Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Labrador likes to take solo bus ride to her dog park stop
Commuters in Belltown, Seattle, report seeing a Black Labrador riding the bus alone in recent weeks. The 2-year old has been spotted roaming the aisles and hopping onto seats next to strangers.
When the dog got off the bus, without an owner, at a dog park last week, it piqued the curiosity of local radio host Miles Montgomery.
"It doesn't really appear to have an owner. The dog gets off at the dog park. I just look out the window and I'm like, 'did that just happen?'" Montgomery asked. "She was most concerned about seeing out the window, and I couldn't figure out what that was. It was really just about seeing where her stop was." It turns out the dog, Eclipse, doesn't always ride the bus alone. She visits the dog park a few times a week, sometimes with her owner. The duo live right near the bus stop.
Eclipse's solo rush hour ride happened one day when her owner took too long to finish a cigarette. "We get separated. She gets on the bus without me, and I catch up with her at the dog park," said Jeff Young, who owns the dog. "It's not hard to get on. She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later." Young said the tradition has been going on for a while. "She's been here the last two years, so she's been urbanised, totally.
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"She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog," he said. "Probably once a week I get a phone call. 'Hi. I have your dog Eclipse here,'" he says. "I have to tell them, 'no. She's fine.' She knows what she's doing." A spokesman for Metro Transit said the agency loves that a dog appreciates public transit. "She would be much safer in the world if she had her owner on a leash," he joked. "It makes their day," added Young. "It's a good part of their day and it works out for her so I just let it go."
"It doesn't really appear to have an owner. The dog gets off at the dog park. I just look out the window and I'm like, 'did that just happen?'" Montgomery asked. "She was most concerned about seeing out the window, and I couldn't figure out what that was. It was really just about seeing where her stop was." It turns out the dog, Eclipse, doesn't always ride the bus alone. She visits the dog park a few times a week, sometimes with her owner. The duo live right near the bus stop.
Eclipse's solo rush hour ride happened one day when her owner took too long to finish a cigarette. "We get separated. She gets on the bus without me, and I catch up with her at the dog park," said Jeff Young, who owns the dog. "It's not hard to get on. She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later." Young said the tradition has been going on for a while. "She's been here the last two years, so she's been urbanised, totally.
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"She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog," he said. "Probably once a week I get a phone call. 'Hi. I have your dog Eclipse here,'" he says. "I have to tell them, 'no. She's fine.' She knows what she's doing." A spokesman for Metro Transit said the agency loves that a dog appreciates public transit. "She would be much safer in the world if she had her owner on a leash," he joked. "It makes their day," added Young. "It's a good part of their day and it works out for her so I just let it go."
Woman stabbed in park hit assailant over the head with a saucepan
A stabbing victim hit her attacker over the head with a saucepan after an argument in a park in the Coconut Grove suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
The 61-year-old woman was stabbed in the upper arm and chest with a steak knife the 56-year-old female attacker produced from her bag.
Superintendent Del Jones said the stabbing occurred after an argument broke out between the women in Karu Park, Coconut Grove at about 7pm on Monday. “The argument escalated and one of the women removed a steak knife from her bag, and stabbed the victim four or five times,” she said.
“The victim has then defended herself with a saucepan and hit the attacker over the head, leaving her with minor injuries.” Supt Jones said the offender has been arrested and spent the night in custody, while the victim was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital. “The offender will be spoken to by serious crime detectives,” she said.
The 61-year-old woman was stabbed in the upper arm and chest with a steak knife the 56-year-old female attacker produced from her bag.
Superintendent Del Jones said the stabbing occurred after an argument broke out between the women in Karu Park, Coconut Grove at about 7pm on Monday. “The argument escalated and one of the women removed a steak knife from her bag, and stabbed the victim four or five times,” she said.
“The victim has then defended herself with a saucepan and hit the attacker over the head, leaving her with minor injuries.” Supt Jones said the offender has been arrested and spent the night in custody, while the victim was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital. “The offender will be spoken to by serious crime detectives,” she said.
