Monday, June 30, 2014
Mystery of man travelling on back of fast-moving car
A family from Charlotte, North Carolina, noticed a car driving down Interstate 77 with a man on the outside on Saturday afternoon.
Brenda Cruz and her 17-year-old son, Samuel Cruz, still can't believe what they saw.
"All of a sudden the kids say, 'There's someone on top of the car on the trunk,’ and I'm like what?" Brenda said.
"I said, “’Let me get my phone and started recording.'" Brenda said other drivers on the road were slowing down, too, watching anxiously to see what would happen to the man on the back of the fast-moving sedan. "It was really weird, I thought it was a dummy at first," said Samuel Cruz.
Authorities received several calls but troopers said by the time they arrived the car was gone and right now, they don't have much to go on to investigate the case. The Cruz family said they saw the man on the back of the car break the back windshield and climb inside. "Whenever he lifted his hand to smash the glass open it looked like it was something sharp," Samuel Cruz added. The family say a woman was driving the car with a child in a car seat inside.
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"I'm really worried because I just hope she's OK you know, with her kid," Samuel Cruz said. Authorities think the driver and person on the back of the car know each other, but they can't be sure until they track down who they are. Police officers say they are trying to figure out what happened. They say it is too early in the investigation to know what, if any charges the people involved could face but said the driver is ultimately responsible.
"I said, “’Let me get my phone and started recording.'" Brenda said other drivers on the road were slowing down, too, watching anxiously to see what would happen to the man on the back of the fast-moving sedan. "It was really weird, I thought it was a dummy at first," said Samuel Cruz.
Authorities received several calls but troopers said by the time they arrived the car was gone and right now, they don't have much to go on to investigate the case. The Cruz family said they saw the man on the back of the car break the back windshield and climb inside. "Whenever he lifted his hand to smash the glass open it looked like it was something sharp," Samuel Cruz added. The family say a woman was driving the car with a child in a car seat inside.
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"I'm really worried because I just hope she's OK you know, with her kid," Samuel Cruz said. Authorities think the driver and person on the back of the car know each other, but they can't be sure until they track down who they are. Police officers say they are trying to figure out what happened. They say it is too early in the investigation to know what, if any charges the people involved could face but said the driver is ultimately responsible.
Woman charged with arson for starting fire to kill spider
A 34-year-old woman from Hutchinson, Kansas, was arrested early on Friday after five Fire Department units were called out at 1:36am to extinguish a small fire in her half of a duplex.
Deputy Fire Chief Doug Hanen said that firefighters found light smoke coming from the woman’s half of the duplex and some clothing smouldering just inside the doorway.
Although no one was injured, and there was no damage to the structure other than light smoke damage, Ginny M. Griffith was arrested on a charge of aggravated arson because the other half of the duplex also was occupied.
A police summary of the incident said Griffith told officers that she used a cigarette lighter to set some towels on fire to kill a spider. Griffith is being held in the Reno County jail in lieu of $7,500 bond.
Deputy Fire Chief Doug Hanen said that firefighters found light smoke coming from the woman’s half of the duplex and some clothing smouldering just inside the doorway.
Although no one was injured, and there was no damage to the structure other than light smoke damage, Ginny M. Griffith was arrested on a charge of aggravated arson because the other half of the duplex also was occupied.
A police summary of the incident said Griffith told officers that she used a cigarette lighter to set some towels on fire to kill a spider. Griffith is being held in the Reno County jail in lieu of $7,500 bond.
Difficult time with computer apparently led to use of non-Disney words
An entry from a recent police log of Stow police in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, in the short time between me finding and posting this, the wording of the online version has been amended.
Family horrified after kestrel flew into their home and tore pet guinea pig to pieces
A family in the Czech Republic were horrified after a kestrel flew in through their open window and tore their pet guinea pig to pieces in front of them.
The family from Usti nad Labem had been playing with the pet when the bird of prey suddenly swooped, flying straight at it and attacking it in its cage.
"It began pecking at the terrified guinea pig and dragging its body through the bars of the cage before we had even got up from the sofa," said Jaroslav Ferenc, 39. He was sitting watching TV with daughter Sabina, eight, when the winged killer flew in. He added: "Poly the guinea pig was screeching in fear and pain and I told Sabina to leave the room. By the time I got to the cage Poly was dead, its insides hanging out and the kestrel feasting on her, entrails hanging down from its beak.
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"After failing to get all the mutilated remains out of the cage, the kestrel flew off and tried to escape but it hit a closed window and was making a real fuss, so we called police. I know nature is red in tooth and claw but I never thought I would witness such a feral act in my own front room. I felt quite sick afterwards and we are having a devil of a time explaining what happened to Poly to Sabina. She is heartbroken."
