Bizarre news that's just too strange to be true. http://myprops.org/channels/Strange-News/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:49:29 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Florida Swingers Have huge new membership sign ups, thanks to a 23 year old Celebrity Swinger wife. Full article here http://myprops.org/content/Florida-Swingers-Grow-tremendouse-new-members-Florida-Swingers-Press-release/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:12:24 GMT He is old enough to be her great-great-grandfather. But Ahmed Muhamed Dhore, a Somalian who claims he is 112 years old, said he had realised a "dream" by marrying a 17-year-old bride. Dhore - who says he was born in 1897, the year that Queen Victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee - already has 13 children by five wives, but said he would like more with his newest, Safiya Abdulle. Hundreds of people attended the extraordinary ceremony this week in Guriceel, in the region of ... http://myprops.org/content/112-year-old-Somali-man-marries-a-17-year-old-girl/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:48:48 GMT New York Times Article She definitely looks better than before, and I applaud the efforts of the doctors in this cutting edge procedure, but her new face will definitely NOT land her on the Beautiful Women channel. http://myprops.org/content/Face-Transplant-Patient-Is-Revealed/ Tue, 05 May 2009 23:59:20 GMT The Sun: A PAIR of GAY penguins are so loved-up they have been given a WEDDING service. The besotted male birds turned out to be such a great parenting pair their keepers thought they deserved a reward and let them marry. They were once given the cold shoulder at the wildlife park in China for stealing heterosexual couples' eggs to nest as their own. But after being allowed to try out with eggs rejected by their mothers the couple have become the zoo's best penguin parents. Now ... http://myprops.org/content/Gay-penguins-tie-the-knot/ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:40:21 GMT Proving that you don't need Google's billions or the BBC weather centre's resources, the four Spanish students managed to send a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere. Taking atmospheric readings and photographs 20 miles above the ground, the Meteotek team of IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia completed their incredible experiment at the end of February this year. Building the electronic sensor components from scratch, Gerard Marull Paretas, Sergi Saballs Vila, Marta­ ... http://myprops.org/content/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-79-camera-and-balloon/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:38:52 GMT YAMANASHI - Police on Sunday arrested a 39-year-old married man for torching a hotel in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, where he had canceled his wedding to another woman the same day. Nobody was injured, police said. Tatsuhiko Kawata was arrested for allegedly torching the hotel at 2:20 a.m. on Saturday by spreading oil on the floor in a corridor. About 150 people, who were staying at the hotel, were evacuated. According to police, Kawada, who is married and lives with his wife, child ... http://myprops.org/content/Japanese-man-sets-fire-to-hotel-to-avoid-getting-married-not-only-that-he-was-already-married/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:05:20 GMT A teenage boy who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said today. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 18, re-emerged Monday near Nijgadh town, about 100 miles south of the capital, Katmandu. Upon hearing the news, thousands of Bamjan's followers, some from as far away as India, traveled to the site Tuesday to see him, police official Abhaya Joshi said ... http://myprops.org/content/18-year-old-reincarnation-of-Buddha-who-spent-a-year-alone-in-Nepal-jungle-attracts-thousands-of-devotees/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:21:25 GMT FURIOUS parents have called for a saucy teacher to be sacked after she put on a saucy strip show for her 15-year-old pupils. The German minx was supposed to be supervising a start of term party. But things got out of hand as the pretty teacher put on her own s-extracurricular activities for the teen pupils. She seductively stripped down to her underwear - to the joy of her howling students. And she only stopped her X-rated High School musical when another teacher forced her to cover ... http://myprops.org/content/German-teacher-strips-down-to-panties-and-bra-for-high-school-students-video/ Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:54:49 GMT The latest strange news from Reuters and AP News. Updated multiple times daily. http://myprops.org/content/ReutersAP-Strange-News-Videos/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:41:36 GMT Edward Smith, who lives with his current "girlfriend" - a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, insisted that he was