Two-year-old boy swept away in stormwater drain managed to tread water until help arrived
A two-year-old boy swept hundreds of metres down a flooded stormwater drain in the Gordon suburb of Canberra, Australia, miraculously survived after managing to keep himself afloat until help arrived. Emergency services crews were called to Stace Place, which backs on to the open air drain, after family members reported the toddler missing shortly before 7.30pm on Saturday.
Kyle James was found floating in the drain, which police said was full of water and flowing quickly, about 500 metres from his home. Members of the public had pulled Kyle, who was dressed in a Superman suit, from the drain as intensive care paramedics arrived. Witnesses told paramedics Kyle kept himself afloat using strokes he had recently learned at swimming lessons.
He was treated for mild hypothermia and taken to Canberra Hospital in a stable condition. ACT Ambulance Service duty officer Chris Barry said Kyle sustained minor injuries, including scratches and bruising, after he was swept over three ledges in the waterway and came to a stop in a holding pool. He said Kyle, who has recently been tested for autism, was lucky to be alive but had reportedly been in good spirits when he was rescued.
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"I'd put it down to the fact that he didn't realise the danger he was in; children often don't realise that they're in trouble," he said. "It's very lucky it would appear he was able to swim and able to save himself." Stace Place resident Caleb Watt, who heard distressed screams around the time the toddler went missing on Saturday night, said the stormwater drain was often dangerously full after a lot of rain.
Kyle James was found floating in the drain, which police said was full of water and flowing quickly, about 500 metres from his home. Members of the public had pulled Kyle, who was dressed in a Superman suit, from the drain as intensive care paramedics arrived. Witnesses told paramedics Kyle kept himself afloat using strokes he had recently learned at swimming lessons.
He was treated for mild hypothermia and taken to Canberra Hospital in a stable condition. ACT Ambulance Service duty officer Chris Barry said Kyle sustained minor injuries, including scratches and bruising, after he was swept over three ledges in the waterway and came to a stop in a holding pool. He said Kyle, who has recently been tested for autism, was lucky to be alive but had reportedly been in good spirits when he was rescued.
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"I'd put it down to the fact that he didn't realise the danger he was in; children often don't realise that they're in trouble," he said. "It's very lucky it would appear he was able to swim and able to save himself." Stace Place resident Caleb Watt, who heard distressed screams around the time the toddler went missing on Saturday night, said the stormwater drain was often dangerously full after a lot of rain.
Russian police officer kidnapped by donkey
A police officer in the city of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan was kidnapped by a donkey on Monday.
The officer sat on the donkey before it dashed off at speed into the distance, much to the amusement of his colleagues.
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The officer sat on the donkey before it dashed off at speed into the distance, much to the amusement of his colleagues.
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Austrian plait thief is apparently active again
Police in Austria are appealing for witnesses after a strange man cut off a seven-year-old’s long plaited hair as she was on her way to school in eastern Styria last week.
Police fear that a man known locally as the “Zopfabschneider” (plait cutter) is back after going quiet for a few years. In April 2011 there were several reported incidents of a man aged between 40 and 50, who spoke the local dialect, approaching young girls and snipping off their plaits.
He was described as balding, with short grey hair and stubble. He was dressed in a black jacket with a neon green lining and blue jeans. He also wore a black woolen hat edged with blue, and brown shoes. In the latest incident a seven-year-old girl and her nine-year-old brother were on their way to school in Bad Gleichenberg at 7.15am on Thursday.
The man approached them, spoke to them, and walked down the road with them. As they passed the tourism school he took a pair of silver scissors out of his jacket and cut off the little girl’s plait. He then ran away, and the children ran to school and reported what had happened.
Police fear that a man known locally as the “Zopfabschneider” (plait cutter) is back after going quiet for a few years. In April 2011 there were several reported incidents of a man aged between 40 and 50, who spoke the local dialect, approaching young girls and snipping off their plaits.
He was described as balding, with short grey hair and stubble. He was dressed in a black jacket with a neon green lining and blue jeans. He also wore a black woolen hat edged with blue, and brown shoes. In the latest incident a seven-year-old girl and her nine-year-old brother were on their way to school in Bad Gleichenberg at 7.15am on Thursday.
