BIRDBRAINED In the western German city of Kleve, a regional court in mid-January overruled a lower court and awarded the owner of a chicken mauled by a dog higher restitution because the chicken had TV experience. Sieglinde the chicken, who died in the attack, had completed 10 hours of acting training and had appeared in at least one German movie, for which she received a … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: How mowing the lawn can get you arrested, weird Florida, and more
News of the Weird: Pissy public transportation, a real stress test for the Tokyo Olympics, and more
EXTREME MEASURES David Ostrom, 40, and his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, have been tussling over custody and visitation issues and property taxes for some time, but a frustrated David, of Paola, Kansas, has come up with a unique way of settling their differences. He has challenged his ex, of Harlan, Iowa, and her attorney, Matthew Hudson, to a trial by combat and asked the … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: Pissy public transportation, a real stress test for the Tokyo Olympics, and more
News of the Weird: Don’t let a squirrel house-sit, cosplaying as Mom, and more
QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT Four Amish men pleaded guilty in Gladwin County (Michigan) District Court on Jan. 8 to charges stemming from an earlier incident in Beaverton Township. According to the Midland Daily News, deputies from the Gladwin County Sheriff's office responded on Dec. 29 to a call from a concerned motorist who observed the four men tossing empty beer cans from the … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: Don’t let a squirrel house-sit, cosplaying as Mom, and more
News of the Weird: Ewe needs a bra, Christmas gift gone wrong, and chicken vs. pig
TRUE LOVE Kelly McGraw, 37, of Portsmouth, England, and her husband, James, 40, have enjoyed playing pranks on each other throughout their 24-year marriage. But before Christmas, as James was plotting a way to get back at Kelly for a "dodgy" haircut she'd given him, he came up with a gloriously permanent idea: He had his thigh tattooed with a less-than-flattering photo of … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: Ewe needs a bra, Christmas gift gone wrong, and chicken vs. pig
News of the Weird: A serial doorbell licker, inexplicable bologna, PokeWeddings, and more
PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US Asparagus is healthy and delicious. But for 63-year-old Jemima Packington of Bath, England, the columnar vegetable is much more: Packington is an asparamancer, a person who can foretell the future by tossing the spears into the air and seeing how they land. "When I cast the asparagus, it creates patterns, and it is the patterns I interpret," … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: A serial doorbell licker, inexplicable bologna, PokeWeddings, and more