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Granny who told grandkids about feeding corpses to pigs arrested after third husband’s scalp is found
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/01/gran...article.desktop.share.top.twitter?ito=cbshare
I heard from members of my family who were living in rural South West France, about someone feeding a baby to a pig they had in a pigsty in their small farm. The woman who had the baby, according to our sources, was a bit dissolute and mentally ill. She went to prison. Gruesome to the extreme, methink!
 
Owners of biblical Noah's ark replica sue over rain damage to property

ANDREW WOLFSON | LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL | 16 hours ago
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The Ark Encounter confirms beliefs to some in Williamstown as others protest the message and tax use of the $100 million dollar wooden edifice.
MATT STONE, THE CJ
The owner of the life-size replica of Noah’s Ark in Northern Kentucky has sued its insurers for refusing to cover rain damage.

Ark Encounter, which unveiled the 510-foot-long model in 2016, says that heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road, and its five insurance carriers refused to cover nearly $1 million in damages.
In a 77-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Ark Encounter asks for compensatory and punitive damages.
The ark itself was not damaged and the road has been rebuilt, according to the suit.

etc

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/122341...UcqQZkbL7Zh4hc_zAd5T8J1vll1in_Ti2uYmgneJNaoXg
 
Divine intervention, or mere columbidaean effect?
'Holy Spirit' saves German driver from speeding fine

From the BBC:

A speeding driver in Germany was saved from a €105 (£93) fine when a snow-white dove interceded on his behalf.

The driver was caught on speed cameras - but his identity was hidden by the bird's wings spread in flight.

A light-hearted police statement suggested that perhaps "it was no coincidence the Holy Spirit" intervened - a reference to the dove as a symbol of that aspect of God in Christianity.

"We have understood the sign and leave the speeder in peace this time."
 
Nice work if you can get it:

"Akira has been selling 'haunted' houses for five years and has dealt with around 500 homes.

In Japan, many people believe that houses can be haunted, and that the ghosts of people who died a lonely death, killed themselves or were murdered can haunt the living.

These properties are on the increase with a declining Japanese population, which is expected to drop from 127 million to about 88 million by 2065..."




https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-48585587/the-japanese-estate-agent-selling-haunted-houses
 
Florida man says syringes found in his rectum aren't his
Pinellas County deputies said the man told them the syringes weren't his and he doesn't know how they got there.

Incredibly Short Story:
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/w...t-his/67-8e3d83f3-63a9-4142-abcd-12fc72a59d3d

A similarly comical denial:

Man with cocaine in nostrils tells deputies it's not his.

A man caught with cocaine in his nostrils tried to convince deputies that the drugs weren't his during a traffic stop in Florida, according to authorities.

Article:
https://www.wnem.com/sheriff-man-wi...cle_e822d1a8-f3df-5dc0-a95f-0d65e67370ea.html
 
Rogue slug blamed for Japanese railway chaos

The headline is more interesting than the story, I thought it was going to be a new opponent for Godzilla

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48729110


Well depends how far away from Fukushima the slug was found.

When the animal took a fatal chew on wiring inside a high-voltage transformer

Wait... what? Slugs can chew? They have teeth?

No, I don't want to see pictures. Really I don't.


But at least they spelled "rogue" correctly; although a red-makeup-wearing slug would be quite the headline in itself.
 
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