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.
Police Log: Dog Eats Watermelon
POLICE Log: Anorak’s Look At Crime In The News…
Twisting My Melon
A dog eating a watermelon helped cause a Boston man to repeatedly stab himself to prove to his brother he wasn’t afraid of pain, police say.
A police report said the two unidentified brothers got into an argument this week after a dog belonging to one of the men consumed a watermelon owned by his brother, the Boston Herald said Thursday.
A dog ate a watermelon?
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Posted: 3rd, October 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Ode To Pay: Germans Say Friedrich Schiller Must Pay
DEAR Friedrich Schiller, though you have been dead for more than 200 years, and never watched television, we remind you that you should pay your TV and radio licence fee.
Das ist alles.
Schiller is, of course, the writer of Ode To Joy (An die Freude), on which the anthem of the European Union is based. He is also a non-payer of the German licence fee, and the German fee collection agency, GEZ, says he must pay.
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Posted: 2nd, October 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (7)
Man Arrested For Fishing For Women’s Underwear
POLICE LOG: Crime in the news…
Fishing. Knickers. Make up your own headline…
Tokyo police said Tuesday they had arrested a man with a passion for women’s underwear who used a fishing rod to reel them in.
Akira Hino, 51, was arrested last week for stealing a pair of knickers from a laundry pole on a second-floor balcony, a police spokesman said.
He stretched out a three-metre (10-foot) rod and caught the underwear on a hook, the Mainichi Shimbun reported.
Called to his house, police found more than 500 pairs of women’s underwear inside. He reportedly told investigators he had got into the habit of stealing undergarments when he was 18.
Pass the wasabi…
Posted: 2nd, October 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (9)
Unattended Children Will Be Sold As Slaves
Unattended Children Will Be Sold As Slaves – or swapped…
Finding Little Miss Perfect And Master Right On Child Trader
Posted: 2nd, October 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (8)
India’s Monkey Man Scares Off the Monkeys
TO India’s Lucklow station where a man is dressed as a monkey to scare away the monkeys that – get this – are also men dressed as monkeys. All the real monkeys have been eaten by the crocodiles. Ho-ho.
Roll VT:
Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
Please To Be Closing Toilet Door Omnivorously
Please clsoe the tolet door omnivorously…
Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (25)
Twinkle Dwivedi Is The Girl Who Sweats Blood
TWINKLE Dwivedi, age 13, sweats blood – literally.
Says her mother Nandani Diwedi:
“I am desperate to help my daughter. We are not superstitious people but we became so desperate. We’ve been to temples, mosques, churches and sufi saints, but nothing has cured her.”
Twinkle bleeds between five and 20 times a day. Says she:
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Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Head Master: School Bans Hair To The Perpendicular
HEADMASTER Mark Perry, of noble brow, says all pupils who gel their hair to “more than a 90-degree angle” will be rusticated.
Says one 15-year-old at St Peter’s Church of England Aided School in Exeter, Devon: “How does our hairstyle affect our learning. We are very upset.”
On the contrary.
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Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Strange But True, Tabloids | Comments (5)
Crocodile Shoe: British Tourists Eaten In Australia
ARTHUR Booker – “Tragic Arthur Booker” – is in the Australian outback on holiday. His wife Doris is sleeping.
He wakes early to check his crab pots on the bank of the Endeavour River.
He does not return. Doris awakens and finds the crab pot rope snapped, large crocodile slidemarks and the couple’s new video camera, Arthur’s watch and a single shoe.
Is this a John Stonehouse moment, we wonder?
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Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Strange But True, Tabloids | Comments (19)
What Not To Do When You Win The Lottery
Ianthe Fullagar, of Ravenglass, w2ins £7million on the Lottery.
The 18-year-old, who hid her winning ticket in her bra, is organising an Egyptian holiday and wants a Ford Ka.
The saddest story of the day…
Thanks June…
Posted: 30th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man Punches Shark To Save Pet Dog
SHARKS are pets too:
Jake was on his daily swim in Islamorada, Florida when a shark tried to gobble him up. Jake’s owner, Greg LeNoir, watched in horror as the 5 ft shark wrapped it’s jaws around the 14 lb pooch. LeNoir dove in after jake, punching the shark. The shark let go of Jake, and the dog resurfaced and hightailed it back to shore.
Hightailed? What tail..?
Posted: 30th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (7)
Finding Little Miss Perfect And Master Right On Child Trader
BOY for sale. Girl for sale:
AS you may have heard on the news or read in one of our press releases, Child Trader is now the nations 4th largest child exchange network and as such, has brought happiness to more than 1623 American households who otherwise had very few options in creating a more loving family and home life when realizing their child wasn’t the right fit for them.
We’re Number 4!
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Posted: 30th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (15)
P-AAAAARRRRRR: Even Pirates Have A Spokesman
CLARENCE Mitchell should have no problem getting work – even pirates have a spokesman:
Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter carrying supposed Kenyan military weapons have defiantly demanded $US20 million ($24 million) in ransom despite being surrounded by three foreign warships.
The spokesman for the pirates, contacted by AFP via satellite telephone, confirmed that they were surrounded by three foreign war vessels off Somalia’s central coast and said the ship’s crew was “safe and not harmed.”
P-AAAAARRRRRRRRRRR
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Posted: 29th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (11)
Buy Your Child Predator Hands
YOU can buy Child Predator Hands over the counter.
