Category Archives: Weird
Single Tuna auctioned at $ 100,000 and ready for Sushi
Tuna fishing is dangerous and sometimes deadly, this is usually a deep sea fishing with rough seas but the fish itself is worth its weight in Gold. A single fish has fetched 100 thousand dollars setting the record for the decade.
The 282-pound (128-kilogram) premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma fetched 9.63 million [...]
Woman tries to avoid dog and crashes to death
An unlucky woman on a motorway in Sydney, tried to avoid a big dog crossing the motorway, in the process swerves and jumps the median and crashes to death.
Police were called to last night’s crash – on the M4 motorway, just east of the Prospect Road off-ramp – about 8.45pm.
They found the woman’s silver [...]
Contraceptives pollute Environment says Vatican
The contraceptive pill is polluting the environment and is in part responsible for male infertility, a report in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano said Saturday.
The pill “has for some years had devastating effects on the environment by releasing tonnes of hormones into nature” through female urine, said Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, president of the [...]
New Orleans man kills son to avoid paying Child Support
A man who initially told police gunmen kidnapped his 2 1/2-year-old son was arrested Saturday, accused of committing an “extremely hideous” murder because he was ordered to pay child support, Police Superintendent Warren Riley said.
Danny Platt confessed, told police where to find the child’s body and will be booked with first-degree murder of Ja’ Shawn [...]
Man buys lottery tickets, dies the next day his widow wins $10 million
On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.
Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker [...]
New Jersey lawyer stole $4 million and used for gambling
A northern New Jersey lawyer pleaded guilty Friday to stealing about $4 million from a trust account and used the money to feed the slot machines in Atlantic City, Attorney General Anne Milgram said.
Michael P. Rumore, 50, of Lyndhurst Township, Bergen County, pleaded guilty to first-degree money laundering and second-degree theft, Milgram said.
Rumore was hired [...]
The Futurist predict more Sex in 2009 for US
Yes, you heard it right, people are in for a lot of sex in the New Year – and the reason is, women’s growing economic power. The power around the world will give them more choices, and one of those choices, apparently, will be to have more sex, reports the Courier Mail.
The prediction is [...]
Girl calls 911 to report her own DUI and gets rescued
What will you do if you realise that you are totally out of control and sure to meet an accident, probably you can do what a 17 year old did call up 911 and tell them your Driving under influence.
Police Lt. Randy Ziegler said. “I’ve never heard of such a thing happening, and neither has [...]
Innovative anti DUI activist gets busted
A Washington man trying to stop his friend from driving under influence using paint balls and guns, was arrested by the cops.
Kennewick, Wash., police Sgt. Ken Lattin calls it a “very creative” way to prevent someone from drunken driving — but a designated driver would have been safer.
Responding Tuesday night to a nearby resident’s report [...]
Porcupines ravaging parts of colorado
Porcupines are becoming a prickly pest for Telluride-area residents. Residents said the rodents are chomping on the bark of spruce trees, yard trees, and have killed 50-foot-high native trees. The damage is estimated at more than $100,000 in the Mountain Village above Telluride.
Porcupines also favor salty and sweaty items, so plywood treated with a sodium-based [...]
IRS sends 5 cent tax notice to Detroit lawyer
A Detroit lawyer received two letters one for tax payment and other for tax returns, the funny part is that the letters and mailing labels would have cost more than the value demanded for.
The Detroit defense lawyer received one letter in November that said he owed the IRS money — five cents.
He was warned that [...]
Weight loss works tons of wonders for elephants at San Diego
They could be the next stars of “The Biggest Loser.” Seven elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park have lost a combined total of 11,314 pounds ever since zookeepers enforced a nutrition and exercise regiment for them in 2000.
The rotund captive elephants that zoo visitors are familiar with are mostly overweight compared [...]
Red meat thief gets caught red handed
This alleged grocery thief apparently has a taste for finer cuisine. Racine police said 43-year-old Brian A. Rubenstein tried to steal $625 in groceries, including $365 in lobster and $213 in ribeye and beef roasts. Police said the Kenosha man was arrested Dec. 23 after [...]
Old Woman sues Kid’s parents after football gives mental torture
Parents of a normal playful kid are getting sued by a granny in Ohio for alleged mental torture. Though for first impression looks its a silly case, if you read on you will understand who is really silly .. the kid’s parents or Granny.
An 89-year-old Cincinnati-area woman arrested for confiscating the neighbor kid’s football is [...]
Traveller brings monkey carcasses into US
US Customs caught a traveller from Central Africa carrying carcasses of three spider monkeys in his bag. It is not known whether he brought them as food or as pet. But once the confiscated carcasses were removed and tested for any disease, he was let to go.
Customs spokesman Steve Sapp said a trained dog alerted [...]
Boston Feline gets first of a Kind face attachment Surgery
In one of the most bizzare surgeries of its time a group of Boston Vetenarians performed a one of a kind plastic surgery to reattach the face of a cat. The cat had caught under the hood of car and its face was hanging before being rescued and operated upon.
Edgar, a 4-year-old long-haired feline, [...]
Dad chases girl’s boyfriend naked..
An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter’s boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter’s room. Authorities say the father, 45, didn’t even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year.
When he heard noises coming from [...]
