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 Top 10 Groomed Dogs
DOGS were made to be groomed:
10. Poodle Dragon
Posted: 20th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Mice Kill 100 Cats
MICE chew through cables and kill cats:
Close to 100 cats, three dogs and several rabbits and rodents perished in the blaze at Durham Region Humane Society’s animal shelter in Oshawa.
“It’s been crazy here,” said Richards. “People are very upset and some people have just been crying on the phone.”
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Posted: 19th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
India Gets Its Big Toilet
INDIA is now a super power. And it needs its super toilet.
Fill ‘er up…
Posted: 19th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Today’s Top Strange But True News Stories
TOP Five Strange But True Stories:
Football player remorseful over pigeon’s death
Argentine soccer player Gaston Aguirre killed a pigeon with a single shot – right off his foot. “I kicked the ball and, poor pigeon,” the San Lorenzo defender said.“Now I will be remembered as the pigeon killer.”
Woman accused of trying to sell ‘gothic kittens’
Three kittens with ear, neck and tail piercings were removed from a home by humane officers.
One of the officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County said the pierced kittens were being sold as “gothic kittens” on an Internet auction site. “This is a first,” said Officer Carol Morrison. “It’s unbelievable anybody would do this to kittens.”
Would-be robbers ‘overly prepared’
An alert security guard chased two thieves and sat on them until police arrived. Herman Sakaria used his unusual restraint method after an attempted robbery in New Zealand on Tuesday. The Whangaparaoa-based security guard was heading home when he saw two youths covering their car plates…
A Korean man and woman came out after the youths. “The woman started hitting them with a flyswat she was so angry,” says Mr Sakaria. By sheer coincidence Mr Sakaria says the mother of one of the youths turned up. “The youth said: ‘Oh s#%t, there’s my mum’.”
Posted: 19th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Swimming Pool Kills Shark At Atlantis Resort
SWIMMING pool kills shark! To the Atlantis resort where as female reef shark has vaulted the barrier around her aquarium and landed on the slide – known as the Leap of Faith.
Down she swoops, a rictus grin writ on her face. Splash!
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Posted: 19th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Tumour In Baby’s Brain Contained Body Parts And A Foot
DR. Paul Grabb is operating on three-day-old Sam Esquibel at Memorial Hospital for Children.
An MRI scan suggests a microscopic tumor on the newborn’s brain.
The skull if opened and Dr Grabb (indeed) pulls out a baby’s foot and assorted body parts. Says he:
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Posted: 18th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
A Gallery Of Police Artist Pictures
WHEN the mugshots aren’t on hand, the police artistes gets to work. Here’s a selection of their fine works:
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Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Beauty Fail: Russian Miss World Ksenia Sukhinova Flies Flag For Serbia
NOT everything in America is better than in the Russia. The beauty queens are just as challenged.
Miss World is Ksenia Sukhinova from Russia. She was handed the obligatory flag to show that without Mother Russia she’d be unable to feeed the world’s poor with a bikini.
Only, it’s the wrong flag. It’s not the flag of Russia, It’s the flag of Serbia.
To the salt mines!
Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Mugshots Of The Year
THE best mug shots of 2008:
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Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
We Is Talking About Gun Safety
A GUN safety masterclass… begin…
Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Christmas Lights At Chuch Of The Rampant Crab
YOU put the Christmas lights up at the church. You wait till nightfall. You turn the lights on. You scream…
Spotter: Sam
Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
World Pie-Eating Champion Crowned
FRED Wyatt, 61, called into his local for a pint and was persuaded to make up the numbers in the the 14th World Pie Eating Championships held at a Wigan pub
He was crowned champion after eating a meat and potato pie in 56.28 seconds – admittedly a lot slower than last year’s world record.
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Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Japanese Men Don’t Bounce
“HE worked until the retirement age. We had been looking forward to going to various places as a couple and were excited that we would be able to spend a relaxing time together.”
So says the wife of a Japanese man celebrating his 60th birthday and retirement from work.
