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.
Knightsbridge Dog Owner Hired Cab To Pick Up Labrador From Madrid
WHO is the Knightsbridge pet owner who hired cabbie John Jupp to pick up her labrador from Madrid?
Says Jupp in the Evening Standard:
“She asked if I take dogs in my taxi. As she had previously been a good customer, I said yes. She then asked me to give her a price to pick the dog up and bring it to her house in Knightsbridge, so I asked her for the address. Her reply was truly a moment I will not forget – Madrid.”
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Posted: 11th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Wife Looking For Lost Ring Squeezed Husband’s Testicle For Two Minutes
MARYANN Scott, 49, is accused of “firmly” gripping her husband’s left testicle and hanging on for two minutes.
Scott tells Indian River County Sheriff’s department that on Nov. 26 Mr Scott hid the $15,000 ring he’d given Maryann as a gift. A heated exchange ensued. Maryann said “she was going to kill him and that he was going to tell her where he had hidden her ring“.
Mr Scott says she “firmly grabbed his left testicle and refused to let go“.
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Posted: 9th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Islamic Cleric Warns Women Against Handling Sexy Bananas And Cucumbers
THE unnamed Islamic cleric says that women should avoid handling cucumbers, carrots and bananas lest doing so stir “sexual thoughts”, reports El-Senousa.
The male cleric, who sees the threat of lust in all things, advises that a male related to the women, such as their a father or husband (but not cousin Ishmael nor his friend Barry), should be in sole charge of such depraved food stuffs. These items should be hidden from women, possibly out of the kitchen and under the man’s bed or in a locked briefcase behind the stack of tiles in the garage.
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Posted: 9th, December 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Doctos Replace Man’s Missing Thumb With Big Toe (Photos)
WHEN James Birn lost his thumb in an accident, medics moved his big toe to his hand. What he’s got for a big toe is a moot point. But Hollywood has a surplus of noses, and it’s good to recycle…
Spotter: Barnorama
Posted: 8th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Doncaster Council Seizes Supercharged Mobility Scooter
DONCASTER Council showcases the pimped up mobility scooter it says has been causing havoc in the area.
The vehicle has been converted with a supercharged petrol engine. It can reach 60mph.
Says Councillor Cynthia Ransome, who is responsible for Communities on Doncaster Council:
“Whilst it may look like a lot of fun to ride, this type of noisy vehicle annoys residents immensely and terrifies local wildlife and walkers. We don’t want to stop people having fun and this is obviously quite a feat of engineering, but when they build machines like this they should be used at licensed tracks and not in areas where they annoy others.”
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Posted: 7th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Fat Chinese Thief Stuck In Tights Spot: Fail Of The Day
MR Xi was caught trying to steal from a technology company he used to work for in the southern city of Shenzhen in October. His plan was to steal surveillance cameras from the firm’s warehouse, located beneath the offices.
Having hidden in the offices, he waited until staff left for the night. He then tried to break into the warehouse. But he couldn’t.
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Posted: 7th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Drunk Driver Slams Car Into Mobile Breath Alcohol Testing Lab
DOUGLAS Shane Southard, 21, of Hickory, North Carolina, is accused of being drunk when he drove his red 1989 Chevrolet Camaro into a mobile Breath Alcohol Testing lab at a DWI checkpoint.
Says Maj. Kevin Yarborough of the Newton Police Department:
“In the officer’s opinion,alcohol was believed to be a contributing factor in the crash.”
Posted: 6th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Efit Of The Day: The Salisbury Mugger Has Hair Like Chewbacca’s Arse
EFIT of the day take us to the scen of an attempted robbery in Wilton. The Salisbury Journal carries an efit of the wanted man.
Says PC Tom Ellerby:
“The efit image is distinctive and someone will know who he is. This was a distressing incident for the victim and I need the help of the public to catch those responsible.”
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Posted: 4th, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Lover Tattoos Massive Shit On Cheating Lover’s Back (Photos)
TATTOO of The Day: When Dayton, Ohio, tattoo artist Ryan L. Fitzjerald heard his lover Rossie Brovent was cheating on him he offered to ink her back.
