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This could have gone into any number of Covid related threads, but due to the wording itself, it's probably best left right here:

Drowned man tests positive for Covid-19 28 times​

Doctors examining the corpse of a man who died from drowning and showed no symptoms of coronavirus have made a disturbing discovery.
A Ukrainian man who died from drowning subsequently tested positive for coronavirus twenty-eight times over more than a month.
Doctors from Italy’s D’Annunzio University say the findings shed new light on the persistency of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in dead bodies, although more research is needed to determine the infection risk.
The main route of transmission of the virus is large respiratory droplets, and to date there has been no evidence of infection from a corpse.
“The present case shows the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA up to 41 days after death,” the researchers from the university’s Center for Advanced Studies and Technology wrote in the Journal of Medical Case Reports.
“Data about its persistence are of fundamental importance for pathologists to understand when the handling of the corpse is safe, and further studies are needed to estimate the virus contagiousness.”
The 41-year-old man went missing after swimming in the sea with a friend during rough weather near Chieti on central Italy’s east coast.
His body was found wedged between rocks about 16 hours later and an autopsy was ordered.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/...s/news-story/f5c65589ad6d36b3f9be86adddbc48a8
 

Foul-mouthed ghost haunts walkers by telling them to 'f*** off' at the site of an 18th-century murder in Somerset's Dead Woman's Ditch​

  • A ghost is haunting a famous beauty spot and where she tells walkers to 'f*** off'
  • Ramblers reported a 'women in white' scaring them with foul-mouthed rants
  • She was spotted at Dead Woman's Ditch, in Somerset, the site of a 1789 murder
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ntury-murder-Somersets-Dead-Womans-Ditch.html

The smart money says this is someone messing about with a bluetooth speaker.
 
If I didn't know the difference between "woman" and "women", I'd be told to fuck off too.
Well there wasn't an opportunity in this story for the Mail to describe the ghostly woman as showcasing her ample curves in a leggy display so it probably caused them some confusion. :chuckle:
 

Foul-mouthed ghost haunts walkers by telling them to 'f*** off' at the site of an 18th-century murder in Somerset's Dead Woman's Ditch​

  • A ghost is haunting a famous beauty spot and where she tells walkers to 'f*** off'
  • Ramblers reported a 'women in white' scaring them with foul-mouthed rants
  • She was spotted at Dead Woman's Ditch, in Somerset, the site of a 1789 murder
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ntury-murder-Somersets-Dead-Womans-Ditch.html

The smart money says this is someone messing about with a bluetooth speaker.

“The area was named after the murder of Jane Walford by her husband John in 1789.”

No, it wasn’t:

“Dead Woman's Ditch is sometimes associated with the murder of Jane Walford by her husband John in 1789 but the name predates the murder, appearing on an earlier map.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Woman's_Ditch

maximus otter
 
(Warning - She's charming, and delightful.)

Police officer on bike chases drunk woman on motorized suitcase through Florida airport

An intoxicated passenger who was barred from boarding an airplane at Orlando International Airport rode away from the gate on a motorized suitcase as a police officer on a bicycle followed behind her, court records and newly released video shows.

https://breaking911.com/raw-video-p...n-motorized-suitcase-through-florida-airport/
 
Former Louisiana Teacher Admits Feeding Students Sperm-Laced Cupcakes (link has been corrected)

"i asked Mr Kipling..."
Stu, do you have a direct link for this one? It directed me to FB (I think) and then I got asked if I wanted to go to another link (huffpost)
 
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Stu, do you have a direct link for this one? It directed me to FB (I think) and then I got asked if I wanted to go to another link (huffpost)
Do you really want a direct link to such goings on? No judgement if you do, but . . . :puke2:
 
I'm not going to read the story either. I'm just going to assume her sons name was 'dog'.
 

No explanation for 'mystery liquid' falling from sky over neighborhood​

... People in one Eastern Las Vegas neighborhood near Hollywood Blvd. and Charleston Ave. have been completely perplexed for weeks as mysterious brown or black droplets have fallen on their properties. ...

Update ... The mystery substance is ...

honeybee frass, honeybee frass - honeybee shit from the honeybee ass!

:rofl:

'Mystery droplets' plaguing East Las Vegas neighborhood tested as bee feces

In Early February, people in one east Las Vegas neighborhood had no clue what had been falling from the sky and onto their properties for three weeks, covering nearly everything around them.

Marcos Cervantes reached out to 13 Action News, worried that the substance could be toxic. Thursday, the Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability found out what the black, brown, and sometimes oil-like substance was. ...

"It's what's called bee frass," said public information officer Kevin MacDonald, "also known as fecal matter so, uh, bee poop."

Lab results confirmed the identification as bee feces, and, while bee poop is harmless, MacDonald said it was important they checked. ...
SOURCE: https://www.ktnv.com/news/mystery-droplets-plaguing-east-las-vegas-neighborhood-tested-as-bee-feces
 

Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs​


This one seems right up forum member Sharon Hill's specialty, spooky geology.

"Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two.

According to the mythology surrounding the Sessho-seki, or killing stone, the object contains the transformed corpse of Tamamo-no-Mae, a beautiful woman who had been part of a secret plot hatched by a feudal warlord to kill Emperor Toba, who reigned from 1107-1123.

Legend has it that her true identity was an evil nine-tailed fox whose spirit is embedded in the hunk of lava, located in an area of Tochigi prefecture, near Tokyo, famous for its sulphurous hot springs."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...n-two-releasing-superstitions-and-toxic-gases
 
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Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

 
US man smuggling 52 lizards and snakes caught at Mexico border
Nine snakes and 43 horned lizards were concealed in the ‘man’s jacket, pants pockets and groin area’ authorities say
A man who tried to slither past US border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing, authorities said Tuesday.

The man was driving a truck when he arrived at the San Ysidro border crossing with Mexico on 25 February and was pulled out for additional inspection, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.
I'm having trouble imagining what it would be like driving under these circumstances.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/09/us-man-smuggling-lizards-snakes-mexico-border
 
I was a scuba diver for many years and dived on numerous wrecks. I have never seen anything like this. It's almost like a filmset from a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Absolutely astounding. Most wrecks I've seen have been broken down and are covered in a thick carpet of sea life. You can see every detail of that steering gear. Amazing.
 
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