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.
Killer Whale Shamu Eats Seaworld Pelican: Pelican Swallows
SHAMU the killer whale is behaving like a killer whale as he attacks and eats a pelican during a Seaworld show.
Or is it the other way around? Those pelicans sure do have big mouths…
See the headline: Killer Whale Behaves Like Killer Whale.
Pelican has big mouth!
Read all about it!
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Posted: 23rd, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Peta’s Ingrid Newkirk Barbecues Her Dead Thumb Up Michael Schumacher’s Arse
THE will of Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA – the people who put the words in the horse’s mouth – says her body should be used “in a manner that draws attention to needless animal suffering and exploitation.”
Ingrid Newkirk will be covered in aspic, tied to a small train-like contraption and sent around the now, sadly, emptied Walthamstow greyhound track forever, or until Michael Schumacher catches her.
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Posted: 23rd, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (16)
Child Abuse Slippers: Put You Feet In A Baby
PUT your feet in a baby.
Beat global warming!
Posted: 21st, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Prawo Jazdy is a Polish plumber
PRAWO Jazdy is a Polish plumber. At least that’s what he said his name was.
An audit of Irish police data reveals that Prawo Jazdy is behind at least 50 driving offences.
Do you know the man?
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Posted: 21st, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The Simpson’s Three-Eyed Fish Is Real
LIFE imitating The Simpsons No. 32451b – the three-eyed fish:
Posted: 21st, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
The Temporary KKK Tattoo For All Recreational Nazis
CAN you dabble with Nazism, Islamofascism, Ann Coulter or any extreme right-wing nuts and then with a wipe of soft flannel return to the reasoned human being you once were?
Well, yes you can. With wipe on tattoos you are just a peel and press way from being a boss-eyed member of the Klu Klux Klan.
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Posted: 21st, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (10)
WTF Fail: Instant Messaging For Dummies
WHAT does WTF mean?
Well…
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Posted: 20th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Extinct Bird Found And Eaten
THE rare Worcester’s buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri), aka the Philippines quail, is captured by a bird hunter in Caraballo.
The bird was thought to be extinct. But it isn’t. Although now it might be because the bird was photographed and sold to a poultry market.
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Posted: 20th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
German Fork Lift Truck Video Guide: Evil Dead
HOW to drive a fork lift truck in German, with the Evil Dead…
Posted: 20th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Boy Killed By Anal Penetrating Chair
IN China, a fourteen-year-old boy was killed when chair he was sitting on exploded.
Parts of the chair entered the boy’s rectum. The result was extensive bleeding. And it killed him.
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Posted: 20th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (23)
Drugs Dealer Texts Police To Ask For Drugs Back
ANDREW Law is running. Andrew Law is running from the police.
He takes off his jacket and dumps it in garden. In the jacket are drugs worth £1,400.
Andrew Law is a good runner, better than the police. He gets way. He uses mobile phone to text the phone he’s left in his jacket pocket. Can he have the drugs back?
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Posted: 18th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
This Bike Is Not A Pipe Bomb Sticker Closes Airport
“THIS bike is a pipe bomb,” advertises the legend on the bicycle in the environs of Memphis airport.
Can it be that the two great bugbears of modern life – cyclists and terrorists – have united to form a dastardly group? Should motorists – you know – take out cyclists before it’s too late?
Says John Greaud, vice president of airport security:
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Posted: 18th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Australian Boy Eaten By Crocodile
JEREMY Doble had been playing with his seven-year-old brother Ryan and his dog behind their home in a mangrove swamp when he disappeared.
A 10ft female crocodile was hauled in for questioning. But her stomach was empty of boy. Then this.
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Posted: 18th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Faith Of Britain Day
HAVE faith people of Britain. Believe. You can overcome:
Faith of Britain Day is a day that focuses all of the positive energy in the country towards achieving our hopes and aspirations. For exactly two minutes on March 6th at 11.00am our consortium of psychics and healers will act as a channel for the positive thoughts of the entire country.
What channel is it on?
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Posted: 18th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (7)
Manchester United Fan Caught In Liverpool Facebook Scam
TO Scotland, where Stuart Slann has arrived at the home of his paramour, a sultry women with whom he has been conversing via text message and Facebook chats.
Mr Slann has made the nine-hour trip from his martial home in Sheffield to a remote farm in Scotland to meet the lovely lassie, the woman known to him as “Emma”.
“Emma” is running late. She has to finish work. Mr Slann waits for a further three hours. His phone rings.
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Posted: 17th, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Lamb Attacks Golden Eagle, Hippo Takes Flight
WHILE we wait for the next installment in the Jade Goody Celebrity Cancer and lament the outbreak of peace in Israel, we bring you news of a lamb seen head-butting a golden eagle.
A mentioned in the 10th Outer Hebrides Bird Report, a Scottish Natural Heritage production, the incident involved a lamb and the bird of prey at Baile Ailean on the Western Isles.
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Posted: 17th, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
World’s Longest Nails Lost In Road Accident
LEE Redmond, of Salt Lake City, has the longest finger nails in the world. Lee Redmond is in an accident, in a car. Lee Redmond used to have the longest fingernails in the world.
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Posted: 14th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Man Robs Porn Shop Dressed In Cape And Brandishing Wood Sword
DAVID William Hadeen is in Sacramento’s L’amour Shoppe for adults, onanists and browsers.
David William Hadeen is dressed in a cape. Hadeen is also wearing an American flag sequin hat, green shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.
Anorak imagines the cape to be beige, a bit dirty and rainproof. David William Hadden might well be in disguise.
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Posted: 12th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
What The End Of The Rainbow Looks Like
WANT to know what’s at the end of the rainbow?
Anorak survey results:
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Posted: 12th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Christian Bale takes Stoned David to the Dentist (Mash-Up)
CHRISTIAN Bale is taking David the stoned youth to the dentist:
Posted: 11th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Police Suspect Foul Play In Dead Woman Found Stuffed In Fridge
THE Police. Got to ove them. Just got to. No, really, you’ve got to. They’re watching. In the US, detectives are investigating the death of oman whose remains were found in a fridge.
Police said foul play was involved in the death of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a refrigerator at the Bonita Park apartments
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Posted: 11th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (8)
Man Holds Up Bookmakers With Cigarettes
DO you know The Clown, aka Anthony Lee Perry, wanted in connection with armed robberies of bookmakers in the London and Bristol areas.
Police have offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. That’s Perry posing for a police mugshot with cigarettes tucked behind his ears.
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Posted: 10th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
The Greatest Craft Tattoo Ever: The Sewing Machine
EYES up craft fans as we unveil the greatest craft tattoo ever: The sewing machine special:
Posted: 10th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (5)
French Police Stop Joyriders: A Video Guide
HOW do French police stop joyriders? Question asked. Question answered:
Another one for the car-b-cue…
The Top Ten Cars To Burn In Paris
Posted: 10th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
UFO Spotted Over Greece With Venus Rising
IN the skies over Greece a UFO is attracting the attention of the pilot of a London–bound passenger plane.
“I see on my right, at approximately the same altitude, an unknown target flying from south to east. Altitude and heading are not stable. It is increasing speed. Headings are erratic.”
Odd stuff – most notably how amid all the pilot speak our man at the helm should not refer to the right as the starboard side?
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Posted: 10th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