Bird expert, ornithologist Roman Rehak, said: "Kestrels have adapted to life in cities, although it does surprise me that it chose to go for such a large animal as a guinea pig as they normally prefer smaller rodents such as mice. It may be connected with the fact that she had young to feed and when pressed, such creatures will go to any lengths to get food." Police spokesman Jan Novotny said: "We found the bird still trapped in the house. Unfortunately, the guinea pig was dead, but we checked the bird to make sure she hadn’t been injured in the attack before releasing her."
"It began pecking at the terrified guinea pig and dragging its body through the bars of the cage before we had even got up from the sofa," said Jaroslav Ferenc, 39. He was sitting watching TV with daughter Sabina, eight, when the winged killer flew in. He added: "Poly the guinea pig was screeching in fear and pain and I told Sabina to leave the room. By the time I got to the cage Poly was dead, its insides hanging out and the kestrel feasting on her, entrails hanging down from its beak.
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"After failing to get all the mutilated remains out of the cage, the kestrel flew off and tried to escape but it hit a closed window and was making a real fuss, so we called police. I know nature is red in tooth and claw but I never thought I would witness such a feral act in my own front room. I felt quite sick afterwards and we are having a devil of a time explaining what happened to Poly to Sabina. She is heartbroken."
Bird expert, ornithologist Roman Rehak, said: "Kestrels have adapted to life in cities, although it does surprise me that it chose to go for such a large animal as a guinea pig as they normally prefer smaller rodents such as mice. It may be connected with the fact that she had young to feed and when pressed, such creatures will go to any lengths to get food." Police spokesman Jan Novotny said: "We found the bird still trapped in the house. Unfortunately, the guinea pig was dead, but we checked the bird to make sure she hadn’t been injured in the attack before releasing her."
Man seeking divorce from his wife because she isn't making sexual sounds in bed
A Zimbabwean man is seeking to divorce his wife because she is not making "sexual sounds" in bed. Wilfred Mashaya told Harare magistrate Barbara Masinire his wife's silence during love-making had driven him to the edge, and he now wants her barred from his house.
"I had to give her a divorce token because we weren't enjoying marriage. Even when I slept with her, she seemed unhappy because she would not even make any sexual sound," Mashaya said at the Civil Court where he filed for a protection order.He claimed his wife, Sharlone Masvinge, was "violent and always provokes me to assault her".
Driving home the need to be kept apart from his wife, he added: "I'm a black belt karate player and I'm afraid if she continues provoking me, I'll end up reacting and hurting her." He went on to tell the court that Masvinge was also in the habit of calling numbers with female names on his mobile phone and insulting them.
Responding, Masvinge told the court that Mashaya wanted her out of the house because he was having an extra marital affair. "He's fabricating stories, he never gave me a divorce token. I'm still his wife. The reason he doesn't want me at the house is because he's cheating on me with another woman." Magistrate Masinire deferred her ruling.
"I had to give her a divorce token because we weren't enjoying marriage. Even when I slept with her, she seemed unhappy because she would not even make any sexual sound," Mashaya said at the Civil Court where he filed for a protection order.He claimed his wife, Sharlone Masvinge, was "violent and always provokes me to assault her".
Driving home the need to be kept apart from his wife, he added: "I'm a black belt karate player and I'm afraid if she continues provoking me, I'll end up reacting and hurting her." He went on to tell the court that Masvinge was also in the habit of calling numbers with female names on his mobile phone and insulting them.
Responding, Masvinge told the court that Mashaya wanted her out of the house because he was having an extra marital affair. "He's fabricating stories, he never gave me a divorce token. I'm still his wife. The reason he doesn't want me at the house is because he's cheating on me with another woman." Magistrate Masinire deferred her ruling.
Neighbours at war over bee poo
New Zealand neighbours Jenny Price and Peta McClure are at loggerheads over apiarian excrement.
Legal action is under way, the police have been contacted - and there's no sign of a resolution.
The problem, says Ms Price from Kumeu, 25 km north-west of Auckland, are the beehives being kept on a fruit and nut tree orchard, two properties away from her house which she says is on the insects' flight path.
"Dear neighbour," Ms Price and partner Pete Sinton wrote last year. "They have caused us no end of annoyance as we have to garage our cars all the time. If we leave them outside, your bees cover our cars in excrement . . .
"Our house has it on the east side. Our barbecue tables are covered in it, plus any cushions we place on the seats. We don't put the washing on the line as all our clothes get covered in the excrement also." Price says the offending material "sets like a wax, so it's terribly hard to get off . . . It's all right when it's wet, because you can get a hose. But you never know when they're going to strike next". She confirmed that when she got no response to her original letter, she hired a lawyer, who had recently written to the property owner: "In our view, the honey bee excrement amounts to a private nuisance and it needs to cease immediately."