He suggested that her back would look great with a scene from Narnia tattooed on it. She agreed. Fitzjerald handed her a consent form that said that the design was “at the artist’s discretion“. She signed it. She never read it. He then used his discretion to tattoo a giant steaming turd on her back.
The lovers are no longer together. She is now suing him for $100,000. She says Ryan got her drunk before she signed the form.
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Posted: 3rd, December 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (9)
‘Lost’ Puffin Walks Into Winchester Sex Clinic
A PUFFIN has been spotted at the sex clinic at Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
The BBC says – no giggling – the puffin was “lost” and “blown off course“.
Happily now he has found himself and been delivered to the Hart Wildlife Rescue centre.
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Posted: 3rd, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Siegfried K. Robs Former German Bank With Toy Gun
IS Siegfried K., the man who tried and failed to rob a bank in Walchum, Germany, the world’s most stupid bank robber? He used a toy gun. And there was no bank. The actual branch moved years before the caper in May 2011. All that were left were cash machines in the wall.
And because Siegfried hadn’t taken along a toy sledgehammer, he used the toy gun to force a woman to withdraw 400 euros.
He then fled in a stolen car. When police found it, the toy gun was stuffed between the seats and his fingerprints were all over it.
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Posted: 2nd, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Aims At Squirrel Climbing Up Leg: Shoots Own Foot
SELF-Inflicted wound of The Day: Ethan Bennett, 36, has told the Benton County sheriff’s deputies that when he wwent to shoot the squirrel climbing up his leg, he missed and shot himself in the foot.
Says Capt. Greg Ridler: “The squirrel scared him.”
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Posted: 2nd, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Cut Off And Ate Own Hand In Insurance Scam: Hu Dunnit?
TO Taiwan, where a Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office spokesman says suspect Hu Chi-yang ate his own hand in an insurance scam.
Posted: 1st, December 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Toy Cat With Batteries Still Working Rescued From Bin In Anglesey: Puss-Puss Still At Large
WHERE is Puss-Puss? The pregnant Puss-Puss is missing. Is she in the clothes bank recycling centre on Moelfre,Anglesey, North Wales. Passers by heard a meowing from inside the bin. They call the bin owners, the RSPCA and the fire brigade. They cannot prize open the bin. So. Engineering company K Owen in Llanrhyddlad arrive. They lift the bin to their depot and cut it open with massive stools.
And 24 hours after the alert was raised a a battery-operated toy cat is saved!
Says Puss-Puss’s keeper Kelvin Owen:
“Once we got into the bin we heard the meow again, it sounded just like a cat and we all started to carefully search the bags. Then I found a bag of toys and picked out a toy cat. I said: ‘It couldn’t be this could it?’ It wasn’t making any noise and I asked if I could cut it open to investigate. As I held it, it went off, meow, meow, mystery solved!
The lads were in stitches, it was such a laugh.”
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Posted: 30th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Misspelt Letter Earns Ipswich Woman 3 Months Prison Sentence
MARIA Jordan, 41, of Bull Road, Ipswich, is embarking on a three-month prison sentence for presenting bogus letters to South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court. She hoped the letters would explain her two alleged breached community orders relating to her conviction for theft. She claimed she had been involved in a fatal road traffic accident.
One letter – the one she claimed her GP wrote – begins “Dear Majistrate Court.”
Posted: 30th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Man Discovers Prostitute He’s Hired Is His Daughter
AT a hotel in Bulawayo’s Nkulumane 5 suburb, Mr Titus Ncube is waiting for the prostitute he’s hired. When she arrives her recognises her. The woman is his 20-year-old daughter.“I am sorry for what I did. I spoke to my wife and my daughter. I apologised for my actions because I just wanted my family back.”
Posted: 29th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Santa Claus Brandishes Machine Guns At Gun Club: Bring The Family
ARIZONA’S Scottsdale Gun Club invites you to experience Santa and his Machine Guns, featuring such arms as an $80,000 Garwood minigun and modified AR15s.
Now, if hcan just be peruaded to open fire over Iran, Santa will have given the US of A the Christmas present it’s been praying for…
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Posted: 29th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Mug Shot Of The Day: Woman Uses Toy Penguin To Rob Petrol Station
MUG Shot of The Day: Andri Lynn Jeffers, 26, attempted to rob a Chevron petrol station whilst armed with a toy penguin.
