The "News of the Weird" Thread

[wa-loaf]

English-speaking teen appears in German capital, says he lived in woods for last 5 ye

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4454911...-says-he-lived-woods-last-years/#.TnOS8uyRJ8F

 

[wa-loaf]

This one had me shaking my head... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/16/robert-young-mark-rubinso_n_965910.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%7C96167

You'd think they could have at least brought him along to the strip club ...

 

[bvibert]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4454911...-says-he-lived-woods-last-years/#.TnOS8uyRJ8F

WTF?? That's just bizarre!

 

[bvibert]

You'd think they could have at least brought him along to the strip club ...

Exactly!

 

[bvibert]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...que_photo_collector_claims_based_on_civi.html

For some reason this doesn't surprise me...

 

[ctenidae]

"150 years from now, he might be a politician, the leader of a cult, or a talk show host."

I fail to see the distinction between the three.

It does look a lot like him, though.

 

[wa-loaf]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44626767/ns/local_news-boston_ma/#.Tnt4ROyRJ8E

 

[Puck it]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44626767/ns/local_news-boston_ma/#.Tnt4ROyRJ8E

Darwin award?

 

[wa-loaf]

Darwin award?

Def a contender.

 

[Grassi21]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44626767/ns/local_news-boston_ma/#.Tnt4ROyRJ8E

Darwin award?

He needed more glowsticks....

 

[ctenidae]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44626767/ns/local_news-boston_ma/#.Tnt4ROyRJ8E

What a horribly written article.

"Bleistein was in Haverhill to visit his grandmother. "

I doubt this is true.

 

[legalskier]

OAP dies of 'spontaneous human combustion' in his sitting room
-Coroner records first ever case in Ireland
-Only scorch marks on ceiling and floor where he was standing
A baffled coroner has ruled that a man who burned to death in his home died as a result of spontaneous human combustion. Dr Ciaran McLoughlin, the coroner for West Galway in Ireland, said that although Michael Faherty, 76, had been found lying on his back close to a fire in an open fireplace, that blaze had NOT caused his death. He said a detailed investigation into all other possibilities had offered no other explanation, so he was delivering such a verdict for the first time in his 25 years as a coroner. ***
Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...led-Irelands-recorded-case.html#ixzz1ZAVRcgma



What's an OAP? Is that like a drummer?

 

[jrmagic]

Love that movie. Unfortunalte OAP has nothing to do with Spontaneous Combustion its a term in England (and apparantly Ireland) for someone living off a government pension.

 

[legalskier]

Kids survive ferris wheel plane crash
TWO children amazingly escaped uninjured when a light plane crashed into a ferris wheel they were riding at a fair on the state's mid-north coast yesterday. The children - a boy, 9, and a girl, 13 - were riding the ferris wheel at the Old Bar fair, near Taree, when the ultra-light Cheetah S200 crashed into the top of the ride two carriages in front of them. ***
Story: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/kids-survive-ferris-wheel-plane-crash/story-fn6b3v4f-1226155178395
(The pilot and passenger survived too!)

:-o
This story clearly merits inclusion in the Wtf? thread as well.

 

[bvibert]

And I thought steeling manhole covers for scrap was kinda gutsy...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/0...t-off-steel-bridge-in-pennsylvania/?hpt=hp_t2

 

[ctenidae]

And I thought steeling manhole covers for scrap was kinda gutsy...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/0...t-off-steel-bridge-in-pennsylvania/?hpt=hp_t2

Funny that it was "Covert's Crossing." Covert, indeed. I'm still trying to figure out how the train of thought ran that led from "copper thefts in the area" to "close access to a steel bridge." How did they notice it was gone if there is a 9 day window there? Did a truck from the local business end up in the creek? What are the chances that a Dukes of Hazard moment will occur there, with a couple of loveable rascals outwitting the ne'er-do-well sherrif who didn't know the bridge had been stolen, thereby playing nicely on the irony of the policeman's car being wrecked because he had failed in his duty to protect property? Why is it actually difficult to construct a good pun playing on steel and steal? The track to that joke should run straight, with the inertia of humour barreling down the track like an out of control locomotive. Clearly local law enforcement was asleep at the switch, but the investigation should pick up steam pretty quickly.

/still can't get to steel/steal...
//it was originally a railroad bridge

 

[bvibert]

Funny that it was "Covert's Crossing." Covert, indeed. I'm still trying to figure out how the train of thought ran that led from "copper thefts in the area" to "close access to a steel bridge." How did they notice it was gone if there is a 9 day window there? Did a truck from the local business end up in the creek? What are the chances that a Dukes of Hazard moment will occur there, with a couple of loveable rascals outwitting the ne'er-do-well sherrif who didn't know the bridge had been stolen, thereby playing nicely on the irony of the policeman's car being wrecked because he had failed in his duty to protect property? Why is it actually difficult to construct a good pun playing on steel and steal? The track to that joke should run straight, with the inertia of humour barreling down the track like an out of control locomotive. Clearly local law enforcement was asleep at the switch, but the investigation should pick up steam pretty quickly.

/still can't get to steel/steal...
//it was originally a railroad bridge

Valiant effort..

 

[legalskier]

Does one actually have to die to get a Darwin Award? Do they give out honorable mentions? Dishonorable mentions?

NY man shot while making animal noises in woods
*** Stephen Comrie of Manlius was walking through the woods to a bonfire party around 11:30 Saturday night when he and another man decided to play a prank on the group around the fire. They crouched down and made animal noises for several minutes. Stanton says 21-year-old Jeremy Messina fired his shotgun, striking Comrie in the face, forearm, chest and thigh. The victim walked out of the woods to get hospital treatment. ***
Story: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/10/24/blotter/doc4ea539e672eaf348167287.txt

 

[ctenidae]

Does one actually have to die to get a Darwin Award? Do they give out honorable mentions? Dishonorable mentions?

They get named as "At-Risk Survivors"

And mostly move to Florida

 

[wa-loaf]

http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2011/10/lego_man_washes.html?p1=Upbox_links