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.
Bradford Batman delivers wanted criminal to police
TO Bradford, where Batman has delivered to police a 27-year-old man wanted in connection with with handling stolen goods and fraud offences. The other chap was… Robbin’!
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Posted: 4th, March 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Insane Egyptian pranksters fake a terrorist abduction
SPOTTING the difference between real jihadis and their fakers is not always easy. To Egypt, then, where the local pranksters are only pretending to be death-loving Islamists.
The victim having years taken off his life is the chap in the pink shirt – a wardrobe malfunction that is most likely a sign that he was asking for it. This one’s for the estate agents, Osama:
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Posted: 2nd, March 2013 | In: Strange But True, TV & Radio | Comment
Man swallowed whole by dreadful sinkhole
NATURE has a way of showing mankind just who is boss. Throw all the detritus in the sea and it’ll slap you with a flood. Christ knows what must of happened to result in the poor sod who went missing this week after a large sinkhole opened under the bedroom in Tampa… and he hasn’t been seen since.
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Posted: 1st, March 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Woman complains about racist dog
GETTING bitten by a dog is no fun (yet, those mad berks who work for the police actively run across fields, taunting attack-dogs to have a go at their arms!), but is it less fun if that dog that bites you is a massive racist?
One lady has complained that the dog which chewed her daughter is indeed, a racist.
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Posted: 28th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
The nerdiest marriage proposal ever: when physicists attract
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Posted: 27th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Ghost steals woman’s CV and clothes
LIFE is hard enough just dealing with humans, their offspring and their pets. Imagine then, if things from other realms started mucking about with us!
That’s what one lady has told Georgia’s police force after her CV and some clothes got stolen by a ghost. No, you are most certainly not going mental. A woman called Debbie Michelle Zamacona, has told police that her CV, criminal history and a black and blue blouse all went missing, thanks to a creepy spectre.
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Posted: 27th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Readers identify the Tenby beach monster: it’s a Me-ex
Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Rabbits invade airport as animals continue quest to rule Earth
AGAIN, the Anorak stands alone as the only publication willing to tell you the truth about animals and their dead-eyed quest to overthrow mankind. You’ve read Animal Farm (nothing to do with that dubious film of the same name)? Then you’ll know what these awful beasts are capable of.
Regular readers will know we’ve had human-hating badgers, a whale trying to kill a canoe filled with people, chimps watching human bongo films, deer rampaging through our streets and fish crawling around on land TRYING TO KILL THINGS.
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Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Google Maps grasses up man cheating on fiance
THE internet has done wonders for people’s sex lives, enabling them to flirt more confidently and meet other people without having to brave a bar filled with stouty burps first. However, with every silver lining is a dirty great raincloud, as one Russian lothario soon discovered.
While browsing Google Maps, a Russian lady found that her other-half was having it away with someone else. Marina Voinova, from Perm (where everyone looks like the Liverpool FC squad in the early ’80s), was looking for an address online and, when switching to the Street View feature, she saw an image of her fiance cuddling up to another woman.
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Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True, Technology | Comment
Boy riding to school impaled on his bicycle (photos)
TO China, where a student riding his bike to his first day of school suffered a mishap. The bike’s seat buckled. This exposed a steel rod, which stuck into the lad’s backside. A fire crew cut most of the bicycle free. At hospital, the rest of the bike was removed. (Its was not a Bootie but one believed made in China from old KitKat wrappers.)
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Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Maciefj P can’t remember what happened to his missing genitals
MACIEJ P. has lost his genitals. The Polish national was staggering around an eatery in Vienna, Austria, when he was spotted by police. They wondered if he was on drugs. They smelled alcohol on him. He looked rough, so they took him to hospital.
A swift appraisal revealed that his penis and testicles had been surgically removed. Police spokesperson, Adina Mircioan, states:
“The victim was questioned briefly after treatment.He cannot recall what happened”.
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Posted: 26th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Talented bird poos face of Jesus onto car windscreen (photo)
JESUS has appeared in the form of a bird poo on the windscreen of Brooklyn, Ohio, resident Jim Lawry’s home. He is “amazed“:
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Posted: 25th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Gangham Style caused Pope’s resignation
WHY did the Pope resign? He had no choice. It was destiny foretold in the Gangham Style Prophesy.
“I’m out of town today. I’m attending my niece’s wedding…”
And Denver Airport is stuffed with penises.
Posted: 24th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
When frogs and other animals scream – a video
WHEN frogs and other animals scream:
Posted: 23rd, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Police pull drunk woman from horse (video)
TO Greymouth, New Zealand, where a 48-year-old is being ordered to go home or else. She’s drunk in charge of the horse she’d left tied up outside the pub. This is no crime. But the police want her to stop. So, one one of them pulls her from the horse, you know, for her own safety.
She’s then arrested, locked up for the night and released without charge. The brain’s trust then impounded her horse before giving it back to her.
The population of Greymouth is 9,528, of which 21.6 percent are under the age of 15 years. It’s not a very busy town. You wonder what harm the woman could have caused at night?
Posted: 22nd, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Kara Vandereyk arresged for having al fresco sex with a pit bull
TO Las Vegas, where 23-year-old Kara Vandereyk has been caught having sex with a pit bull in her garden, allegedly. Responding to a call from an onlooker, police found Vanderyk naked and on the ground. She was and the dog were engaged in sexual activity.
“Hi,” said the woman, who proceeded to “touch the dog in a sexual way“.
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Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Blackpool stress-ball worker pulled knives on boss
DARREN Baldwin, of Blackpool, worked packing stress balls for SPS. Reacting to the news that his temporary contract would not be renewed, he punched his manger in the face. He then pulled out two knives.
Baldwin, 44, appeared before Blackpool magistrates. The prosecution noted:
“Baldwin then produced two knives and the victim was in fear of his life. Baldwin showed the knives to his colleague and started to shout threats like ‘I will cut you up’.”
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Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Bus hits hydrant and fills with water – passengers nearly drown (video)
TO Istanbul, where a bus has struck a water hydrant. Pressurised water fires into the bus. Passengers are trapped. Water is rising. It’s the kind of onbaord water pressure carvaners dream of.
Someone finds a hammer and smashes the glass. Everyone escapes, but three people are injured.
Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Husband and wife created by same sperm donor
DEAR Aunty:
Q. Nasty Surprise: When my wife and I met in college, the attraction was immediate, and we quickly became inseparable. We had a number of things in common, we came from the same large metropolitan area, and we both wanted to return there after school, so everything was very natural between us. We married soon after graduation, moved back closer to our families, and had three children by the time we were 30. We were both born to lesbians, she to a couple, and me to a single woman. She had sought out her biological father as soon as she turned 18, as the sperm bank her parents used allowed contact once the children were 18 if both parties consented. I never was interested in learning about that for myself, but she felt we were cheating our future children by not learning everything we could about my past, too. Well, our anniversary is coming up and I decided to go ahead and, as a present to my wife, see if my biological father was interested in contact as well. He was, and even though our parents had used different sperm banks, it appears so did our father, as he is the same person. On the one hand, I love my wife more than I can say, and logically, done is done, we already have children. I have had a vasectomy, so we won’t be having any more, so perhaps there is no harm in continuing as we are. But, I can’t help but think “This is my sister” every time I look at her now. I haven’t said anything to her yet, and I don’t know if I should or not. Where do I go from here? I am tempted to burn everything I got from the sperm bank and just try to forget it all, but I’m not sure if I can. Please help me figure out where to go from here…
A: This is a seminal question about the nature of assisted reproduction.
Always good to answer a question of incest-by-accident with a pun…
Posted: 20th, February 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
