What's the weirdest local news in your area?

[totallyfrozen]

Sometimes, the news prints a story that just so freakin' weird that you can't help but say, "whaa--?"

What's going on in your 'hood that's freaky, odd, bizzare, strange, nutty? (similar to our Craigslist thread but about strange local news)

RULES:
1) Please post a URL or the name of the news source along with whatever story you share so proper people get credit and we don't step on anyone's copyrights.
2) Please try to quote a snip from the article so that future readers can see it even if the news site moves the article from the URL you use.

Here's one from my 'hood:
http://www.adn.com/2010/05/25/1294007/26chickens.html

Mystery surrounds 26 headless chickens in North Pole
COOP: Bodies laid in a lollipop pattern, heads gone; three survived.

By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com

Published: May 25th, 2010 10:21 PM
Last Modified: May 25th, 2010 10:21 PM

Twenty-six chickens were mysteriously beheaded at a North Pole chicken coop this week. Then things got weird. Troopers say they were called to a home on Sharon Road on Monday to a report of a mass chicken slaughter, with the carcasses laid out in a peculiar pattern on the ground. The homeowners, who live in a semi-rural wooded neighborhood with large lots, had 29 white chickens in a backyard coop, said Trooper Ken Vanspronsen, who responded to the scene. Sometime overnight Sunday, someone crept in and tore their heads off, but the homeowners told troopers they didn't hear anything unusual. They woke up Monday and went out to feed the chickens, when they discovered 26 of them dead. "They were very concerned as to why somebody would do it, and kind of spooked," Vanspronsen said. There was no sign of the heads, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said. The carcasses had been laid out in a north-south pattern -- oriented with the coop -- in a roughly 12- to 15-foot line on the ground with a circular arrangement of corpses at one end, in something of a lollipop pattern. "It's kind of a mystery as to why somebody would tear off chicken heads and then arrange the bodies in a linear pattern," Peters said. "It's certainly something that is perplexing. ... It's unsettling, to say the least." Troopers wouldn't name the homeowners, saying they didn't yet know if the act was a threat against them or if it was simply motivated by vandalism. There was no damage to the coop itself and just three chickens survived the incident. It wasn't clear if the suspects had been interrupted in their work of if the surviving chickens held some unknown significance. "It's kind of hard to say why anybody would do it in the first place, let alone why they'd stop," Vanspronsen said. The chicken carcasses when found were buzzing with flies in the warm Interior day and the meat was not salvageable. The display was photographed and the chickens were thrown out, Peters said. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Troopers at 451-5100.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/05/25/129400...#ixzz0p0xpmtGd

[XigXag]

I think you win.

[SoComSurfing]

Yeah, you win. The only things in the news around here are the oil spill and a county Commissioner being A) impeached and B) charged w/ drug possession, abuse of authority, and the murder of his mistress.

[Simo98]

Here is one from a while back near my old place:

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...ucumber-thefts

A spate of cucumber thefts has Adelaide police in a pickle.

More than $10,000 worth of cucumbers have been stolen in 11 separate robberies in the past three months.

Thieves have targeted market gardens north of Adelaide, with police saying the latest robbery - of 50 bags of cucumbers - was reported from a glasshouse at Virginia at the weekend.

"The issue with the cucumber is how do you and I tell who owns a different cucumber?," SA Police Chief Inspector Kym Zander told ABC Radio on Wednesday.

"We're having difficulty establishing where they (the cucumbers) are going."

Complete with terrible pun.

I just like the idea of some weirdo having a stack of 10 grands worth of cucumbers in his back shed. What are they worth? $10 per kg or something?? Thats a tonne of cucumbers in someones back shed O.o

Here is a good summary including that an other occurances of stupid thefts we have had here:

http://www.independentweekly.com.au/...s/1595971.aspx

[etoncrow]

Man Burns Down House Because Wife Didn't Have Dinner Ready

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Police in Kanawha County say it's unlike any case of domestic violence they've ever seen. Sunday night, Beverly Jones says her husband of seven years returned home from a night of drinking with friends. Beverly says her husband, Guy, became upset that his dinner wasn't ready and on the table.

"He started throwing furniture and tore up all the glass tables," Beverly Jones said. "Then he told me I had to get out because he was going to burn the house down. He told me if I didn't get out he would burn me with the house."

Guy followed through with his threat, and a short while later, the Jones' home of 10 years was gone. The whole ordeal has left Beverly and her friends wondering why.