not "sick" and had no desire to change his ways. "I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a car only to the point of what I feel is an expression of love," he said. "Maybe I'm a little bit off the wall but when I see movies like Herbie and Knight Rider, where cars become loveable, huggable characters ... http://myprops.org/content/Man-admits-having-sex-with-1000-cars-Telegraph/ Fri, 23 May 2008 02:10:13 GMT The remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing. Hedviga Golik, who was born in 1924, had apparently made herself a cup of tea before sitting in her favourite armchair in front of her black and white television. Croatian police said she was last seen by neighbours in 1966, when she would have been 42 years old. Her neighbours thought she had moved out of her flat in the capital, Zagreb. But she was found by police and ... http://myprops.org/content/Woman-sat-dead-in-front-of-TV-for-42-years/ Mon, 19 May 2008 07:36:13 GMT Are you attending the Olympics in Beijing? If so, get ready for these fabulous and scrumptious gourmet fast food treats fresh from the streets of Beijing, China. To view these delicacies, click here. (Warning: this is a PDF file - sorry - I didn't make it.) Bon Appetit! Page 1: Fast Food in Beijing Page 2: The place to go! Page 3: Try Star Fish fried in shark oil Page 4: Baby Sharks, Deep Fried Star Fish & Sea Urchins Page 5: Turkey Vulture Schnitzels, Sea Snakes, Silk ... http://myprops.org/content/Fast-Food-Fresh-from-the-Streets-of-Beijing-China/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:38:40 GMT Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said. "Pythons are likely to colonize anywhere alligators live, including north Florida, Georgia and Louisiana," said Frank Mazzotti, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences professor, in his two-year study. The pythons thriving in Florida are mostly Burmese pythons from Myanmar that were ... http://myprops.org/content/Giant-pythons-invade-southeastern-Florida-study/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:18:57 GMT Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. The pumps, throwbacks to a bygone era on the American road, are difficult and expensive to upgrade, and replacing them is often out of the question for station owners who are still just scraping by. Many of the same pumps can only count up to $99.99 for the total sale, preventing owners of some ... http://myprops.org/content/Thousands-of-old-fashioned-gas-pumps-dont-have-enough-digits-to-handle-skyrocketing-gas-prices/ Tue, 13 May 2008 08:04:22 GMT With its detailed satellite photos, Google's interactive map lets everyone be a virtual globetrotter. And some of the things we've found in our travels are downright bizarre. http://myprops.org/content/In-Pictures-The-Strangest-Sights-in-Google-Earth/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:17:12 GMT Two Thai fishermen show off a 646-pound giant catfish they caught in the Mekong River in the Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand in mid-May 2005. The fish reportedly scared some tourists. Plus 7 other supersized sea monsters. http://myprops.org/content/Supersize-Sea-Monsters/ Sun, 04 May 2008 16:19:41 GMT A man has been accused of attempting to pass a $360 billion check, which he claims was given to him by his girlfriend's mother to start a record business, Fort Worth police said. Charles Ray Fuller, 21, of Crowley, was arrested on April 22 on an accusation of forgery, police said. Police responded to a report of a man attempting to pass the check about 4 p.m. that day at the Chase bank in the 8600 block of South Hulen Street, Fort Worth police Lt. Paul Henderson said. The personal check ... http://myprops.org/content/Man-accused-of-trying-to-cash-check-for-360000000000/ Thu, 01 May 2008 21:50:24 GMT China has banned leg-lengthening surgery that a largely unregulated beauty industry has been offering to customers who want to be taller. "Leg-stretching surgery for the image conscious has been banned by China's Health Ministry after a spate of botched operations," the Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. A patient recovers after having an operation to lengthen his leg at a hospital in China's eastern city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province in August 2002. China has banned ... http://myprops.org/content/China-bans-leg-lengthening-surgery-disgusting/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:37:04 GMT It's called scarification, and there is no "freezing" or numbing of any kind. It's been around for centuries, as has tattooing and branding. http://myprops.org/content/Skin-Carving-the-new-tattoo/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:53:06 GMT These 15 fat cats are cuddly, cute and fat. http://myprops.org/content/Top-15-Amazingly-Fat-Cats/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:49:18 GMT Jyoti Amge, 14, from Nagpur India who stands at 1ft 11in (58cm) is the world's smallest