But first a few drinks and few laughs with his world colleague at a transport company in Ritto, near the ancient capital of Kyoto.
The man is picked up and tossed in the air. Down he comes. Up he goes. Down he comes. Up he goes. Down he comes. Down he comes. Down he comes…
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Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Cake Nazi: No Cake For You Little Adolf Hitler Campbell
HAPPY birthday, Adolf Hitler!
For he’s a jolly good…
It’s master (race) Hitler’s third birthday. A grinning blur of blond hair and blue-eyes, Hitler is celebrating his third birthday in some style.
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Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (5)
God Versus Santa: Fight
WHAT’S the difference between God and Santa?
Atheists ask the question.
But to Old Mr Anorak’s mind the answer seems to be based on which of Santa and God can punish you more if you don’t believe:
Santa won’t give you a new scarf; God will send you to Hell for all eterntity.
On the other hand, if you really believe, Santa will bring you a diamond G-string worn by someone who should and God will bring you years of worry and self-loathing…
Choices…
Posted: 16th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (9)
Man Killed By China’s Weather Machine
REST in pieces Wang Diange, formerly of Inner Mongolia, your remains found in the wreckage of a house where a wake had been taking place.
The rain was falling. The thunder was clapping. And the mourners heard a loud explosion. Half the roof was blown off.
Wang has been killed by the storm. He is sent to the crematorium.
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Posted: 16th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
The Weather Is F***ed
THE weather is well and truly humped…
Posted: 16th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Men Exchange Same Christmas Card For A Lifetime
RAYMOND Pearson and Steve Ford have been exchanging the same Christmas card for 33 years, writes the Mail.
Of course, this means that every year one of them misses out on a card. But they are not bitter.
Each despatch includes a new message: “Over to you in ‘92”, “Saving in Mine in ’79.”
The men met while working at a sorting office in Dudley. And – irony of ironies – they deliver their card by hand, preferring not to trust postal workers.
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Posted: 16th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Sign Of The Times
A SIGN for now…
Posted: 16th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
I Found Jesus Playing Drum And Base
THE Reverend Andy C & MC GQ Praise it up for Jesus:
Spotter: MK
Posted: 16th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Hippo Eats Dwarf: Gag Reflex Fails
IN Thailand a hippo has eaten a dwarf. In one…
Posted: 15th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Salvation Army Captain Fired For Marrying Out
DID you know that if you are in the Salvation Amry and want to marry, your future spouse must also be member. Something to do with secret tambourine signals:
The leader of the Oshkosh Salvation Army has been suspended and will lose his job if he goes ahead with plans to marry a woman who is not a fellow Salvation Army officer.
Office class, sah!
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Posted: 14th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
How To Finger A Chicken On German TV
PETA has noticed the antics of German TV farmer Hansi who has been “sexually abusing chickens”.
The 71-year-old rose to prominence on the fourth series of German TV’s Bauer sucht Frau’ (“The Farmer wants a Wife”) – soon to be renamed: the Famer Wants A Bigger Chicken.
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Posted: 14th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Thief Kills Shopkeeper With “Excessive Self-Defence”
YOU can killed by a criminal exhibiting signs of “excessive shelf defence”. To Australia:
A MASKED robber who fled with just $195 before using a fence paling to kill a newsagent was jailed for at least 7½ years yesterday. Steven Momir Katic, 31, was acquitted of murder but convicted of the manslaughter of Chinh Nguyen, 41, at Glenfield in Sydney’s southwest in February last year…
Justice Peter Hidden said Mr Nguyen handed over all the money in the till and Katic ran from the shop.
Mr Nguyen and his famaily had fled Vietnam on a boat and worked hard to build a new life in Oz.
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Posted: 13th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Dolphin Boy: Part Man, Part Dolphin (He’s got A Blow Hole)
HOW many holes can you squirt water out of? Here’s dolphin boy – the boy’s got talent:
Spotter: MK
Posted: 12th, December 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
