Thursday, April 02, 2015
Eagle flew in for a quick game of football
An eagle swooped on to a football pitch in North Vancouver, Canada, last week, before demonstrating its ball skills.
Mountain United were holding a training session at Sutherland Secondary School when the eagle landed. After a bit of a kickabout the bird flew away.
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Mountain United were holding a training session at Sutherland Secondary School when the eagle landed. After a bit of a kickabout the bird flew away.
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Search on for stolen ten foot tall metal rooster
Rocket the Rusty Rooster has flown the coop, and Athens-Clarke County police in Georgia are looking for his captor.
The rooster is roughly 10 feet tall and weighs in at more than 300 pounds of scrap metal. For two weeks, Rusty was perched in front of a store called Lexington Vintage.
The metal bird was stolen sometime between 9:30pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday. Bonnie Harris is the owner of Lexington Vintage, a place for artists to showcase their work in Athens. Harris said she has only been open for four months and the rooster was an attention getter for passing motorists.
Harris said her husband thinks some type of tool was used to cut Rusty away because part of one foot was left in the ground. The bird was anchored into the ground with rebar stakes. Since the rooster was worth $3,000, Athens-Clarke County Police said the person/s responsible would face felony charges.
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Harris said she hopes whoever took the rooster doesn't destroy it for a couple dollars worth of scrap metal. “I hope it is somebody who recognised, hey this is a really cool piece of art and they took it impulsively and would see this and bring it back. However, I know I can't rely on the integrity of a thief,” Harris said.
The metal bird was stolen sometime between 9:30pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday. Bonnie Harris is the owner of Lexington Vintage, a place for artists to showcase their work in Athens. Harris said she has only been open for four months and the rooster was an attention getter for passing motorists.
Harris said her husband thinks some type of tool was used to cut Rusty away because part of one foot was left in the ground. The bird was anchored into the ground with rebar stakes. Since the rooster was worth $3,000, Athens-Clarke County Police said the person/s responsible would face felony charges.
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Harris said she hopes whoever took the rooster doesn't destroy it for a couple dollars worth of scrap metal. “I hope it is somebody who recognised, hey this is a really cool piece of art and they took it impulsively and would see this and bring it back. However, I know I can't rely on the integrity of a thief,” Harris said.
Woman being strangled with bra fought off attacker with ceramic chicken
Police in Lexington, Kentucky have arrested a 31-year-old woman after she strangled a stranger with her bra.
"I thought I was going to die,” said the victim, Patricia Leece.
She survived the bizarre attack but the 61-year-old says it will take a long time to recover. Her face is bruised and scratched, her arms are scraped and she is missing patches of hair. "It happened at about 12:30 the other night. Someone came to my doors, banging, screaming and hollering." Leece says she opened the door to her home because she thought it was her granddaughter.
Instead, she says that the woman standing there was Ashley Sies. Leece says Sies old pushed her way inside and wrapped her bra around her neck. "She choked me down and we fought for a good 15 to 20 minutes. Finally I saw one of my (ceramic) chickens on the floor so I picked it up and started bashing her on the head with it," Leece explained.
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After she knocked her out, she called police. Investigators say Sies appeared to be on drugs and thought she was being followed when she showed up on Leece's porch early on Monday morning. "She was going door to door hoping someone would let her in. Of course it was me," said Leece. Sies is charged with first-degree burglary but more charges could be on the way because Leece says she will press charges.
She survived the bizarre attack but the 61-year-old says it will take a long time to recover. Her face is bruised and scratched, her arms are scraped and she is missing patches of hair. "It happened at about 12:30 the other night. Someone came to my doors, banging, screaming and hollering." Leece says she opened the door to her home because she thought it was her granddaughter.
Instead, she says that the woman standing there was Ashley Sies. Leece says Sies old pushed her way inside and wrapped her bra around her neck. "She choked me down and we fought for a good 15 to 20 minutes. Finally I saw one of my (ceramic) chickens on the floor so I picked it up and started bashing her on the head with it," Leece explained.
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After she knocked her out, she called police. Investigators say Sies appeared to be on drugs and thought she was being followed when she showed up on Leece's porch early on Monday morning. "She was going door to door hoping someone would let her in. Of course it was me," said Leece. Sies is charged with first-degree burglary but more charges could be on the way because Leece says she will press charges.
Couple both dead after disagreement over $500 winning lottery ticket
An argument over a winning $500 scratch-off lottery ticket apparently led a man to shoot his live-in girlfriend on Saturday morning, then turn the gun on himself, police in Fort Worth, Texas, have said.
