Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Dog woken by magic words
Nothing appears to wake this deeply-snoozing dog. Smelly socks don't rouse her. Tickles and scratches have no effect.
It appears only the magic words will work.
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Man pepper sprayed after stabbing his girlfriend in the buttocks with pitchfork
A fight between a Texas couple came to a violent and bizarre conclusion on Monday after deputies said a woman was stabbed with a pitchfork.
And deputies said this isn't their first time at the residence in San Antonio dealing with the couple. The call for the disturbance came in at around 4am.
Deputies said Antonio Nunez, 59, was arguing outside of the house with his girlfriend when things got heated and Nunez stabbed her in the backside with a pitchfork.
Deputies said the woman pepper sprayed Nunez following the assault. The woman was taken to the hospital, and Nunez was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
And deputies said this isn't their first time at the residence in San Antonio dealing with the couple. The call for the disturbance came in at around 4am.
Deputies said Antonio Nunez, 59, was arguing outside of the house with his girlfriend when things got heated and Nunez stabbed her in the backside with a pitchfork.
Deputies said the woman pepper sprayed Nunez following the assault. The woman was taken to the hospital, and Nunez was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Woman says she hit husband on the head with hammer to protect cats
A woman from Kingsport, Tennessee, readily admitted to police that she hit her husband on the head with a hammer to protect her cats and to prevent him from picking on her, according to a police report.
Officers with the Kingsport Police Department were called to an address in Kingsport late on Sunday afternoon regarding an assault. When officers arrived, they met with Mary Dollen, 58, who initially made the call to police.
While speaking with Dollen, the responding officer noticed blood on her shirt.
When asked what happened to her to get blood on her shirt, Dollen allegedly responded, "It's probably my husband's. I hit him in the head with a hammer." Dollen told officers her husband was suffering from alcohol withdrawals and had been shaking. She gave him some alcohol to help with the symptoms and then left. When she returned to the home, she told police her husband had consumed more alcohol. She reportedly told police the two were watching TV and started to argue. She then told police her husband fell asleep and while he was asleep, she armed herself with a hammer.
When he woke up, the two began arguing again. She told police her husband said, "I'm going to kill you bitch." Then the argument reportedly turned toward Dollen's cats. A short time later, she walked over to where he was sitting and hit him on the head with a hammer. Dollen allegedly told police the reason she hit him was out of fear for her cats and that she was tired of him picking on her, according to the police report. When Dollen hit him on the head, she told police it knocked him back and once he discovered he had been hit, he left the scene in a vehicle.
While police were speaking with Dollen, the victim arrived at the house with a large cut on his forehead and another large cut at his hairline. The victim was questioned separately. According to the police report, the victim did not remember what happened. He told police he was asleep on the couch when his wife hit him on the head with a hammer. He denied threatening Dollen and repeatedly turned down medical attention after responding to multiple questions correctly. Dollen was then arrested for aggravated domestic assault and transported to Kingsport City Jail.
When asked what happened to her to get blood on her shirt, Dollen allegedly responded, "It's probably my husband's. I hit him in the head with a hammer." Dollen told officers her husband was suffering from alcohol withdrawals and had been shaking. She gave him some alcohol to help with the symptoms and then left. When she returned to the home, she told police her husband had consumed more alcohol. She reportedly told police the two were watching TV and started to argue. She then told police her husband fell asleep and while he was asleep, she armed herself with a hammer.
When he woke up, the two began arguing again. She told police her husband said, "I'm going to kill you bitch." Then the argument reportedly turned toward Dollen's cats. A short time later, she walked over to where he was sitting and hit him on the head with a hammer. Dollen allegedly told police the reason she hit him was out of fear for her cats and that she was tired of him picking on her, according to the police report. When Dollen hit him on the head, she told police it knocked him back and once he discovered he had been hit, he left the scene in a vehicle.
While police were speaking with Dollen, the victim arrived at the house with a large cut on his forehead and another large cut at his hairline. The victim was questioned separately. According to the police report, the victim did not remember what happened. He told police he was asleep on the couch when his wife hit him on the head with a hammer. He denied threatening Dollen and repeatedly turned down medical attention after responding to multiple questions correctly. Dollen was then arrested for aggravated domestic assault and transported to Kingsport City Jail.
Elderly lady died while attemping to dispose of body of groundhog she'd shot
Authorities in Taylor County, West Virginia, say a freak accident claimed the life of an elderly woman over the weekend.
The sheriff's department says the 74-year-old woman was disposing of a groundhog carcass that she shot and killed when she fell over a steep embankment off Route 44.
Sheriff Terring Skinner of the Taylor County Sheriff's Department said her son discovered her body at around 7pm on Saturday night. Grafton firefighters had to rappel down the hill to retrieve the body.
Authorities say no foul play is suspected and that it appears her death was accidental. The woman's body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office to determine an exact cause of death. The woman's name has not been revealed.
The sheriff's department says the 74-year-old woman was disposing of a groundhog carcass that she shot and killed when she fell over a steep embankment off Route 44.
