By curtisrx | Published:
February 5, 2010
Did you know that most sharks can can detect a drop of blood in the water from 2.5 miles away and can grow a new set of teeth in a week?
By curtisrx | Published:
February 4, 2010
In Nairobi, a Kenyan farm manager was working overtime during the weekend when a 13-foot python coiled around him and dragged him up a tree. The man stated that he was walking down an overgrown path when he stepped on something spongy lying on the ground and then suddenly he was entangled by the huge snake. Fearing his imminent death by strangulation, the man struggled to break free of the python’s iron grip by biting a chunk out of the its tail and smothering it with his t-shirt. Eventually the man was able to pull his cell phone free from his pocket and call for help. Police quickly arrived on the scene and managed to tie a rope around the python and yank both of them out of the tree. The python was captured and placed into a sack, but escaped on three separate occasions before making a clean getaway.
By curtisrx | Published:
February 4, 2010
In Jerusalem, a young Tel Aviv woman decided to do a good deed and buy her mother a brand new mattress as a gift, but didn’t realized that there was $1 million in cash tucked away inside of the old mattress that she nonchalantly threw into the trash. The young woman woke up the following morning remembering a conversation where her mother told her that she had been hiding her entire life savings in the old mattress because of a terrible experience she had with a bank in the past. By the time the woman had realized her life altering mistake, the mattress had already been picked up and taken to the local dump. The woman searched through three different landfill to no avail, twenty-five hundred tons of garbage arrives to the dumps per day and the chance of finding the mattress is equivalent to a needle in a haystack.
By curtisrx | Published:
February 2, 2010
In Texas, a fire erupted and swept across a popular shopping mall after an inflatable gorilla, set up as a promotional tool to bring in new customers, ran amuck on its rooftop. The fire started when the gorilla slowly began to deflate and landed on a set of hot lights used to illuminate the balloon. Firefighters arrived on the scene before any severe damage could occur, but two stores did suffer water damage. Fortunately nobody was injured in the blaze except for the gorilla, who’s charred remains were scattered about the scene. As of yet, the gorilla’s family has not made an official statement.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 31, 2010
In Poland, a 76-year-old man who had show all the characteristics of death was found alive inside his coffin after a mortician opened it up to retrieve a necklace for his former widow. As the mortician reached around the body to unlatch the piece of jewelry, his hand slipped onto the man’s neck and that’s when he noticed that it now had a pulse. The previously dead man also began to exhibit signs of shallow breathing even though just hours before he didn’t have a heartbeat and his body temperature had begun to cool. The resurrected man was rushed to the hospital where he received a few weeks of treatment before making a full recovery.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 30, 2010
In Tennessee, a 60-year-old preacher at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church has been accused of pulling a gun on his 32-year-old son during an heated argument inside its hallowed halls. The incident started when the father confronted his son for missing multiple days of church and the conversation quickly went south. In a fit of warped rational and hope that fear would get his son to attend church weekly, his father pulled a gun on him and threatened to kill his entire family. Concerned for the safety of his loved ones and his own well being, the son took out a restraining order on his father and charges have been filed. Neither the church, nor the pastor will comment on the case and a court date has been set.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 27, 2010
In Belgrade, a hunger strike turned into a cannibalistic protest when a Serbian union official cut off his own finger with a hacksaw and ate it. The incident sprang from the desperation of a group textile workers who have been waiting almost two years for unpaid wages and have been forced to survive meagerly on social benefits. The man made the difficult decision to sever his finger and consume it after he overheard a single mother of three at the protest state that she would cut off her own finger just to make a statement. The man acted first to save the woman from having to do the grisly deed herself. The union is already planning further self mutilations unless talks resume and their demands are met.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 26, 2010
In Missouri, police were interrogating two suspects accused of stealing a two-carat diamond ring with a hefty price tag of over $20,000 when one of the suspects literally began to cough up the evidence they needed for a solid conviction. Police were led to the suspects when they got a tip from another jewelry store where the man and woman tried to sell off their newly acquired booty after the heist. Unfortunately at the time, all police had to go on was a single eye witness account after the fact and didn’t have enough evidence for a conviction, but then their luck changed. While under going interrogation, a painful coughing fit sized the 23-year-old male suspect, causing him to spit out the stolen ring right in front of their eyes. The couple have been charged with receiving stolen property and the ring has been returned to its rightful owner.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 25, 2010