“We received information that the suspect had won $500 on a Texas lottery scratch-off ticket and that the victim wanted half of the proceeds,” homicide Sgt. Joe Loughman said. “The suspect didn’t want to share it with her.” Though critically injured from a gunshot wound to the chest, Laurice Hampton, 48, was able to call 911 at about 6:30am to report the shootings by Terry Martin, 46.
“She told them that she had been shot and that he had shot himself after he shot her,” Loughman said. Responding officers found the couple inside a master bedroom of their home. Martin was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Hampton was taken by ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital and died a few hours later.
Loughman said the couple had known each other since childhood and had lived together for several years. They were known to have a “very volatile relationship,” he said. Tarrant County court records show Martin was sentenced in July 2012 to a day in jail and fined $214 for assaulting Hampton in their home in November 2011.
“We received information that the suspect had won $500 on a Texas lottery scratch-off ticket and that the victim wanted half of the proceeds,” homicide Sgt. Joe Loughman said. “The suspect didn’t want to share it with her.” Though critically injured from a gunshot wound to the chest, Laurice Hampton, 48, was able to call 911 at about 6:30am to report the shootings by Terry Martin, 46.
“She told them that she had been shot and that he had shot himself after he shot her,” Loughman said. Responding officers found the couple inside a master bedroom of their home. Martin was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Hampton was taken by ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital and died a few hours later.
Loughman said the couple had known each other since childhood and had lived together for several years. They were known to have a “very volatile relationship,” he said. Tarrant County court records show Martin was sentenced in July 2012 to a day in jail and fined $214 for assaulting Hampton in their home in November 2011.
Smuggler hid cannabis in lamb pot roast
A drug smuggler attempted to hide 20g of cannabis in a lamb pot roast, police in Australia's Northern Territory say.
"A quick X-ray revealed seasoning of a completely illegal nature," a police statement said.
The sealed plastic bag of cannabis had been inserted into the lamb which had then been re-wrapped in heat-shrunk plastic, Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Malogorski said.
"In an Indigenous community you're looking at $100 for 1 gram," he said. "You're looking at $2,000." Sergeant Malogorski said the pot roast had been delivered to a company at Darwin Airport as freight consigned for the Tiwi Islands 100 kilometres to the north.
Illegal drugs such as cannabis command exorbitant prices in many Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and suppliers find "ingenious" ways to smuggle and hide them, he said. Unlawfully supplying cannabis to another in the Northern Territory attracts a maximum five years imprisonment.
"It is a small amount of cannabis," he said. "The problem you have is on Indigenous communities where people haven't got a large amount of money and the dealers are trying to rip the community off. They can't afford to pay that sort of money for that type of rubbish." The lamb roast was destroyed while the cannabis has been sent to the forensics centre for testing, he said.
"In an Indigenous community you're looking at $100 for 1 gram," he said. "You're looking at $2,000." Sergeant Malogorski said the pot roast had been delivered to a company at Darwin Airport as freight consigned for the Tiwi Islands 100 kilometres to the north.
Illegal drugs such as cannabis command exorbitant prices in many Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and suppliers find "ingenious" ways to smuggle and hide them, he said. Unlawfully supplying cannabis to another in the Northern Territory attracts a maximum five years imprisonment.
"It is a small amount of cannabis," he said. "The problem you have is on Indigenous communities where people haven't got a large amount of money and the dealers are trying to rip the community off. They can't afford to pay that sort of money for that type of rubbish." The lamb roast was destroyed while the cannabis has been sent to the forensics centre for testing, he said.
Man waiting at bus stop bitten by beaver
A man who was bitten by a beaver at a bus stop in Tyresö, south of Stockholm, Sweden, has been describing the attack.
Pentti Savola, 57, was among a group of early morning commuters waiting to get a bus to work when the animal came up to him and bit his leg last week. "It was lightning fast. I never thought that an animal that looks so clumsy could be so crafty," he said.
He said that he may have stressed the animal out as he took some photos of it. The wound on his leg was bleeding a lot but Mr Savola did not need antibiotics. "It has now healed nicely, I hold no grudge against the beaver", laughs Mr Savola.
He said he wanted to tell his story to warn children that they should not pet beavers without knowing more about the animals. The beaver was hunted to extinction in Sweden by the end of the nineteenth century but was reintroduced during the 1920s and 1930s after eighty of they were imported from Norway, in what is often cited as one of the most successful animal conservation efforts in history.
Pentti Savola, 57, was among a group of early morning commuters waiting to get a bus to work when the animal came up to him and bit his leg last week. "It was lightning fast. I never thought that an animal that looks so clumsy could be so crafty," he said.