"Why would you burn your own things," Beverly Jones said. "If he didn't want to be with me, all he had to do is say 'I don't want to be with you.'"

For Beverly's best friend, Lana Taylor, seeing everything her friend had ever worked for go up in flames is almost too much. She says the fact it was all over Guy's dinner not being ready makes her even more furious.

"Why," Taylor said. "Why did he feel he had to burn down the house. Why was that so important? Its not like he can't cook. He can cook."

In the end, Beverly says her husband not only destroyed their home, but also their marriage.

"We're headed for divorce court just as fast as I can get there," Beverly Jones said. "I hope I don't see him again."



http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/94782394.html

[Gard]

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Man Burns Down House Because Wife Didn't Have Dinner Ready

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Police in Kanawha County say it's unlike any case of domestic violence they've ever seen. Sunday night, Beverly Jones says her husband of seven years returned home from a night of drinking with friends. Beverly says her husband, Guy, became upset that his dinner wasn't ready and on the table.

"He started throwing furniture and tore up all the glass tables," Beverly Jones said. "Then he told me I had to get out because he was going to burn the house down. He told me if I didn't get out he would burn me with the house."

Guy followed through with his threat, and a short while later, the Jones' home of 10 years was gone. The whole ordeal has left Beverly and her friends wondering why.

"Why would you burn your own things," Beverly Jones said. "If he didn't want to be with me, all he had to do is say 'I don't want to be with you.'"

For Beverly's best friend, Lana Taylor, seeing everything her friend had ever worked for go up in flames is almost too much. She says the fact it was all over Guy's dinner not being ready makes her even more furious.

"Why," Taylor said. "Why did he feel he had to burn down the house. Why was that so important? Its not like he can't cook. He can cook."

In the end, Beverly says her husband not only destroyed their home, but also their marriage.

"We're headed for divorce court just as fast as I can get there," Beverly Jones said. "I hope I don't see him again."



http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/94782394.html

...bet dinner's on the table in a timely manner from now on!





Seriously though, what a fruitcake. Hope he's in jail/prison for a LONG time...

[totallyfrozen]

Originally Posted by etoncrow

Man Burns Down House Because Wife Didn't Have Dinner Ready

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Police in Kanawha County say it's unlike any case of domestic violence they've ever seen. Sunday night, Beverly Jones says her husband of seven years returned home from a night of drinking with friends. Beverly says her husband, Guy, became upset that his dinner wasn't ready and on the table.

"He started throwing furniture and tore up all the glass tables," Beverly Jones said. "Then he told me I had to get out because he was going to burn the house down. He told me if I didn't get out he would burn me with the house."

Guy followed through with his threat, and a short while later, the Jones' home of 10 years was gone. The whole ordeal has left Beverly and her friends wondering why.

"Why would you burn your own things," Beverly Jones said. "If he didn't want to be with me, all he had to do is say 'I don't want to be with you.'"

For Beverly's best friend, Lana Taylor, seeing everything her friend had ever worked for go up in flames is almost too much. She says the fact it was all over Guy's dinner not being ready makes her even more furious.

"Why," Taylor said. "Why did he feel he had to burn down the house. Why was that so important? Its not like he can't cook. He can cook."

In the end, Beverly says her husband not only destroyed their home, but also their marriage.

"We're headed for divorce court just as fast as I can get there," Beverly Jones said. "I hope I don't see him again."



http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/94782394.html

LOL! McDonald's Drive-Thru if you're THAT hungry. McDonald's should change their marquee from "Billions Served" to "Millions of Houses Saved"

Now the guy doesn't have to worry about not getting dinner on time. Now he has to worry about another inmate taking it from him.


"Boy! You gonna eat dat cornbread?"

[MadMan118]

Originally Posted by totallyfrozen

Sometimes, the news prints a story that just so freakin' weird that you can't help but say, "whaa--?"

What's going on in your 'hood that's freaky, odd, bizzare, strange, nutty? (similar to our Craigslist thread but about strange local news)

RULES:
1) Please post a URL or the name of the news source along with whatever story you share so proper people get credit and we don't step on anyone's copyrights.
2) Please try to quote a snip from the article so that future readers can see it even if the news site moves the article from the URL you use.

Here's one from my 'hood:
http://www.adn.com/2010/05/25/1294007/26chickens.html

Yeah I just read about this. Also all this time I never noticed you live in Anchorage( I rarely used to read the locations).

[totallyfrozen]

Originally Posted by MadMan118

Yeah I just read about this. Also all this time I never noticed you live in Anchorage( I rarely used to read the locations).