In Florida, a man was rooting around the community trash dumpster in his apartment complex searching for secondhand treasure when he came across a discarded photograph of a space shuttle in a damaged frame that just happened to have $3100 in cash tucked away behind it. After the man took his daily discovery home, he proceeded to remove the photograph to replace the frame and found 35 $20 bills & 24 $100 bills concealed inside of it. He reported the money to the police and is fully entitled to the cash if the original owner doesn’t show up after an allotted time period.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 24, 2010
In Cleveland, a 300-pound woman pleaded guilty to the involuntary manslaughter of her 120-pound boyfriend after she sat on him during an altercation and accidentally crushed him to death. The woman spent six long months in jail waiting for her day in court and was finally sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours of community service, nearly avoiding the maximum sentence of five years in jail. The family of the deceased, unhappy with the ruling, felt that the perpetrator got off too easy and that justice was not served. The victim’s sister told reporters, “So, basically you can say that I can go sit on somebody and get probation?”
By curtisrx | Published:
January 23, 2010
In Mexico City, police were led on a dangerous high speed car chase by three amateur criminals who stole fourteen boxes of ferrets from a shipment received at the Mexico City airport. The assailants led police on a gripping car chase that came to a screeching halt when they slammed head first into a tree. Once their escape vehicle was incapacitated, the criminals continued the chase on foot. As of now, two of the ferret-nappers have been caught and the third is still at large. The ferrets were unharmed and are currently undergoing trauma counseling.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 22, 2010
In Haiti, an American documentary filmmaker, who was nearly crushed to death after the catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck, wouldn’t have survived the ordeal if it wasn’t for his trusty iphone. Badly injured and rapidly loosing blood, the man used the light from his iphone camera to illuminate the rubble in search of a safe place to hold up until help came for him. He found refuge in an elevator shaft and then used an iphone app to learn a crash course in first aid. He was able to make several makeshift bandages and tourniquets to stop the profuse bleeding from the head and leg wounds. He also set the alarm on his phone to go off every half hour, because the app warned of the dangers of falling asleep while in shock from severe trauma. 65 hours later the man was rescued and is expected to make a full recovery.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 22, 2010
In Massachusetts, toll booth workers in the cash-only lane of the Massachusetts Turnpike witnessed a scrumptious clashing of the titans when a semi truck hauling beef collided with another semi truck hauling tomatoes. As a result of the accident, both trucks spilled their contents onto the turnpike, covering all the lanes of traffic in beef sides and pulverized tomatoes. Another semi-truck filled with Styrofoam cups was also involved and purged it’s contents onto the turnpike as well. One driver received minor injuries, but luckily everyone else walked away unharmed. Traffic was diverted so clean-up crews could clear the food from the highway, which took nearly eight hours.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 21, 2010
In Iowa, a man who was enjoying a quiet meal at a restaurant near the local university was attack by another restaurant patron who believed the man to be a flesh crazed zombie. Before the man could finish placing his food order, the other patron appeared at his table, called him a ‘zombie’, and threw a punch at him. The victim then attempted to make a emergency call on his cell phone, but a second punch connected with his face and fractured his nose. The bizarre series of events only took a few short minutes to unfold and the assailant quickly fled out the back door, seemingly disappearing into thin air. The man is still at large a reward of $1000 has been offered up for anybody with information on his whereabouts.
By curtisrx | Published:
January 19, 2010
In Iowa, a 46-year-old female employee for the post office was arrested after police found her sitting on the kitchen floor of house she illegally entered during a drunken stupor while on the job. The woman, who was caught in the act of eating leftover noodles out of the elderly woman’s refrigerator, was still dressed in her post office uniform with her mail bag by her side. Authorities say the intoxicated woman entered the premise through the unlocked front door while on her daily mail delivery route. She was taken to the county jail and has been placed on unpaid leave.