Sheriff Terring Skinner of the Taylor County Sheriff's Department said her son discovered her body at around 7pm on Saturday night. Grafton firefighters had to rappel down the hill to retrieve the body.
Authorities say no foul play is suspected and that it appears her death was accidental. The woman's body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office to determine an exact cause of death. The woman's name has not been revealed.
Teenager killed after being hit by brick thrown by monkey
A 17-year-old has lost his life after he was hit on the head by a brick thrown by a monkey from the top of a building in Chandigarh in Haryana and Punjab, northern India.
The victim, Harry, who used to work in a garment store, was standing outside the shop on March 31 when he was hit by the brick reportedly thrown by a monkey.
Harry was rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research by the shop owner and his staff, where he succumbed to his injuries on April 4. Paramjit Singh, a relative of the victim, said the brick was kept on the cover of a water tank. “The monkey removed it and threw it down, which unfortunately hit Harry,” he said.
Paramjit Singh blamed the authorities for failing to control the monkey menace in the city. “Troops of monkeys have been scaring residents with their terrorising antics,” he said. Harry is survived by his parents and an elder brother, Happy, who also works at a shop in the Shastri Market.
“With the death of Harry, the entire family is dependent on Happy now,” said his uncle Babu. Inspector Uday Pal, SHO of the Sector 17 police station, said the postmortem of the victim was conducted after which his body was handed over to the family. “A head injury was the cause of the death,” he said.
Harry was rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research by the shop owner and his staff, where he succumbed to his injuries on April 4. Paramjit Singh, a relative of the victim, said the brick was kept on the cover of a water tank. “The monkey removed it and threw it down, which unfortunately hit Harry,” he said.
Paramjit Singh blamed the authorities for failing to control the monkey menace in the city. “Troops of monkeys have been scaring residents with their terrorising antics,” he said. Harry is survived by his parents and an elder brother, Happy, who also works at a shop in the Shastri Market.
“With the death of Harry, the entire family is dependent on Happy now,” said his uncle Babu. Inspector Uday Pal, SHO of the Sector 17 police station, said the postmortem of the victim was conducted after which his body was handed over to the family. “A head injury was the cause of the death,” he said.
Hunt for predatory boa constrictor mistakenly released by police
Authorities in Australia are searching the Gold Coast after a South American boa constrictor was released by Queensland police officers who wrongly believed it was a harmless python.
Police were called to The Esplanade at Surfers Paradise on or about March 26 to respond to reports of a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath.
The officers released the reptile into bushland at the Southport Spit, but the incident has since sparked an operation by Biosecurity Queensland officers who said the snake was not a harmless python after all.
The reptile was identified as a two-metre South American boa constrictor, a large predatory snake that could pose a threat to other reptiles and even domestic pets. Biosecurity Queensland officer Duncan Swan said a team of 12 State Government and Gold Coast City Council officers were scouring the Southport Spit for the reptile. "In the wild these things tend to move no more than 100 metres a night – they are a nocturnal snake so we are reasonably confident that it is still in that general area," he said. "But that said, trying to find a snake in a reasonably heavily vegetated area is very, very difficult."
Snake catcher Tony Harrison said boa constrictors were similar in appearance to harmless pythons but posed a range of threats to the wider environment. "It has a couple of things it could potentially do - firstly it could introduce viruses to Australian species, and therefore wipe out the Australian population of reptiles," he said. "It can also start to breed if it's pregnant and it drops a clutch of babies, and all of a sudden, bang - they establish here in Australia. They will be competing for other snakes that already naturally live here in Australia and potentially some exotic species eat reptiles as well, so that can be an issue.
"They eat anything with fur and feathers, and they can eat three times their girth, so it's a potential threat to any of our furry or feathered friends." However, Mr Harrison said he was confident the snake would be found. "It's a needle in a haystack plus some - the best way to for us to actually land the snake and I don't think it'll be a problem and we will get it within a month - is basically, it's just the public's eyes," he said. "They don't travel too far and especially being a captive-bred animal or an animal that's been kept in captivity, it's probably just very slowly cruising around, doing its thing and exploring what its new environment is. It won't be too long until a member of the public stumbles across it and calls one of the authorities and it gets caught quickly."
The reptile was identified as a two-metre South American boa constrictor, a large predatory snake that could pose a threat to other reptiles and even domestic pets. Biosecurity Queensland officer Duncan Swan said a team of 12 State Government and Gold Coast City Council officers were scouring the Southport Spit for the reptile. "In the wild these things tend to move no more than 100 metres a night – they are a nocturnal snake so we are reasonably confident that it is still in that general area," he said. "But that said, trying to find a snake in a reasonably heavily vegetated area is very, very difficult."
Snake catcher Tony Harrison said boa constrictors were similar in appearance to harmless pythons but posed a range of threats to the wider environment. "It has a couple of things it could potentially do - firstly it could introduce viruses to Australian species, and therefore wipe out the Australian population of reptiles," he said. "It can also start to breed if it's pregnant and it drops a clutch of babies, and all of a sudden, bang - they establish here in Australia. They will be competing for other snakes that already naturally live here in Australia and potentially some exotic species eat reptiles as well, so that can be an issue.