Uh-oh, my cover's blown! Now, I have to sent ninjas to kill you!
Nice avatar, btw.
I see you rotate between Cali and the frozen North.

[MadMan118]

Originally Posted by totallyfrozen

Uh-oh, my cover's blown! Now, I have to sent ninjas to kill you!
Nice avatar, btw.
I see you rotate between Cali and the frozen North.

Yeah I made too many local obligations when i moved to CA to move back up north full time. I am the genetic product of a former oil worker and a nurse. Its my intention to finish up in CA and move back soon, I cant stand all the sun, its not natural.

[L-A]

Aw, shucks. A few years ago, someone in my neighborhood had his whole inground pool stolen during the night, but the link isn't available anymore.

[Fontaine]

I've got one for people who hate PETA:

PETA seal pied in Newfoundland

Apparently, revenge is best served on a pie plate.

A People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protester, dressed up as a seal and waiting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to arrive for a speech in St. John's, Nfld. on Friday, had a cream pie shoved into her face by a man dressed like a dog in a fisherman's outfit.

The man knocked 21-year-old Emily Lavender's seal head off before planting the pie on her face and then running down the street.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/weird.../12668611.html

Just another reason why I love living in Newfoundland

[Spraeg]

Originally Posted by Fontaine

I've got one for people who hate PETA:








Just another reason why I love living in Newfoundland

OK.... the headless-chicken-carcass crop circle thing is crazy as hell, but I think this one wins, just for the non-sequitor of a guy dressed up as a dog in a fisherman's outfit...

[MadMan118]

Originally Posted by Spraeg

OK.... the headless-chicken-carcass crop circle thing is crazy as hell, but I think this one wins, just for the non-sequitor of a guy dressed up as a dog in a fisherman's outfit...

Makes sense to me. Seriously.

[FL Knifemaker]

The half square mile area at the north end of my town is like that bar in Star Wars. Between the crackheads, meth freaks, pimps and hoes, it always makes the news. They shoot at each other, at the cops, steal cars, steal cop cars, blow each other up with WWII grenades, burn each others houses down, get eaten by alligators when they pass out by the lakes..............It never ends. Our Sheriffs helicopter could be replaced by a very tall tower in the middle of that area because it never leaves there If I was the president of the world, I'd drop a nuke there.

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by Fontaine

I've got one for people who hate PETA:






Just another reason why I love living in Newfoundland

ahahhahaaa!!! oh man, this is hilarious

[mrpackerguy]

Bizzare? Perhaps. Sad? Definitely.

Couple threatened with eviction for displaying American Flag

http://www.channel3000.com/news/23686473/detail.html

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- American flags will fly this Memorial Day weekend to honor those who gave their lives while serving their country.

But, in Oshkosh, a couple is being told to take down the U.S. flag they have displayed in their dining room window.

Dawn and Charlie Price have been told by their apartment's management company they must take it down, or face eviction.

Charlie Price is a veteran who served tours in Kosovo and Iraq. Dawn Price said the flag is a way to honor her husband's military service and remember those who made the "ultimate sacrifice."

The apartment management company, Midwest Realty Management, said its rules prohibit the display of flags, banners and political or religious material in order to maintain a consistent living environment for all apartment residents.

[Simo98]

Originally Posted by mrpackerguy

The apartment management company, Midwest Realty Management, said its rules prohibit the display of flags, banners and political or religious material in order to maintain a consistent living environment for all apartment residents.

Unfortunatly, rules are rules.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/7746494.stm

Originally Posted by BBC

A man has been jailed for breaching the peace by singing Spiderpig from The Simpsons Movie at police officers.

David Mullen was sentenced to three months for the incident and calling an officer "ginger" in a police van.

Mullen, 22, from Blairgowrie, claimed he was singing the ditty, performed by Homer in the cartoon, because it was the ringtone on his mobile phone.

He was given a further eight months in prison for assaulting a police officer and breaching a curfew while on bail.

I went to school with him

[Dr_Funkdamental]

Originally Posted by totallyfrozen

LOL! McDonald's Drive-Thru if you're THAT hungry. McDonald's should change their marquee from "Billions Served" to "Millions of Houses Saved"

Now the guy doesn't have to worry about not getting dinner on time. Now he has to worry about another inmate taking it from him.


"Boy! You gonna eat dat cornbread?"

Because both of them are my fav movies, I have to point out that you captioned the wrong guy. THIS is who you're talking about