Sunday, September 14, 2014
Rabid bat bit man jamming on guitar
Derrick Skou, from Gresham, Oregon, was bitten by a rabid bat while camping in Clackamas County.
“This thing came out of nowhere,” he said. “I was thinking it was a good day until then.”
Skou was playing guitar, and jamming with friends at a campsite when it happened.
The attack was caught on video. Skou says he wanted to record it because he felt they were playing well. “Something hit me. I was concentrating on staying in time and all that, and it hit me here, and I kind of saw something out of my peripheral vision. And then it's there, and then it just bit me,” Skou said. The bat latched onto his shirt, near his shoulder, then crawled up to his neck.
"It was like a cold dog nose,” Skou said as he described his brief encounter with the bat. “It was a cold bat nose, mouth, whatever. It didn't sting. I wasn't injected with anything. It was just a cold bite.” The bat then camped in a tree before coming down twice more to try and attack Skou. Fortunately, he was only bitten once before a friend shot the bat with a BB gun.
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"Whether we would get in trouble for shooting it, and I said well, it drew first blood. We need to take care of this thing,” Skou said. The bat ended up being rabid, something Skou only found out after taking it to Multnomah County health officials. He had first tried to take it to the Clackamas County Environmental Health Department, but he says they declined to test the bat.
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The attack was caught on video. Skou says he wanted to record it because he felt they were playing well. “Something hit me. I was concentrating on staying in time and all that, and it hit me here, and I kind of saw something out of my peripheral vision. And then it's there, and then it just bit me,” Skou said. The bat latched onto his shirt, near his shoulder, then crawled up to his neck.
"It was like a cold dog nose,” Skou said as he described his brief encounter with the bat. “It was a cold bat nose, mouth, whatever. It didn't sting. I wasn't injected with anything. It was just a cold bite.” The bat then camped in a tree before coming down twice more to try and attack Skou. Fortunately, he was only bitten once before a friend shot the bat with a BB gun.
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"Whether we would get in trouble for shooting it, and I said well, it drew first blood. We need to take care of this thing,” Skou said. The bat ended up being rabid, something Skou only found out after taking it to Multnomah County health officials. He had first tried to take it to the Clackamas County Environmental Health Department, but he says they declined to test the bat.
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Woman unhappy at 11-year-old boy practising clarinet allegedly pointed rifle at children
Incensed that an 11-year-old boy was practising the clarinet in a neighbouring backyard, a Colorado woman allegedly pointed a rifle at the child and yelled, “Fire in the hole!,” police allege.
Cheryl Ann Pifer, 60, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon at her Grand Junction home and charged with menacing, child abuse, and prohibited use of a weapon.
The boy told officers that he was “outback doing his homework playing the clarinet” when Pifer came outside and screamed at him to “Get your ass back inside,” according to an arrest affidavit. The child told investigators that he told Pifer “it was his homework and he couldn’t [go] inside because the baby was sleeping.”
In addition to pointing the 7mm Mauser at the young musician, Pifer allegedly pointed the weapon at other children in the backyard, prompting police to file multiple felony menacing and child abuse counts against her. The boy told deputies that Pifer “yelled ‘Fire in the hole’” while aiming the gun at him and the other children from her front door. Deputies located a rifle just inside Pifer’s front door. “The gun was unloaded but had two rounds in the magazine,” according to the affidavit.
Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputies reported that Pifer, who appeared intoxicated, referred to the young clarinetist as a “nuisance” who “wouldn’t stop so she just wanted him to stop.” When cops first approached Pifer, she said, “Oh, you’re here to arrest me.” Asked by a deputy why she would say that, Pifer replied, “Well, because I pointed a gun case at that little neighbour boy.” After being booked into the county jail, Pifer was released on a $5000 personal recognizance bond and ordered to appear for a September 19 court appearance.
The boy told officers that he was “outback doing his homework playing the clarinet” when Pifer came outside and screamed at him to “Get your ass back inside,” according to an arrest affidavit. The child told investigators that he told Pifer “it was his homework and he couldn’t [go] inside because the baby was sleeping.”