girl. http://myprops.org/content/Tiny-teenager-from-India-is-smallest-girl-in-the-world/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:56:29 GMT Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle - an electric wheelchair. http://myprops.org/content/Police-Say-Man-in-Wheelchair-Robbed-Bank/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:17:08 GMT The great white shark that was released from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in February definitely knew what it meant to swim and don't look back. The great white shark has made incredible progress since leaving the aquarium, and has many stunned. The shark took just six weeks to make it all of the way to Baja. The shark was a young male and spent 162 days at the aquarium after it was caught by a commercial fisherman in August. http://myprops.org/content/Released-Great-White-Shark-Swims-from-Monterey-Bay-to-Baja-Mexico-in-Just-6-Weeks/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:15:36 GMT TULSA, Okla. -- A bomb was inadvertently dropped from a military jet onto the Canyon Creek Apartments in Tulsa on Thursday, authorities said. The couple who lives in the unit there was not home at the time, and officials said the bomb itself was a dud -- just a training weapon. "We do not take off out of Tulsa with live bombs," said Maj. Gen. Bud Wyatt of the United States Air Force. "We don't take off out of Tulsa with live rockets or live missiles." Military ... http://myprops.org/content/Bomb-Falls-From-Military-Jet-Hits-Oklahoma-Apartment-video/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:28:06 GMT Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question. But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring -- and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend -- sailing away over the rooftops. http://myprops.org/content/Idiot-puts-an-engagement-ring-in-a-Helium-balloon-only-to-watch-it-sail-away/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:13:12 GMT A 35-year-old woman who apparently spent two years in her boyfriend's bathroom in Ness City had become stuck to the toilet seat, authorities said Wednesday. "She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body. It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself," Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said in a telephone interview, adding that it appeared her body fat had grown attached to the seat. Authorities planned to present their ... http://myprops.org/content/Sheriff-Kansas-woman-spent-2-years-sitting-on-boyfriends-toilet/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:41:46 GMT How is this not illegal? http://myprops.org/content/Vegas-Man-Paints-Car-Like-Police-Cruiser/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:31:45 GMT This man weighted 400 kilograms (about 444 1bs) before he lost weights. http://myprops.org/content/A-400-kilograms-man-after-losing-weights/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:04:27 GMT Police arrested a 28-year-old man Sunday on a cruelty to animals charge after he yelled an obscenity at a police dog in a patrol vehicle, according to an arrest affidavit. Moses Rogers Jr., of the 700 block of East Avenue, also faces a disorderly conduct charge in connection with the 2:24 a.m. incidents in the 2300 block of Southeast Federal Highway. Police say Rogers yelled an obscene statement in the window as he walked past a patrol vehicle that contained a patrol dog "causing (the ... http://myprops.org/content/Man-charged-with-cruelty-to-animals-for-cussing-at-a-dog/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:48:25 GMT Dogs around the world will now get a chance to howl along with a special song recorded just for them. http://myprops.org/content/Song-for-dogs-to-hit-world-stage/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:59:58 GMT . http://myprops.org/content/Man-Posted-Bond-for-Strangers-in-Exchange-for-Sex-Judge-Says/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:40:06 GMT At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder. http://myprops.org/content/Meet-the-worlds-smallest-bodybuilder/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:59:44 GMT A hole-in-one is rare on the golf course, but what are the odds of a blind golfer sinking one? http://myprops.org/content/Blind-golfer-scores-hole-in-one/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:03:21 GMT A transparent zebrafish has been engineered to allow scientists to watch how cancers develop and behave inside the body in real time. http://myprops.org/content/See-through-fish-is-created-to-give-a-clearer-idea-of-how-cancer-spreads/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:30:06 GMT British scientists have created human embryos with three parents in a development they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases within five years. http://myprops.org/content/Scientists-create-three-parent-embryos-1/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:36:04 GMT Hen in Mexico lays eggs with green shells. http://myprops.org/content/Hen-that-lays-green-eggs/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:30:54 GMT Brace yourself for more wintry weather. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Saturday, leading the groundhog to forecast six more weeks of winter. The rodent was pulled from his stump by members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, top-hat- and tuxedo-wearing businessmen who carry out the tradition. Each Feb. 2, thousands of people descend on Punxsutawney, a town of about 6,100 people some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, to celebrate what had essentially been a German ... http://myprops.org/content/Punxsutawney-Phil-Predicts-More-Winter-Weather/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:11:23 GMT A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes. http://myprops.org/content/Tantric-Master-Breaks-Ice-Record/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:29:08 GMT As vulnerable as naked mole rats seem, researchers now find the hairless, bucktoothed rodents are invulnerable to the pain of acid and the sting of chili peppers. A better understanding of pain resistance in these sausage-like creatures could lead to new drugs for people with chronic pain. http://myprops.org/content/Strange-Creature-Immune-to-Pain/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:02:06 GMT An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in the first known case of its type. http://myprops.org/content/Girl-switches-blood-type-after-liver-transplant/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:19:38 GMT Video of man with an extremely large mouth. http://myprops.org/content/Massive-Mouth/ Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:58:25 GMT Friends told James Dean that the car was trouble when they saw it - a rare Silver Porsche Spyder, one of only 90 in 1955. Nicknamed "The Little Bastard," the car carried the iconic screen rebel to his grave on September 30, 1955. http://myprops.org/content/Little-Bastard/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:51:34 GMT Scientists develop computer program that can 'translate' a dog's bark. http://myprops.org/content/Dog-Bark-Translator/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:20:38 GMT Man has been using the lawn mower to get around town since losing his license. Even bicycles went faster than the lawn mower's 5 mph, he said. "I've watched them go past me." http://myprops.org/content/Man-Charged-With-Driving-Lawnmower-Drunk/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:50:58 GMT Hundreds ride New York subway in their underwear. http://myprops.org/content/Pants-Off/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:54:32 GMT A pet dog missed the family's dead cat so much that he dug up his grave and brought the body back into the house. When Oscar's owners woke up the next morning they discovered the dog curled up beside Arthur, the late cat, in his basket. His owners, Robert Bell, 73, and his wife, Mavis, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, believe that the dog had licked the cat clean before falling asleep. Mr Bell said that the two pets were constant companions. Arthur, who was a large cat, used to help Oscar ... http://myprops.org/content/Dog-retrieves-his-best-friend-a-cat-buried-in-the-garden/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:50:36 GMT Twins who were separated at birth and adopted by different sets of parents later married each other without realizing they were brother and sister. http://myprops.org/content/Separated-at-birth-twins-get-married/ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:03:20 GMT A genetically modified pig has passed fluorescent green genes on to her piglets. http://myprops.org/content/Taiwan-breeds-green-glowing-pigs/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:05:05 GMT The home of Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Tinkerbell has banned kids from its fanciest restaurant. http://myprops.org/content/Disney-World-restaurant-bans-children/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:20:05 GMT The cop yells "Get your ass back!" to the dog. http://myprops.org/content/YouTube-Dog-attacks-cop-and-gets-tasered/ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:07:26 GMT Streaking - a curiously British phenomenon (that guy who streaked behind David Niven at the Oscars notwithstanding). While I was growing up, it seemed that almost every national sporting event in England was interrupted by a naked runner - usually a short ugly hairy man who proved to the crowd just how cold the weather actually was (see Seinfeld, shrinkage). But while no-one - male or female - probably gives a damn about seeing male dangly bits jogging across a tennis court, I thought there ... http://myprops.org/content/Top-Ten-Female-Streakers-NSFW/ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:15:09 GMT A tiger that mauled a zookeeper last year escaped from its pen at the San Francisco Zoo on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring two others before police shot it dead, authorities said. The three men were in their 20s; they were together and were not zoo employees, San Francisco Police spokesman Steve Mannina said. They were attacked just after the 5 p.m. closing time outside the zoo's Terrace Cafe on the east end of the 125-acre grounds. It was unclear how the tiger escaped or how long it ... http://myprops.org/content/300-pound-tiger-escapes-S.F.