He said that he may have stressed the animal out as he took some photos of it. The wound on his leg was bleeding a lot but Mr Savola did not need antibiotics. "It has now healed nicely, I hold no grudge against the beaver", laughs Mr Savola.
He said he wanted to tell his story to warn children that they should not pet beavers without knowing more about the animals. The beaver was hunted to extinction in Sweden by the end of the nineteenth century but was reintroduced during the 1920s and 1930s after eighty of they were imported from Norway, in what is often cited as one of the most successful animal conservation efforts in history.
Jockey escaped unhurt after spectacular fall at final fence
18-year-old amateur jockey Lewis Ferguson was riding the 4/7 favourite Merrion Square in the 4.20 John Dufosee Memorial Open Hunters’ Chase at Wincanton on Wednesday and everything seemed to be going to plan as he approached the last fence in the lead.
But things started to go wrong as Ferguson was just about to reach the hurdle, with his horse appearing to change direction at the last moment, throwing him out of the saddle. He then fell into the fence and flipped over twice, before landing on his back further down the course.
Officials began to get the screens out, anticipating Ferguson would require medical assistance, but he remarkably got to his feet and walked away unscathed. Wincanton clerk of the course Barry Johnson described it as “the worst fall I’ve ever seen.”
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He said: “Lewis is absolutely fine, unbelievably. He walked into the parade ring and was chatting away as if nothing had happened, calm as you like. It was amazing, I’ve never seen anything like it. It was certainly the worst fall I’ve ever seen and I’m just glad he’s all right because I feared the worst.”
But things started to go wrong as Ferguson was just about to reach the hurdle, with his horse appearing to change direction at the last moment, throwing him out of the saddle. He then fell into the fence and flipped over twice, before landing on his back further down the course.
Officials began to get the screens out, anticipating Ferguson would require medical assistance, but he remarkably got to his feet and walked away unscathed. Wincanton clerk of the course Barry Johnson described it as “the worst fall I’ve ever seen.”
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He said: “Lewis is absolutely fine, unbelievably. He walked into the parade ring and was chatting away as if nothing had happened, calm as you like. It was amazing, I’ve never seen anything like it. It was certainly the worst fall I’ve ever seen and I’m just glad he’s all right because I feared the worst.”
Man spent six hours getting a tattoo of Jesus before running off without paying
A man with no regard for the eighth commandment spent six hours getting a tattoo of Jesus, before running off without paying.
A tattooist at RedINC in Luton, Bedfordshire was stunned when the ‘customer’ claimed he had already paid another member of staff for the work and then used the confusion to skip out on a £250 bill.
CCTV footage seems to show that an hour before that the man took advantage of the tattooist locking up a back door to steal £1,000 from the front counter, which he stuffed into his jeans before sitting down to get his artwork finished.
The man already had a tattoo of praying hands on his other arm, which was inscribed with ‘Only God can judge me’. RedINC owner Joanne Baum said: “The irony is that he has clearly decided to embrace Christianity and the major ethos is ‘Thou shalt not steal’.” She claimed: “He planned the theft from us and he completely planned not to pay for the tattoo. To have someone sit there for six hours talking about their life intimately and then do this is unbelievable. He was there chatting about his wife and daughter, it is not acceptable.”
The man originally went into RedINC two weeks ago to book the appointment, which was discounted from £420 to £250. He arrived at the appointment at 1pm last Monday. Around five hours later he was left alone in the parlour with the tattooist, who briefly stopped the work to lock a back door. It’s then CCTV shows he went briefly behind the counter, Workers later found up to £1,000 had gone missing. Once the tattoo was finished an hour later he claimed that he had already paid. As the tattooist called to confirm with a colleague the man quickly left the parlour.
Mrs Baum added: “It is a lot of hard, intense work and he stayed until 7.30pm doing it. It is very disrespectful for our fantastic tattoo artist. Would you like to go to work all day and not get paid for it? It was not just the six hours he had, there was also the drawing up and interview beforehand. All in all he had around ten hours of that artist’s time.” RedINC have been forced to change their security procedures following the incident. Bedfordshire Police has said that investigations are ongoing and described the offender as a man of Asian ethnicity, in his 20s, approximately 6 foot tall, and well built.