In addition to pointing the 7mm Mauser at the young musician, Pifer allegedly pointed the weapon at other children in the backyard, prompting police to file multiple felony menacing and child abuse counts against her. The boy told deputies that Pifer “yelled ‘Fire in the hole’” while aiming the gun at him and the other children from her front door. Deputies located a rifle just inside Pifer’s front door. “The gun was unloaded but had two rounds in the magazine,” according to the affidavit.
Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputies reported that Pifer, who appeared intoxicated, referred to the young clarinetist as a “nuisance” who “wouldn’t stop so she just wanted him to stop.” When cops first approached Pifer, she said, “Oh, you’re here to arrest me.” Asked by a deputy why she would say that, Pifer replied, “Well, because I pointed a gun case at that little neighbour boy.” After being booked into the county jail, Pifer was released on a $5000 personal recognizance bond and ordered to appear for a September 19 court appearance.
Man accused of cooking estranged girlfriend's dog before feeding it to her
A Californian man is behind bars after allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend's dog - then cooking the poor Pomeranian and feeding it to her without her knowledge.
Ryan Eddy Watenpaugh, 34, of Palo Cedro, was arrested on Thursday on animal cruelty and other charges after he served up the sick revenge dish over the weekend, police said, and later taunted his ex in a text message. The woman told police her Pomeranian, Bear, went missing after she and Watenpaugh had an argument that ended with him allegedly assaulting her.
Last week Watenpaugh and the victim briefly reconciled and he cooked her a meal that was purported to be pork on Saturday. The next day, “the victim received a text message from Watenpaugh asking how her dog tasted, and referenced the meal he had cooked for her," police said. A pair of severed dog’s paws was later left on her doorstep.
Police are testing the remains. "It’s sad, that if indeed the dog was killed as part of this incident, because dog as you know they are innocent all they want is affection and love," Redding Police Sgt. Todd Cogle said. "For someone to take advantage of that innocence is obviously sad and depressing." Watenpaugh is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail. He admitted to delivering the severed paws, but denied killing or cooking Bear, police said.
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Ryan Eddy Watenpaugh, 34, of Palo Cedro, was arrested on Thursday on animal cruelty and other charges after he served up the sick revenge dish over the weekend, police said, and later taunted his ex in a text message. The woman told police her Pomeranian, Bear, went missing after she and Watenpaugh had an argument that ended with him allegedly assaulting her.
Last week Watenpaugh and the victim briefly reconciled and he cooked her a meal that was purported to be pork on Saturday. The next day, “the victim received a text message from Watenpaugh asking how her dog tasted, and referenced the meal he had cooked for her," police said. A pair of severed dog’s paws was later left on her doorstep.
Police are testing the remains. "It’s sad, that if indeed the dog was killed as part of this incident, because dog as you know they are innocent all they want is affection and love," Redding Police Sgt. Todd Cogle said. "For someone to take advantage of that innocence is obviously sad and depressing." Watenpaugh is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail. He admitted to delivering the severed paws, but denied killing or cooking Bear, police said.
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Floating cannabis plantation found on lake
Hungarian police have arrested a 35-year-old amateur gardener who was growing a floating cannabis plantation on Lake Neusiedl, on the Austrian border.
Police found a total of 42 potted cannabis plants that were well hidden in a patch of dense reeds. The owner was due to harvest the buds in a few weeks.
The police stumbled upon the plants by accident, which were growing on the border of Burgenland and Hungary.
The gardener, who is also a keen angler and spends a lot of time at the lake, said that he bought the seeds in Austria and was growing the plants for his own use. If police can prove that he was selling the drug he could face up to eight years in a Hungarian prison.
Police found a total of 42 potted cannabis plants that were well hidden in a patch of dense reeds. The owner was due to harvest the buds in a few weeks.
The police stumbled upon the plants by accident, which were growing on the border of Burgenland and Hungary.
The gardener, who is also a keen angler and spends a lot of time at the lake, said that he bought the seeds in Austria and was growing the plants for his own use. If police can prove that he was selling the drug he could face up to eight years in a Hungarian prison.