-Zoo-kills-1-man-and-injures-2-before-police-shoot-it-dead/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:38:03 GMT A man from the US state of Oregon has stunned friends and relatives by sending them Christmas cards, two months after his own death. The 34 handwritten cards were sent and signed by Chet Fitch, who died in October aged 88, with "Heaven" given as the return address. http://myprops.org/content/Festive-greetings-from-Heaven-1/ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:37:53 GMT The 91st richest man in the U.S., a roofing company billionaire, has died after falling through his home garage's roof, local authorities said Friday. Ken Hendricks, 66, was checking on construction on the roof over his garage at his home in the town of Rock Thursday night when he fell through, Rock County Sheriff's Department commander Troy Knudson said. He suffered massive head injuries, according to his company, ABC Supply Co. http://myprops.org/content/Roofing-billionaire-dies-after-falling-through-roof-of-his-own-house/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:09:40 GMT His name is Paul Karason, and he's blue. It's not makeup or paint. http://myprops.org/content/Mans-skin-turns-dark-blue/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:22:47 GMT South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene. In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams. http://myprops.org/content/South-Koreans-clone-cats-that-glow-in-the-dark/ Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:49:47 GMT Shock rock singer Marilyn Manson has been accused of squandering his band's profit on a child's skeleton and masks made of human skin. http://myprops.org/content/Marilyn-Manson-Accused-Of-Buying-Girls-Skeleton/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:33:27 GMT Troupes of monkeys are out of control in India's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained. "Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Hiren Das told Assam state's assembly. He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them". Last week, around two dozen people ... http://myprops.org/content/Monkey-Menace-in-India-Drives-Residents-Crazy-video/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:31:20 GMT A British woman planning to start a new life with her husband in New Zealand has been banned from entering the country - because she is too fat. Rowan Trezise, 33, has been left behind in England while her husband Richie, 35, has already made the move down under leaving her desperately trying to lose weight. When the couple first tried to gain entry to the country they were told that they were both overweight and were a potential burden on the health care system. http://myprops.org/content/British-woman-banned-from-entering-New-Zealand-because-she-is-too-fat/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:22:30 GMT A mother cremated a body she thought was that of her dead son, only for him to turn up alive later, police said on Friday. Gina Partington's 37-year-old son Thomas Dennison was reported missing last month and a body was found in Rusholme, Manchester, three days later. http://myprops.org/content/Cremated-son-turns-up-alive/ Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:07:57 GMT Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder has admitted not knowing people speak English in London. Crowder, who comes from Atlanta in Georgia, may be praised on the field, but confessed geography was not his strong point. He admitted he did not know until now where London was - or that Londoners spoke English. http://myprops.org/content/NFL-Star-They-Speak-English-In-London/ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:34:31 GMT It's one of the golden rules of the natural world - birds live in trees, fish live in water. The trouble is, no one bothered to tell the mangrove killifish. Scientists have discovered that it spends several months of every year out of the water and living inside trees. http://myprops.org/content/Bizzare-fish-can-survive-for-months-in-trees/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:34:53 GMT It was like Jaws! An 844-pound mako shark hangs from the scales at the Destin Fishing Rodeo in Destin, Fla.,Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007. The 11-foot shark was hauled in by angler Adlee Bruner of Bruce, Fla and once gutted, it tipped the scales at 638 pounds, breaking the tournament's previous shark division