: 25th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Swedish Parents Raise Two-Year-Old As A Boy And As A Girl
POP is a two-and-a-half-year-old Swedish child of no fixed gender. Pop’s parents – Them – will not say is Pop is male or female.
In an interview with Sweden’s newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in March, the parents – Them – say:
“We want Pop to grow up more freely and avoid being forced into a specific gender mould from the outset. It’s cruel to bring a child into the world with a blue or pink stamp on their forehead.”
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Posted: 24th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Chinese Boy Smokes 20 A Day
IN Tianjin, China, China Radio International spots a two and a half year old Chinese boy, Tong Liangliang, smoking his 20 cigarettes a day.
The story goes that Tong was born with a hernia and encouraged to smoke at 18 months by his father to fend off the pain.
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Posted: 24th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Secret Nuclear Power Plant Indentified In Germany
IN Germany, police has discovered a secret nuclear power plant. The area in the western town of Oelde is sealed off.
Residents are ordered to stay indoors.
Says policeman:
“It wasn’t a prank, they were just playing. The boys tried to go back later to carry on but the fire brigade wouldn’t let them through.”
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Posted: 24th, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Airline Asks Fat Passengers To Move To Back Of Plane To Balance It
HOLIDAYMAKERS returning to Newcastle from Mallorca are kindly requested to move about the cockpit to balance the plane. Fat to the back. Less fat to the middle. Those who have been to the front.
Thomas Cook airlines needs to ensure that the cargo and passengers are evenly distributed.
A door has jammed in the hold and luggage could only be loaded into the front of the plane.
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Posted: 23rd, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Man Digs Massive Hole In Kitchen To Catch Fish
TO China, where Li Huiyan, of Chongqing, has hires 30 villagers for six months to dig a 16-metre deep hole in his kitchen so that he can tape into a river and fish from home.
Li once fished in more conventional fashion, but the once over ground was submerged 30 years ago when the local authority bombed part of a mountain to pave a road.
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Posted: 23rd, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Kimberley Vlaeminck 56 Stars Lie
KIMBERLEY Vlaeminck, age 18, is the girl with 56 stars on her face, who says she is lying.
Kimberley first told the world that she must have dozed off as her face was being injected with ink contained in a huge vibrating needle held by a foreigner.
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Posted: 23rd, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Philimon Zandamela Is The Luckiest Man Alive
FROM the Anorak Forums, Yampster tells the tale of Philimon Zandamela, Croatia’s number one Mozambique import:
The 34-year old Zandamela had a blood-alcohol level of 2.8 promille when he lost control of the moped. He crashed on karst and fell through it into a hole.
Rescuers pulled him out of the hole and took him to hospital with severe injuries. The daily Jutarnji list reported today his life was not in danger.
A history:
“Zandamela arrived in Croatia from Mozambique in 2001. He initially worked as a de-mining expert for the Israeli company Mavarin but has since become a shepherd. Zandamela is well known for his numerous performances on TV shows. Local residents also remember he shot himself twice in 2006 and drank sulphuric acid last year.”
A shepherd:
…he had to be rescued after he followed his flock into a live minefield in Croatia, “I was walking along and I saw lots of strange bumps in the ground and suddenly realised where I was, luckily I had a mobile phone with me and could call the emergency services for help, I am very lucky to still be in one piece.
That’s him pictured with his cows – you know, those killer cows…
Posted: 23rd, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Spate Of Cows Attacks Threatens Countryside
IN today’s instalment of When Cows Attack – brought to you by Media Scare Stories Inc., a registered charity – a woman walking her dogs through a field in North Yorkshire is killed by a herd of stampeding cattle.
Say police:
“She was surrounded by a herd of cattle and calves, and as a result of dogs being present the cattle reacted in an aggressive manner.”
So guess the police, who only suppose the dog was a factor. How can they know?
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Posted: 22nd, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Badger Found Naked In Man’s Bathroom
RON DAVIES was right – badgers do want watching. In Meldreth Road, Shepreth, a badger is making use of the toilet at the Thomas family home.
Father-of-two Mark Thomas, 36, was working on the kitchen, which he is renovating, when he nipped to the toilet to look at the plumbing.
A builder and a badger? We’ve been here before…
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Posted: 22nd, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Man Lanches Yacht And Watches It Capsize: FAIL
HERE is a video of a man filming the launch of his shiny new yacht. Here is a video of a man filming the launch of his shiny yacht and testing it for floatability.
Here is video of a capsized yacht…
Spotter: Arbroath
Posted: 21st, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
CCTV Camera Films Man Stealing CCTV Camera
TO the street, where a CCTV camera erected in a Burnley road by police to spot thieves and hooligans and vandals and just to gawp at people has been stolen.
At Burnley Magistrates’ Court, the Beak hears how the camera was filming when Brendan Ormonde, age 38, and of 134 previous convictions, stole it.
That’s Ormonde looking into the camera.
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Posted: 21st, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Strip Club Sues 14-Year-Old Stripper
IN SAN Antonio — a 14-year-old is dancing and, allegedly, flashing her chest at the Cheetah Club in Corpus Christi in a professional capacity.
Alan Yaffe, the club’s attorney, says the club didn’t know the girl was underage.
“She came (into the club) with 6-inch stiletto heels and a miniskirt and looked just like a model from a Miss America’s contest.”
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Posted: 21st, June 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