Security guards armed with fluorescent pink paint are out on anti-dog poo patrol
Security guards armed with fluorescent paint have begun pink-bombing piles of poo left behind by unscrupulous dog owners in a town in north-western France.
The people of Arras have had enough of seeing the mess made by mutts left lying on the footpaths.
It is hoped the Day-Glo appearance of the pink piles will make owners aware of the need to clean up after their defecating dogs. For people living in the Saint Michel buildings, the de-pooing project is serious business.
Only once dog owners have taken the hint will plans be put in place to open a communal garden space for residents of the 405 apartments. Poo-watchers across France are likely to monitor the project with interest as officials everywhere grapple with the same messy problem.
Last year, one Paris suburb began using video surveillance to snoop on dog owners and swoop on anyone who failed to pick up after their mutts. Also in the capital, a spokesman for the city said: “We will continue to hand out fines to dog owners who flout the law. The number of financial penalties handed out in recent years has increased from 19,255 in 2009 to 21,673 in 2011.”
It is hoped the Day-Glo appearance of the pink piles will make owners aware of the need to clean up after their defecating dogs. For people living in the Saint Michel buildings, the de-pooing project is serious business.
Only once dog owners have taken the hint will plans be put in place to open a communal garden space for residents of the 405 apartments. Poo-watchers across France are likely to monitor the project with interest as officials everywhere grapple with the same messy problem.
Last year, one Paris suburb began using video surveillance to snoop on dog owners and swoop on anyone who failed to pick up after their mutts. Also in the capital, a spokesman for the city said: “We will continue to hand out fines to dog owners who flout the law. The number of financial penalties handed out in recent years has increased from 19,255 in 2009 to 21,673 in 2011.”
Woman caught having sex in doorway of church days after being caught having sex in car park
A 30-year-old Derby woman was caught having sex in the doorway of a city centre Catholic church.
A week before Navina Spring was also seen having intercourse by a mother with her child at 1.30pm in the afternoon.
Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court was told how a St Mary’s Catholic Church volunteer who came across Spring and the man told police he felt “disgusted and angered by what he saw” when he found the couple in the foyer of a fire exit door at the Bridgegate church at 8.30pm on July 27.
Just eight days previously, in broad daylight, Spring and the man were caught by a mother and daughter and a security guard having sex in the car park that is used by Derby City Council staff. The hearing was told that Spring, of Derby, was “very drunk” on both occasions and was “unaware what she was doing could be seen by the public”. Stephen Cooper, for Spring, said: “The volunteer at St Mary’s Church reported the incident to the police after coming across the defendant and a man in the foyer of the fire exit at the church. He reports that he was disgusted and angered by what he saw.
“Miss Spring was just lying there letting the man do what he wanted to her. At the time of both offences she was homeless and in a very vulnerable position and put her trust in the man. She has limited emotional strength but accepts by her guilty plea that she was equally culpable for what happened. It is clear that alcohol is something she uses as a crutch to lean upon.” George Speed, prosecuting, said the first offence took place at 1.30pm on July 19 in the car park. He said: “A security guard came across the defendant lying on her back with a man on top of her. Both were naked from the waist down, there was no clothing on their bottom halves and the security guard said there were a number of members of the public in the area at the time.
“The incident was witnessed by a mother and her young daughter who also reported it to the police who arrived and told the pair to get dressed.” Spring and the man, who has already been prosecuted and dealt with by the courts for both offences, were both on bail for the first offence when the second offence took place at St Mary’s Church. Spring pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an act of outraging public decency and a separate count of being drunk and disorderly. The hearing was told how she had previous offences for being drunk and disorderly, but is now in a stable relationship with a new partner. Magistrates handed her a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment requirement. She must also pay £85 prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
Just eight days previously, in broad daylight, Spring and the man were caught by a mother and daughter and a security guard having sex in the car park that is used by Derby City Council staff. The hearing was told that Spring, of Derby, was “very drunk” on both occasions and was “unaware what she was doing could be seen by the public”. Stephen Cooper, for Spring, said: “The volunteer at St Mary’s Church reported the incident to the police after coming across the defendant and a man in the foyer of the fire exit at the church. He reports that he was disgusted and angered by what he saw.
