Archive for the Weirdness Category

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Man breaks into neighbor’s home covered in feces, dives into pool

Man breaks into neighbor's home covered in feces, dives into pool

Good fences make good neighbors.
A naked man in Martin County, Florida broke into a neighbor’s yard and dove into his swimming pool while covered in feces, according to police.
21 year-old Robert Stark Higgins, who lived nearby, was charged with burglary, disorderly conduct, and misdemeanor theft.
A resident in the 9000 block of Southeast Nero Street told [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Texas sheriff deputies reportedly let waitress pose with gun

Texas sheriff deputies reportedly let waitress pose with gun

Five Midland county sheriff’s deputies have been suspended and could be charged after allegedly allowing a Twin Peaks waitress to hold one of their service rifles while they took pictures of her.
According to a police report, police arrived on Monday night after someone called about a waitress holding a rifle in the parking lot.
Also according [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Austrailian man electrocuted at electric power station in apparent copper theft attempt

Austrailian man electrocuted at electric power station in apparent copper theft attempt

Stupidity knows no boundaries
In a bizarre and twisted turn of events, a man in Australia was electrocuted during what appears to have been an attempt to steal copper wiring from a west Melbourne power substation.
The story is somewhat reminicent of a similar story here in the states where an Ohio man apparently died doing the [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Florida town manager fired for porn actress wife

Florida town manager fired for porn actress wife

HER job too sleazy to let HIM stay in something as pure and proper as government
The manager of the town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida was fired after city officials learned of his wife’s profession as an adult film actress.
Mayor  Larry Kiker  called an emergency meeting town council meeting in which the group voted 5-0 [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Man goes up in flames after tazing

Man goes up in flames after tazing

Doused himself with gasoline, charged police.
A man who poured gasoline on himself and charged a police officer burst into flames after being hit with a Taser, police in Australia said Tuesday.
“He was carrying a lighter and pouring himself with petrol,” said Inspector Bill Munnee with the West Australian Police. “We don’t know if the lighter [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Man who rode motorcycle across the US killed at home

Man who rode motorcycle across the US killed at home

Most accidents happen close to home.
Fresh from riding a 4,200 mile motorcycle ride across the US, Jon Canaday had just returned home to Palm Beach Gardens Saturday night, according to his business partner.
Canaday was struck by a car at a stop sign intersection and killed while riding his motorcycle on Tuesday.
Canaday was riding westbound  [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

911 Caller Asks For Police Escort To Rap Concert

911 Caller Asks For Police Escort To Rap Concert

Calls 911 twice in 2 days – tells operator he’d been smoking pot. Retardacious.
A Florida man was arrested for 911 abuse, and probably other charges soon, after making a call to 911 requesting a police ride to a rap concert. Just in case you think we’re making this up, there’s his mugshot, right there.
Just the [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Prank-callers trick hotel guests into causing damage

Prank-callers trick hotel guests into causing damage

Cop got suspicious after he smashed the window with the toilet tank.
A man and his wife were duped into trashing their hotel room in Orlando, Florida early Monday morning.
Mark and Lisa Kantorski were staying in a room at a hotel near the Orlando International Airport when Lisa answered a phone call from someone claiming to [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

ABC News reporter spit upon by angry mob in Jerusalem

ABC News reporter spit upon by angry mob in Jerusalem

Rain of Terror.
A veteran news reporter for ABC news was cornered by an angry mob at a protest in Jerusalem this past Saturday as she covered the protest.
Anne Barker was in Jerusalem, Israel to report on protests that were going on over a carpark that was built accommodate the increasing number of tourists visiting [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

UK man uses nail clippers to give himself a circumcision

UK man uses nail clippers to give himself a circumcision

DIY Circumcision turns out to be a bad decision.
A young man in the UK learned the hard way that it’s better to leave some things to the pros.
Like performing procedures on your most prized organs. The man had tried to give himself a circumcision using a pair of nail clippers.  He ended up being rushed [...]