The lawyer said while his client, as a former orchardist, understood the importance of honey bees, the situation was "unreasonable, upsetting, frustrating and expensive". Orchard owner Peta McClure says between 6 and 35 hives at a time are housed on the 1-hectare orchard block she bought as bare land in 2006 and has since planted with 350 trees. "There's a fruit for every season. It was just my passionate dream." The bees arrived two years later, installed by a keeper who exports honeycomb and queens. At the height of the season, each hive houses up to 60,000 bees but, in winter, around 10,000. McClure said she was prepared to go to the small claims court over the issue and, while it would "devastate her" if the bees had to go, she would consider reducing their numbers.
"I'm very passionate about this. I'm passionate about the whole future of our food chain, and this part of our food chain. If the bees are gone, we're all out of food." McClure said, so far, she had ignored her neighbours. "The whole idea of going into the lion's den . . . " Kumeu police confirmed they had been contacted about the issue but had advised both parties they would need to "resolve it between themselves". The beekeeper operating on the Kumeu orchard said he didn't want to comment, given the issue had escalated to lawyers' letters, but, "I haven't programmed the bees so they deliberately fly to their house and drop a big load . . . I would imagine the place that cops it the most would be the orchard, where they're situated".
"Our house has it on the east side. Our barbecue tables are covered in it, plus any cushions we place on the seats. We don't put the washing on the line as all our clothes get covered in the excrement also." Price says the offending material "sets like a wax, so it's terribly hard to get off . . . It's all right when it's wet, because you can get a hose. But you never know when they're going to strike next". She confirmed that when she got no response to her original letter, she hired a lawyer, who had recently written to the property owner: "In our view, the honey bee excrement amounts to a private nuisance and it needs to cease immediately."
The lawyer said while his client, as a former orchardist, understood the importance of honey bees, the situation was "unreasonable, upsetting, frustrating and expensive". Orchard owner Peta McClure says between 6 and 35 hives at a time are housed on the 1-hectare orchard block she bought as bare land in 2006 and has since planted with 350 trees. "There's a fruit for every season. It was just my passionate dream." The bees arrived two years later, installed by a keeper who exports honeycomb and queens. At the height of the season, each hive houses up to 60,000 bees but, in winter, around 10,000. McClure said she was prepared to go to the small claims court over the issue and, while it would "devastate her" if the bees had to go, she would consider reducing their numbers.
"I'm very passionate about this. I'm passionate about the whole future of our food chain, and this part of our food chain. If the bees are gone, we're all out of food." McClure said, so far, she had ignored her neighbours. "The whole idea of going into the lion's den . . . " Kumeu police confirmed they had been contacted about the issue but had advised both parties they would need to "resolve it between themselves". The beekeeper operating on the Kumeu orchard said he didn't want to comment, given the issue had escalated to lawyers' letters, but, "I haven't programmed the bees so they deliberately fly to their house and drop a big load . . . I would imagine the place that cops it the most would be the orchard, where they're situated".
Hundreds gather for 35th annual World Worm Charming Championships
Hundreds of people descended on WiIllaston County Primary School in Nantwich, Cheshire, on Saturday for the globally popular World Worm Charming Championships, now in its 35th year.
Participants in the 144 3x3m plots had half an hour to collect as many worms as possible, using a variety of techniques such as vibrating a garden fork, singing and playing a musical instrument.
A family from Lancashire were crowned World Worm Charming Champions. The Bowdens, from Tarleton, near Preston, teased out an amazing 394 worms.
The Chief Wormer’s trophy for youngest wormer with 64 worms was won by 29-day-old Arwyn Davies. Most Promising Newcomer award with 184 worms was won by Lucas and Melvyn Mostran. And the Heaviest Worm trophy was won by Liam and Patrick Martin with 5.84g.
There's a news video here.
Participants in the 144 3x3m plots had half an hour to collect as many worms as possible, using a variety of techniques such as vibrating a garden fork, singing and playing a musical instrument.
A family from Lancashire were crowned World Worm Charming Champions. The Bowdens, from Tarleton, near Preston, teased out an amazing 394 worms.
The Chief Wormer’s trophy for youngest wormer with 64 worms was won by 29-day-old Arwyn Davies. Most Promising Newcomer award with 184 worms was won by Lucas and Melvyn Mostran. And the Heaviest Worm trophy was won by Liam and Patrick Martin with 5.84g.
There's a news video here.
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