“Miss Spring was just lying there letting the man do what he wanted to her. At the time of both offences she was homeless and in a very vulnerable position and put her trust in the man. She has limited emotional strength but accepts by her guilty plea that she was equally culpable for what happened. It is clear that alcohol is something she uses as a crutch to lean upon.” George Speed, prosecuting, said the first offence took place at 1.30pm on July 19 in the car park. He said: “A security guard came across the defendant lying on her back with a man on top of her. Both were naked from the waist down, there was no clothing on their bottom halves and the security guard said there were a number of members of the public in the area at the time.
“The incident was witnessed by a mother and her young daughter who also reported it to the police who arrived and told the pair to get dressed.” Spring and the man, who has already been prosecuted and dealt with by the courts for both offences, were both on bail for the first offence when the second offence took place at St Mary’s Church. Spring pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an act of outraging public decency and a separate count of being drunk and disorderly. The hearing was told how she had previous offences for being drunk and disorderly, but is now in a stable relationship with a new partner. Magistrates handed her a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment requirement. She must also pay £85 prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
Campaign to restore missing rooftop cows successful
A man's campaign to reinstate a herd of fibreglass cows on the roof of the Dairy Crest building in Hanworth, London, has been successful.
Joachim (Jake) Jellinek, of East Twickenham, launched an online campaign and petition in July, after his two-year-old son Cosmo pointed out their mysterious absence.
While a date for their return has not been confirmed, Mr Jellinek, 43, said: "I’m delighted to announce I have had this confirmed by Hanworth councillor Richard Foote (who has really taken this to heart and helped enormously.)
"The interesting part is that with the help of his colleague councillor John Chatt, they unearthed the original planning permission for the then new bottling plant, and it was part of the agreement at the time, in order to be allowed to build on green belt land, that the cows remain on the roof (and indeed they should have been moved around a bit from time to time also.)" The council informed Dairy Crest of their findings and that they fully intended to enforce the original planning condition. As a result Dairy Crest have agreed to reinstate the cows.
Councillor Richard Foote said this was an issue he felt extremely strongly about and was happy to hear the matter had been resolved. He said: "I'm born and bed in Hanworth and the cows have been long time neighbours of mine almost. I remember when they were in the front of the grounds. They have been a major item that people recognise coming into London. When you escape the Wild West it's the first thing you see. I know it's an issue that is close to most Hanworth residents and certainly one I have felt we could not just leave.
"Councillor John Chatt (Feltham North) remembered the original planning application and was sure the bottling plant which was built on partially green belt land had a clause for the cows to be on the roof and would remain there and be periodically moved around." Other key people who helped move the issue forward included planning case officer Max Smith digging up all the original documents and Brendan Walsh, Hounslow's director of regeneration. Details on the time scale including a date, and whether the same cows or an updated cow display will go up, are to be confirmed.
"The interesting part is that with the help of his colleague councillor John Chatt, they unearthed the original planning permission for the then new bottling plant, and it was part of the agreement at the time, in order to be allowed to build on green belt land, that the cows remain on the roof (and indeed they should have been moved around a bit from time to time also.)" The council informed Dairy Crest of their findings and that they fully intended to enforce the original planning condition. As a result Dairy Crest have agreed to reinstate the cows.
Councillor Richard Foote said this was an issue he felt extremely strongly about and was happy to hear the matter had been resolved. He said: "I'm born and bed in Hanworth and the cows have been long time neighbours of mine almost. I remember when they were in the front of the grounds. They have been a major item that people recognise coming into London. When you escape the Wild West it's the first thing you see. I know it's an issue that is close to most Hanworth residents and certainly one I have felt we could not just leave.
"Councillor John Chatt (Feltham North) remembered the original planning application and was sure the bottling plant which was built on partially green belt land had a clause for the cows to be on the roof and would remain there and be periodically moved around." Other key people who helped move the issue forward included planning case officer Max Smith digging up all the original documents and Brendan Walsh, Hounslow's director of regeneration. Details on the time scale including a date, and whether the same cows or an updated cow display will go up, are to be confirmed.
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