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The man already had a tattoo of praying hands on his other arm, which was inscribed with ‘Only God can judge me’. RedINC owner Joanne Baum said: “The irony is that he has clearly decided to embrace Christianity and the major ethos is ‘Thou shalt not steal’.” She claimed: “He planned the theft from us and he completely planned not to pay for the tattoo. To have someone sit there for six hours talking about their life intimately and then do this is unbelievable. He was there chatting about his wife and daughter, it is not acceptable.”
The man originally went into RedINC two weeks ago to book the appointment, which was discounted from £420 to £250. He arrived at the appointment at 1pm last Monday. Around five hours later he was left alone in the parlour with the tattooist, who briefly stopped the work to lock a back door. It’s then CCTV shows he went briefly behind the counter, Workers later found up to £1,000 had gone missing. Once the tattoo was finished an hour later he claimed that he had already paid. As the tattooist called to confirm with a colleague the man quickly left the parlour.
Mrs Baum added: “It is a lot of hard, intense work and he stayed until 7.30pm doing it. It is very disrespectful for our fantastic tattoo artist. Would you like to go to work all day and not get paid for it? It was not just the six hours he had, there was also the drawing up and interview beforehand. All in all he had around ten hours of that artist’s time.” RedINC have been forced to change their security procedures following the incident. Bedfordshire Police has said that investigations are ongoing and described the offender as a man of Asian ethnicity, in his 20s, approximately 6 foot tall, and well built.
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Dog saved life of man choking on pickled onion by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre
A man who nearly choked to death on a pickled onion says his pet dog saved his life by unwittingly performing the Heimlich manoeuvre.
Alan Spencer, 67, of Withernsea, Yorkshire, was tucking into his dinner when a piece of skin from the pickled vegetable blocked his windpipe.
Mr Spencer staggered towards his front door to get help from neighbours but collapsed in his hallway.
As he choked on the pickle he said he felt his life slipping away.
But, just as he started to black out, Mr Spencer's 18-month-old Labrador Lexi jumped heavily on his back, dislodging the onion. "People will say they are only animals and they don't know what they were doing, but Lexi is so clever, she is very canny," said Mr Spencer. "She saved my life most definitely. If it wasn't for her I honestly don't think I would be here. Normally I don't speak like that, but looking back on the whole situation if it wasn't for her actions I would be dead, lying in that passageway dead."
Mr Spencer, who lives alone, spent three tortuous minutes frantically trying to dislodge the vegetable from his throat before seeking help. "It went straight down my throat and blocked the air completely," he said. "I was absolutely petrified. I was coughing and choking and leaping about trying to get it free. I got out the living room and tried to get down the passage to open the door to get someone's attention outside. I felt myself going completely. I felt the life going out of me." As Mr Spencer struggled to breathe, his pet Labradors Lexi and ten-month-old Nancy grew anxious.
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He said: "The poor dogs didn't know that was going on. They were going mad. I fell to the floor and I was fighting and fighting for air and to get to the door. The small dog Nancy was jumping on my legs and Lexi was licking my face." Mr Spencer became convinced he was going to die when Lexi sprang into action. "All of a sudden out of the blue I felt this almighty crash on my back and it was Lexi," said Mr Spencer. "She had just jumped straight up in the air and landed right in the middle of my back. All of a sudden the piece of onion shot out of my mouth and I could breathe again."
But, just as he started to black out, Mr Spencer's 18-month-old Labrador Lexi jumped heavily on his back, dislodging the onion. "People will say they are only animals and they don't know what they were doing, but Lexi is so clever, she is very canny," said Mr Spencer. "She saved my life most definitely. If it wasn't for her I honestly don't think I would be here. Normally I don't speak like that, but looking back on the whole situation if it wasn't for her actions I would be dead, lying in that passageway dead."
Mr Spencer, who lives alone, spent three tortuous minutes frantically trying to dislodge the vegetable from his throat before seeking help. "It went straight down my throat and blocked the air completely," he said. "I was absolutely petrified. I was coughing and choking and leaping about trying to get it free. I got out the living room and tried to get down the passage to open the door to get someone's attention outside. I felt myself going completely. I felt the life going out of me." As Mr Spencer struggled to breathe, his pet Labradors Lexi and ten-month-old Nancy grew anxious.
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He said: "The poor dogs didn't know that was going on. They were going mad. I fell to the floor and I was fighting and fighting for air and to get to the door. The small dog Nancy was jumping on my legs and Lexi was licking my face." Mr Spencer became convinced he was going to die when Lexi sprang into action. "All of a sudden out of the blue I felt this almighty crash on my back and it was Lexi," said Mr Spencer. "She had just jumped straight up in the air and landed right in the middle of my back. All of a sudden the piece of onion shot out of my mouth and I could breathe again."
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