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office dys Jeffers claimed the bulge beneath her jumper was abomb. She said that unless the clerk gave her cash she’d blow up the shop. Only, the shop was closing and the cash register was empty. She left empty handed.
The clerk, however, noted the license plate of Jeffers’ getaway car – her own car.
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Posted: 28th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Loaf Of Bread Saves Woman’s Life: White Sliced Acted As Edible Air Bag
WHEN Liz Douglas’ Nissan Note hit a telegraph pole and flipped over on the B829 near Inversnaid her life was saved by her white sliced loaf of bread.
The loaf had become wedged between the roof and her head. Says she:
“I was upside down in this ditch, and could feel something under my head, and realised it was the loaf. The loaf had been thrown from the back seat of the car and landed on the roof of car inside the vehicle in time to cushion my head during its contact with the roof of the vehicle. For some reason the airbags didn’t inflate so the loaf was really the only cushion I had. It helped keep me comfortable the whole time. As far as I’m concerned it stopped my head hitting the top of the car and saved my life.”
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Posted: 27th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Massive Baby Named Jihad Born In Berlin (Photos)
GET a load of little Jihad. The 6-kilogramme (13-pound) boy born to 40-year-old Elfi at Berlin’s Charité hospital.
Doctors says that the massive size of Jihad can be attributed to his mum’s gestational gestational diabetes.
Posted: 27th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Dumps Cat In Bin: CCTV Footage Of Singpore’s Mary Bale
THE Mary Bale Fan Club welcomes the mystery man who placed his cat into a bin in Singapore. A child looks on.
The man stopped his Mercedes by the James Tan Veterinary Centre (JTVC) in Singapore. He opened the large rubbish bin and put the car in it, by shacking it out of a carrier. Cameras at JTVC filmed the episode.
Says JTVC’s administration assistant Chee Siew Luan:
“We found a collar on him … We don’t know whether the cat belongs to the man or whether he was just dumping a random cat.”
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Posted: 27th, November 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment
Man Jailed For Firing Pressurised Air Hose Up Friend’s Anus
TO Cyprus, where a carpenter’s assistant has been explaining to a court in Nicosia why he shot pressurised air up his friend’s rectum. The inflation ruptured the victim’s large intestine. Surgery was required.
The Cyprus Mail reports that the assailant was “seeking a pleasant change that would break the monotony of hard work”.
In jailing the 31-year-old for 45 days, the judge stated:
“The defendant’s idea to administer pressurised air into his friend’s anus is indeed original and in reality the thought of it provokes laughter; but putting the idea into practice ended up in tragedy for the victim and the perpetrator…the tragic consequences for the victim were not worth the defendant’s few moments of fun. The particular action is not a usual phenomenon, but the frivolity of people acting at the expense of other people without considering the unexpected consequences of the joke is a phenomenon of concern to our society.”
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Posted: 26th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Zainab Bibi Accused Of Killing Her Husband And Trying To Cook And Eat Him
TO Pakistan, where Zainab Bibi, 32, is accused of killing her husband and making ready to cook him. Says local police chief Nadeem Baig:
“They [also arrested: Bibi’s nephew Zaheer, 22] killed Ahmed Abbas, Zainab’s husband, and chopped his body into pieces and were about to cook the flesh in a bowl.”
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Posted: 25th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Spot The Bloke: Which One Is It?
CAN you Spot The Bloke? Which one of this gallery of lovelies was born a woman? Last photo reveals all…
Posted: 25th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Woman Makes Pet Of Thanksgiving Oyster With A Nice Smile
EVA Carbonaro, of Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, came upon a Thanksgiving oyster with a smily face at Scudder Lane town landing in Barnstable.
Carbonaro now keeps Rockerfeller in a bowl of water in her refrigerator. Says she:
“I think he gets a pardon. I couldn’t look him in the eye and in good faith go ahead with it. He’s definitely going to be a guest of honour at our Thanksgiving dinner.”
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Posted: 25th, November 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comment