record by 338 pounds. http://myprops.org/content/Fisherman-Lands-Record-844-Pound-Shark-1/ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:42:17 GMT Tourists' eyes were popping and locals' jaws were dropping yesterday morning when a curly-haired hipster bopped around Times Square in the buff. Stunned passers-by stopped, stared and snapped pics of Josh Drimmer, 26, during his several-minutes-long naked stroll at the Crossroads of the World. Drimmer is a playwright and Yale alum from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The strip show ended when the police showed up. "You got ID on you?" one cop asked Drimmer. http://myprops.org/content/Curly-haired-hipster-walks-around-NYC-in-the-buff/ Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:23:10 GMT He sleeps on a bench, but he is king of chess during the day at Washington's Dupont Circle, where he dazzles beginners and masters alike with his winning moves on the park's stone chessboards. Tom Murphy, 49, makes what little money he has from teaching his prodigious knowledge of the game to passersby for a few dollars. "He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest American title; above him are master. So it means he is quite good," said Washington's Chess ... http://myprops.org/content/Homeless-man-is-chess-king-of-Washington/ Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:03:33 GMT A Czech couple who decided to take a DNA test to squash persistent pub gossip and prove that their 10-month-old baby was their own got a nasty surprise. http://myprops.org/content/Bar-gossip-leads-to-nasty-surprise-for-couple/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:41:32 GMT Dutch customs officers found 100 dead beetles stuffed with cocaine while examining a parcel from Peru. http://myprops.org/content/Customs-find-beetles-stuffed-with-cocaine/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:38:45 GMT A skunk, with a glass T. Marzetti Supreme Caesar salad dressing jar stuck on its head. http://myprops.org/content/Cop-uses-BB-gun-to-save-jarhead-skunk/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:32:26 GMT A man who joined Facebook to look at his friend's wedding pics, was sent to jail after the site automatically sent a "friend request" message to his estranged wife. Dillon Osborn, of Newport Pagnell Bucks, had been told by magistrates to stay away from his wife, Claire Tarbox, after bombarding her with phone calls and text messages, the Daily Telegraph reports. http://myprops.org/content/Facebook-friend-request-lands-UK-man-in-jail/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:09:06 GMT The moose followed the cattle all over during the roundup until they were brought into the corral. Ernie Fischer said it was difficult task getting the moose away from the cattle, and it is now staying in a separate corral. http://myprops.org/content/Moose-thinks-hes-a-cow/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:19:34 GMT Days after banning "sexually provocative sounds" on television, China has now stopped networks showing "saucy" adverts for push-up bras and figure-hugging underwear ahead of a major Communist Party meeting next month. http://myprops.org/content/Push-up-bra-ads-banned-in-China-as-meeting-nears/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:04:26 GMT The man at the back of the Metro bus was older, wore glasses and apparently drew the attention of a group of alleged gang members who reportedly began harassing him. But when one of them tried to take the man's glasses, he pulled a knife and fought back, Seattle police said. "He began swinging at his attackers in self-defense," spokeswoman Renee Witt said. When the melee was over, four of the teens had cuts, including some with superficial cuts to their buttocks, and one had a ... http://myprops.org/content/Teenage-gang-members-attack-old-man-end-up-getting-their-asses-kicked-and-cut-literally/ Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:18:56 GMT Turtle has two heads sticking out from opposite ends of its shell, along with a pair of front feet on each side. But there is just one set of back feet and one tail. http://myprops.org/content/Two-Headed-Turtle/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:58:17 GMT Three Mexican children detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a US Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico. http://myprops.org/content/Handcuffed-kids-steal-patrol-car/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:19:53 GMT Meet Tootsie - a hermaphrodite pony. http://myprops.org/content/Hermaphrodite-Pony/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:56:03 GMT Chinese buffet restaurant cited for health violations after an employee is caught smashing garlic with his feet. http://myprops.org/content/Yuck-Restaurant-Employee-Snapped-Stomping-Garlic-With-His-Shoes-On-video/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:05:04 GMT Woman believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. http://myprops.org/content/Has-a-mythical-beast-turned-up-in-Texas/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:53:40 GMT Among all the fossils for sale at the I.M. Chait Gallery auction in Beverly Hills, one stands out. It's a fossilized baculum, or penis bone, from a species of walrus that went extinct 12,000 years ago. The piece is more than 4 feet long, curves to a point and is covered with weathered skin and dry muscle tissue. Who would want to own such an odd thing? Lots of people, including technology executives, Hollywood producers and A-list celebrities. Bidding starts at $16,000. http://myprops.org/content/Walrus-penis-highlights-interest-in-sale-of-ancient-artifacts/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:37:14 GMT With all surviving odds against him, Peng Shulin's body was cut in half by a large transport truck in 1995, leaving his doctors shocked and amazed by his survival. Not only is it a miracle that he has lived to tell the tale, he's now learning to walk again. http://myprops.org/content/Chinas-Bionic-Man-Walks-Despite-Being-Cut-in-Half/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:59:19 GMT A 17-year-old downed seven double espresso coffees while working in the family's sandwich shop and was left "burning up and hyperventilating". http://myprops.org/content/Teenage-girl-rushed-to-hospital-after-overdosing-on-coffee/ Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:39:33 GMT Wow, she was angry: "Malaysian police have arrested a woman in connection with the murder of a man whose body was chopped into 11 pieces and stuffed into a refrigerator in a posh apartment in the capital. Newspapers in neighboring Singapore said the victim was believed to be a Singaporean who had been married to the woman and who had been out of touch with his family for nearly two years." http://myprops.org/content/Malaysian-woman-arrested-over-body-parts-in-fridge/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:28:22 GMT Food stalls attached to Beijing's public toilets will be removed in good time for next year's Olympics, state media said Saturday. Complaints over toilets with poor sanitation and toilet operators turning them into commercial operations led to the ban, which comes into force in October. http://myprops.org/content/No-more-crispy-duck-served-at-toilets/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:35:28 GMT This is brutal: "A man who lived in his own 'zoo' of lizards and insects was fatally bitten by a pet black widow spider - then eaten by the other creepy-crawlies. Police broke in to Mark Voegel's apartment to find spider Bettina along with 200 others, several snakes, a gecko lizard called Helmut and several thousand termites had gorged on his body. A police spokesman said: 'It was like a horror movie. His corpse was over the sofa. Giant webs draped him, spiders were all over him. They were ... http://myprops.org/content/Man-killed-by-his-pet-black-widow-spider-Bettina-then-eaten-by-200-of-his-other-reptiles-and-spiders/ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:02:56 GMT A guinea pig called Sooty enjoyed a night of passion with 24 females after fooling his way into their cage in south Wales. Sooty wooed the lady guinea pigs, one by one, and has now become the proud father of 42 baby guinea pigs from his two nights of passion. http://myprops.org/content/Romeo-guinea-pig-causes-baby-boom-after-a-long-night-of-passion/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:38:32 GMT Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live. "He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," said Dr. David Dosa in an interview. http://myprops.org/content/Oscar-the-Cat-Predicts-Patients-Deaths/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:35:32 GMT "Finally, the promise of the flying car has been answered. Kinda ... when it comes to floating cars, seeing is believing." http://myprops.org/content/Its-a-Bird-Its-a-Plane-Its-Zooming-Over-Traffic/ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:20:54 GMT A hunk of metal that crashed through the roof of a home has NASA, Federal Aviation Administration and New Jersey Transit officials scratching their heads. The man who lives in the house was watching television Tuesday when he heard a crash and saw a cloud of dust. In the next room, he found a hunk of gray metal, 3 1/2 inches by 5 inches, with two hexagonal holes in it. http://myprops.org/content/Metal-Chunk-Crashes-Through-N.J.