But now and get a free pair of stacked heels and an oversized wig…
Kim Jong-il And Gary Glitter Are Missing
How The Media Made Gary Glitter Appear And Disappear
Gary Glitter’s Gonna Get You
Posted: 28th, September 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Crash Test Honey: Infatable Dolls For Cars
“I HEARD a loud bang and went outside to see what was happening. I couldn’t believe it,” says Mavis Batty of the scene on Liverpool Road, Irlam.
“I’m amazed no one was killed. It looked like the emergency services were trying to get someone out of the back – maybe it was the rubber doll.”
It was. In the back of the blue Fiesta the figure of a woman appears.
The driver and his passengers are not hurt. The rubber doll is full serviceable.
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Posted: 27th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Man Drowned In Thai Election Publicity Stunt
HAND our flyers for your candidate by all means. But would you lay down your life for David Cameron?
A publicity stunt by an underdog in the race to be governor of Bangkok went badly wrong when her campaign manager drowned as they bathed in a canal to highlight the plight of residents who have no access to clean water.
Candidate Leena Jangjanya said 32-year-old Thirasak Sitanont drowned on Thursday as she and other staff were showing journalists the rashes they got from washing in the filthy water.
“One of my staff saw him waving and crying for help, but we thought he was pretending and he was far away from us, posing for two TV crews,” a sobbing Leena told Reuters.
“A few minutes later he disappeared and we had to call the police to come and find him,” said Leena, who had fallen into another canal in front of the TV cameras on Wednesday as she was trying to show her support for riverboat commuters.
Gordon Brown’s supporters are facing far slower death…
Posted: 26th, September 2008 | In: Politicians, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Calls For A Return To Segregation In Alabama’s Bear Pit
A RETURN to Russellville, Alabama where authorities are investigating a chid’s severed foot.
As Anorak readers recall, the foot was brought home by a family dog. A two-day hunt ensued. But the rest of the child was not found.
Now after extensive study the local police department’s crack team of forensic boffins and detectives can say with no hint of doubt that it IS a foot, specifically a bear’s foot.
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Posted: 26th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Juice Drinker Canned In Dubai
TO Dubai, where arrests are being made. A 28-year-old Russian female, in Dubai on a tourist visa, and a 30-year-old Lebanese man are taking in the stifling air of the great resort in the sea.
They are drinking a restorative, a juice.
Stop! You there! Stop! In accordance with the Federal Penal Code of the United Arab Emirates, a public intake of food and beverages during daytime hours of the month of Ramadan is forbidden by Article 313.
Don’t flash your knickers. That will only make matters worse. You’re busted. To the cells.
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Posted: 25th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Australian Man Confesses To Everything
JASON Hall is up before The Beak at Campbelltown Local Court to answer two counts of assault involving a female domestic partner. Says he:
“How about I just plead guilty to the whole fucking lot and just send me to gaol?
Yeah, I am. I’m guilty on the whole lot. Send me to fucking gaol you piece of shit. It’s fucking wrong.
It’s wrong, look, you’re a female . . .
Of course you’re going to charge me.
Of course you’re going to go against me because you’re female.
Fuck brief nothing. Just – I’m pleading guilty on the lot. Don’t worry about it. Change it right now, pleading guilty on the fucking lot.
When I come back here in a week I don’t want to see you, you putrid fuck.
I would too if I was you, you fucking cunt, fucking dog, fucking moll.”
Later, he puts his thoughts to paper:
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Posted: 25th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Children On The Playground Fertility Slide
OH Brave New World. It’s a penis. It’s a slide. It’s sex education.
Anorak blames the (G) litter bins…
Posted: 25th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
Man Arrested For Farting
JOSE Cruz is stopped by police in
He is suspected of for driving under the influence of alcohol in South Charleston, USA.
He fails the test.
He is taken to the police station to have his fingerprints taken. Police claim he moves towards one officer and passes gas on him. It is said he did then fan the fumes towards the officer.
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Posted: 25th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
The Australian Pig That Thinks It’s An Elephant
“IT’S a beautiful male pig but he’s just so big and so pushy,” Caroline Hayes tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
“The rangers came out to my house yesterday with a dog cage and this pig is that big, it’s like trying to put an elephant in a dog cage.”
Is it? You make you own entertainment in rural Australia. Go on:
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Posted: 24th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
The Case Of The Labour Activist, A Dog And The Severed Finger
“WHEN I came in there was the finger lying on the floor, cleanly sliced off.
“I wrapped it up in a food bag and put it in the freezer and waited for the owner to come back and collect it, so he could have it stitched on – but he never came back.
“I contacted the police because at the end of the day I have got somebody’s finger in my freezer. Later I got a call from them and they said they had found the owner, Brian Hunter.”
There’s more:
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Posted: 24th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (7)
Pagan Stabs Herself In Good Luck Ceremony
WICCANS beware:
“A WOMAN accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 36in sword while performing a pagan good luck ritual in a cemetery at night” – Ravenshead Messenger
Spotter: Tim. S.
Posted: 24th, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (13)
Dog Finds Child’s Severed Foot: Rest Of Child Missing
TO RUSSELLVILLE, Alabama, where the family mutt family has brought home a child’s severed foot.
The beast! But the food it not chewed off, but cut.
Searchers combing surrounding woods in northwest Alabama found no signs of any other remains and don’t know where the child might be.
What is more:
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Posted: 23rd, September 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (17)