The man approached them, spoke to them, and walked down the road with them. As they passed the tourism school he took a pair of silver scissors out of his jacket and cut off the little girl’s plait. He then ran away, and the children ran to school and reported what had happened.
Off-duty police officer armed with traffic cone caught two robbers
An off-duty police officer in Ireland has been praised by a judge for arming himself with a traffic cone and catching two robbers who had raided a shop in Dublin.
Det Garda Paul Johnson disabled the getaway motorbike after the robbery in Westland Row.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Det Johnson was on his way to Pearse Street train station when he spotted two customers at the counter in the store wearing motorbike helmets. He stopped, thinking it was unusual, and noticed that their visors were pulled down. The detective then armed himself with a traffic cone and waited outside the shop having heard the men threatening staff.
He noticed that a motorbike parked outside the shop had its engine running and knocked it over anticipating it to be the getaway vehicle. When the raiders left the shop Det Johnson ran after them while protecting himself with the traffic cone. He identified himself as a police officer and noticed that one of the robber's was armed with a knife. He pushed him away and the robber fell over the motorbike.
Members of the public then came to the detective's assistance and managed to hold down the raiders until other police arrived. The judge praised the diligent work of Det Johnson who he said "disabled" the robber's getaway motorbike. The court heard that the cash was still on the men when they were arrested. Kevin Penrose, 49, of Casement Road, Finglas, was jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to robbery. Larry Brazil, 52, of Cappagh Avenue, Finglas, received a four-year suspended sentence.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Det Johnson was on his way to Pearse Street train station when he spotted two customers at the counter in the store wearing motorbike helmets. He stopped, thinking it was unusual, and noticed that their visors were pulled down. The detective then armed himself with a traffic cone and waited outside the shop having heard the men threatening staff.
He noticed that a motorbike parked outside the shop had its engine running and knocked it over anticipating it to be the getaway vehicle. When the raiders left the shop Det Johnson ran after them while protecting himself with the traffic cone. He identified himself as a police officer and noticed that one of the robber's was armed with a knife. He pushed him away and the robber fell over the motorbike.
Members of the public then came to the detective's assistance and managed to hold down the raiders until other police arrived. The judge praised the diligent work of Det Johnson who he said "disabled" the robber's getaway motorbike. The court heard that the cash was still on the men when they were arrested. Kevin Penrose, 49, of Casement Road, Finglas, was jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to robbery. Larry Brazil, 52, of Cappagh Avenue, Finglas, received a four-year suspended sentence.
Firefighters rescued boy trapped by toilet while admiring pretend hand-dryer
Firefighters had to rescue a little boy after he became trapped down the side of a toilet.
Jamie Smart, five, managed to wedge himself into the tiny space in the downstairs loo at his family’s home in Sale, Greater Manchester.
He had gone into the bathroom to look at a pretend hand-dryer his parents had made for him so he could play at drying his hands, but became so absorbed he somehow slid into the gap between the toilet and the wall.
Parents Alison, 38, and Martin, 44, first removed the downstairs bathroom door, then the toilet seat and finally the toilet cistern. But with Jamie still stuck, they had no option but to call the fire service.
White watch from Sale fire station came to the rescue, with one firefighter lying on the floor to somehow twist Jamie free unharmed but for a few scrapes and bruises. Alison said: “It’s funny now but at the time he was screaming and really upset. We took off the door, then the toilet seat and cistern off and thought we were going to have to remove the whole toilet. In the end we called the fire service and they came straight out.''
He had gone into the bathroom to look at a pretend hand-dryer his parents had made for him so he could play at drying his hands, but became so absorbed he somehow slid into the gap between the toilet and the wall.
Parents Alison, 38, and Martin, 44, first removed the downstairs bathroom door, then the toilet seat and finally the toilet cistern. But with Jamie still stuck, they had no option but to call the fire service.
White watch from Sale fire station came to the rescue, with one firefighter lying on the floor to somehow twist Jamie free unharmed but for a few scrapes and bruises. Alison said: “It’s funny now but at the time he was screaming and really upset. We took off the door, then the toilet seat and cistern off and thought we were going to have to remove the whole toilet. In the end we called the fire service and they came straight out.''
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