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« Previous EntriesThey really will arrest you for overdue library books. Who knew?
Friday, August 22nd, 2008GRAFTON, Wis. - A Grafton woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines. Heidi Dalibor, 20, told the News Graphic in Cedarburg she ignored the library’s calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.
Still, she was surprised when officers with a warrant knocked on her door, […]
Former Beauty and the Cloned Pitbulls (and the Mormon Abduction)
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008This is an awesome story and perfect for funnyweirdnews.com! It has is all: sex, crime, scary, dumb and kinda funny!
The moral of this story is don’t date former beauty queens!! Wacko!
At first it seemed a straightforward example of the oddball stories which emerge during the long, slow, news days of high summer.
A ‘Californian woman’ had paid £25,000 […]
Cops Vs. Python
Monday, April 21st, 2008Bad snake, bad snakes, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when the police are coming for you!!!!
EUGENE, Ore. - A pet store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils of a 12-foot Burmese python doing its best to turn her into a meal.
Teresa Rossiter had reached into a […]
Bears Gone Wild! Dancing That is!
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Grizzly bears are getting their groove on, and new hidden cameras are giving scientists a window into the secret lives of these dancing bears.
This is no circus act. Between 2005 and 2007, Kate Kendall of the U.S. Geological Survey and her colleagues took video footage of black and grizzly bears doing what looks like the […]
Diapered Monkey on the Loose
Sunday, April 6th, 2008ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A diaper-clad monkey who escaped from his Orlando home is in the custody of animal control. Orlando Police said the monkey escaped through a window Friday and was sitting on top of a wall near a condo building.
When passerby’s tried to catch the monkey, he charged at them, forcing them to […]
Texas Rancher arrested for selling snake vodka
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008You gotta love people from Texas! After living there for a few years, I totally can believe this story.
SANTO, Texas - A rattlesnake rancher who calls himself Bayou Bob found a new way to make money: Stick a rattler inside a bottle of vodka and market the concoction as an “ancient Asian elixir.” […]
Man Marries Dog in India
Sunday, November 25th, 2007NEW DELHI - A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death — an act he believes cursed him — a newspaper reported Tuesday.
P. Selvakumar married the sari-draped former stray named Selvi, chosen by family members and then […]
Calif. Woman Tries To Steal Fire Engine Half-Naked
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 A woman is admitted to the Sacramento mental hospital, after trying to drive off with a fire engine, half-naked.
Fire officials say the attempted theft happened when they were on a first aid call. The driver of the fire engine says he was at the back of the truck, when he heard the accelerator. He […]
Money Found in Toilets Across Japan
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Envelopes containing 10,000 yen ($82) bills and well-wishing notes have been discovered in municipal toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.
Local media have estimated that over two million yen ($16,400) worth of bills were found at men’s rooms in city halls in at least 15 prefectures (states) in […]
Utah Man, 87, Says He Hitchhiked to Pa.
Thursday, July 12th, 2007An 87-year-old Utah man was discovered 2,000 miles away Wednesday in Pennsylvania, less than 48 hours after he was reported missing, police said. How did Andrew Hentz do it?
“He mentioned he had hitchhiked,” Clinton police Detective Matt Fawbush said. “I wish I knew how he traveled that far. It’s mind-boggling.”
Hentz has a son in Middletown, […]