"They eat anything with fur and feathers, and they can eat three times their girth, so it's a potential threat to any of our furry or feathered friends." However, Mr Harrison said he was confident the snake would be found. "It's a needle in a haystack plus some - the best way to for us to actually land the snake and I don't think it'll be a problem and we will get it within a month - is basically, it's just the public's eyes," he said. "They don't travel too far and especially being a captive-bred animal or an animal that's been kept in captivity, it's probably just very slowly cruising around, doing its thing and exploring what its new environment is. It won't be too long until a member of the public stumbles across it and calls one of the authorities and it gets caught quickly."
Fisherman caught deer in the Adriatic Sea
A fisherman caught a deer in the Adriatic Sea close to the Italian port of Giulianova on Saturday.
Enrico Di Francesco, owner of The Charon I, was about half a mile from the coast, off Cologna Beach. Di Francesco said that initially it appeared to be a tree trunk but after attempting to approach it, saw that it swam very fast.
He then realised that it was a frightened and disoriented deer. Di Francesco said: "It was not easy to capture." After hoisting the deer onboard, it was placed on the bow and its legs tied to prevent it jumping back into the water or kicking.
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Di Francesco then alerted the Coast Guard and State Forestry officials. On returning back to port, Forestry officials collected the male roe deer, and after checking it was okay, transported it to woodland near Atri where it was released.
Enrico Di Francesco, owner of The Charon I, was about half a mile from the coast, off Cologna Beach. Di Francesco said that initially it appeared to be a tree trunk but after attempting to approach it, saw that it swam very fast.
He then realised that it was a frightened and disoriented deer. Di Francesco said: "It was not easy to capture." After hoisting the deer onboard, it was placed on the bow and its legs tied to prevent it jumping back into the water or kicking.
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Di Francesco then alerted the Coast Guard and State Forestry officials. On returning back to port, Forestry officials collected the male roe deer, and after checking it was okay, transported it to woodland near Atri where it was released.
Driver's stapler mistaken for phone explanation proved to be an unsuccessful defence
A motorist in Co Meath, Ireland, had an interesting excuse when he appeared in court last week.
The Meath Chronicle has reported the story of Navan resident Morgan Carr’s defence of a traffic fine for being on his mobile phone while driving.
Prosecuting garda Robert Conway told Trim court he saw Carr using his mobile phone while driving an oil tanker and moved to stop the driver.
When he stopped the tanker the garda found Carr holding a stapler to his ear and Carr told the garda he had mistaken the stationary item for a mobile phone. Presiding judge Gráinne Malone found Carr’s dealings with the garda to be “dishonest” and fined him €250.
The Meath Chronicle has reported the story of Navan resident Morgan Carr’s defence of a traffic fine for being on his mobile phone while driving.
Prosecuting garda Robert Conway told Trim court he saw Carr using his mobile phone while driving an oil tanker and moved to stop the driver.
When he stopped the tanker the garda found Carr holding a stapler to his ear and Carr told the garda he had mistaken the stationary item for a mobile phone. Presiding judge Gráinne Malone found Carr’s dealings with the garda to be “dishonest” and fined him €250.
Woman finds ghost of mother, father and dog in Google Earth image of former family home
A woman says she has seen her mother's ghost in the window of her old family home while looking on Google Earth.
Michelle McHattie, 41, said she was "shocked" when she saw the image of mum Kathleen King, who died aged 82 in 2012, in the window of the house in Swanley, Kent. As she looked further she also noticed her father, and Kathleen's husband, James King, who died in July last year, aged 83.
She also spotted a dog in the window - which may be the old family dog Blackie. The Google Earth photograph was taken in October last year. If this wasn't proof enough of supernatural goings-on, Ms McHattie added it was only after her parents had died that the curtains in the window were removed - there are no curtains in the Google Earth image.
Ms McHattie said: "I was looking on Google Earth and I thought I would see what the house is like. I was so shocked to see there is someone in the window. I can honestly tell you if you see a picture of my mum, there is my mum and she is in the corner. I am just flabbergasted."
Michelle McHattie, 41, said she was "shocked" when she saw the image of mum Kathleen King, who died aged 82 in 2012, in the window of the house in Swanley, Kent. As she looked further she also noticed her father, and Kathleen's husband, James King, who died in July last year, aged 83.
She also spotted a dog in the window - which may be the old family dog Blackie. The Google Earth photograph was taken in October last year. If this wasn't proof enough of supernatural goings-on, Ms McHattie added it was only after her parents had died that the curtains in the window were removed - there are no curtains in the Google Earth image.
Ms McHattie said: "I was looking on Google Earth and I thought I would see what the house is like. I was so shocked to see there is someone in the window. I can honestly tell you if you see a picture of my mum, there is my mum and she is in the corner. I am just flabbergasted."
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