A macaw that appeared in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie has attacked a police officer at a ferry dock in Dover, England. These celebrities. They get a little fame, and maybe a beak full of rum, and it all goes to their head.
First, the Coast Guard decided to hold a training exercise on the Potomac River near the Pentagon, on the anniversary of 9/11, and didn’t tell anyone. Then CNN apparently misinterpreted radio chatter from the exercise. Sounds like someone didn’t have both oars in the water.
Overworked Australian physicians are steaming after being told to guzzle six cups a day to stay awake on the job. Sounds like another case of government sludge.
As you head back to your job after the long holiday weekend, just be glad the boss isn’t forcing you to clock in at the whistle-stop in Begunkodor, India.
A truck driver’s tale isn’t the first purported explanation for what U.S. Air Force personnel saw in Rendlesham Forest in 1980. But it’s definitely the first to involve burning poo.
A dog in Greenwood Village that ate the same sock twice, leading to $2,500 in vet bills, is a contender for the inaugural Veterinary Pet Insurance Hambone Award.
Cannons may not make good neighbors. A history buff in Fayette County, Penn., accidentally fired a cannonball into someone’s house. No one was injured when the 80-pound lead ball came screaming through a window and a wall before landing in a closet, but some feelings probably were bombarded. The cannon’s owner, who often takes part [...]
A history buff, science fiction fan and occasional guitar player, John Moore has worked as a reporter or copy editor at the Rocky Mountain News; the Omaha World-Herald; and the Wichita Falls, Texas, Times Record News. He is one of the site’s editors and covers general news and stories of the bizarre.