-Roof-NASA-scratching-its-head/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:00:23 GMT Wendy, the hulky hound with double the muscle power http://myprops.org/content/Meet-the-Incredible-Hulk-of-Hounds/ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:49:15 GMT A brown and white chihuahua was born in Japan with a perfectly shaped, brown heart on the back hairs of his coat. http://myprops.org/content/Puppy-Born-with-Heart-Shaped-Marking-on-His-Back/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:33:30 GMT The 4-foot gray-and-brown carcass, discovered in May by a reindeer herder in the Yamal-Nenets region, has its trunk and eyes virtually intact and even some fur remaining, said Alexei Tikhonov, deputy director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Zoological Institute. http://myprops.org/content/10000-year-old-baby-wooolly-mammoth-found-intact/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:46:02 GMT Last weekend, Bend gas station owner Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some drinks and snacks - and a parachute. Attached to the lawn chair were 105 balloons of various colors, each 4 feet around. Bundled together, the balloons rise three stories high. Couch carried a global positioning system device, a two-way radio, a digital camcorder and a cell phone. He also had instruments to measure his altitude and speed and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act ... http://myprops.org/content/Man-flies-193-miles-with-balloons-strapped-to-lawn-chair/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:43:31 GMT Investigators say James Coldwell, 49, robbed the Citizens Bank at 1550 Elm St. while clad in clothing adorned with tree branches held on by duct tape. "I think he was hoping the disguise would camouflage him enough that no one would recognize who he was," Police Capt. Dick Tracy said. (No, that's not a fake name.) http://myprops.org/content/Man-robs-bank-disguised-as-a-tree/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:56:21 GMT A zebrula -- a cross between a horse and a zebra -- has drawn curious onlookers to a zoo in Germany because of its unusual coat. While zebrulas have been in existence since the 19th century, this one is particularly unique: its coat is sharply divided between horse and zebra, says Safaripark, a zoo near northern Guetersloh. http://myprops.org/content/Horse-zebra-crossbreed-draws-crowds-in-Germany/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:16:44 GMT Villagers in central China dug up a ton of dinosaur bones and boiled them in soup or ground them into powder for traditional medicine, believing they were from flying dragons and had healing powers. http://myprops.org/content/Villagers-eat-dinosaur-bones-for-their-healing-powers/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:32:43 GMT A flight nurse who had his head and right arm sucked through the broken window of an air ambulance at 20,000 feet said the hard shell of his headset frame may have saved his life. Chris Fogg was on a Seattle-bound flight from Twin Falls when the window by his seat broke shortly after takeoff. Fogg's head and arm were immediately sucked out of the aircraft. http://myprops.org/content/Man-nearly-sucked-out-of-plane-at-20000-feet-and-lives/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:26:48 GMT Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street abruptly ended his wait in line for an iPhone Friday after a passer-by asked him about the city's murder rate. Street, who showed up outside an AT&T store at 3:30 a.m., left shortly after a 22-year-old sporting a mohawk asked him, "How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?" The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site. Street had planned to stay in line for most of the day, waiting for Apple Inc.'s iPhone to go on sale at http://myprops.org/content/Philadelphia-Mayor-Waits-for-iPhone-Then-Leaves-Line-After-Being-Asked-About-Murders/ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:43:41 GMT As Mark Ewing walked home Wednesday evening after returning from picking up a pizza, his dog Charlie jumped into the car through an open window, and apparently knocked the vehicle into gear. No dummy, Charlie jumped out of the window as the car went downhill. "There's nothing weirder than looking at your car cruising down your driveway when you're not in it and seeing your dog jump out and then watching your car go splash," Ewing said. http://myprops.org/content/Dog-drives-owners-car-into-river/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:36:16 GMT Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec. http://myprops.org/content/Applebees-serves-2-year-old-a-Margarita-he-gets-drunk-and-vomits-later/ Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:19:11 GMT Since Sunday, one of the two channels on Natalie Meilinger's baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis. The other still lets her keep an eye on her baby. "I've been addicted to it and keep waiting to see what's next," Meilinger said. http://myprops.org/content/Baby-monitor-picks-up-video-from-NASA/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:41:32 GMT After Koda escaped from his kennel, he chewed through the dog food stored in the sheriff's department patrol car. Then he started in on the seats. Apparently, deputies say, he choked on the foam. http://myprops.org/content/Police-dog-eats-Crown-Victoria-seat-then-dies/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:39:59 GMT