Tuesday, August 18, 2015
13 baby alligators stolen from petting zoo
Hot Springs police are looking for two suspects who broke into the Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo wearing masks, stealing 13 baby alligators and stuffing them into their bags.
Manager Jamie Bridges who has grown up on the farm just wanting answers to know if his gators are safe.
"We're a sanctuary for gators," Bridges said.
It's an attraction first opening in Hot Springs in 1902. "In 1945 my grandfather bought it," Bridges added. It's a place Bridges and his family can share their love for gators to all who visited. "We just enjoy animals, enjoy alligators and its been good to us," Bridges said. All year guests visit the farm for a feeding with gators, but early on Saturday morning someone took a bite out of this family business.
"Its less than two minutes and they're gone," Bridges said. In the surveillance video you can see the two suspects wearing masks breaking down the door, taking 13 baby gators, stuffing them into their bags and taking off. "They were like our babies, we treated them like babies, we didn't let anybody handle them, even my workers," Bridges said. Bridges says 12 of them were about 12 inches long and not even a year old, and the other around 3 feet.
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"They just started eating real good, had gotten used to us you know, but they're gone now," Bridges said. He believes the suspects were no strangers to the farm. He filed a police report and wants them to get caught, but he wants to get his gators back. "I think word will get out and maybe we'll get them back. I hope," Bridges said. If not, he just wants them to be safe. "I just hope if they did get them that they take them where somebody will take care of them," Bridges said.
It's an attraction first opening in Hot Springs in 1902. "In 1945 my grandfather bought it," Bridges added. It's a place Bridges and his family can share their love for gators to all who visited. "We just enjoy animals, enjoy alligators and its been good to us," Bridges said. All year guests visit the farm for a feeding with gators, but early on Saturday morning someone took a bite out of this family business.
"Its less than two minutes and they're gone," Bridges said. In the surveillance video you can see the two suspects wearing masks breaking down the door, taking 13 baby gators, stuffing them into their bags and taking off. "They were like our babies, we treated them like babies, we didn't let anybody handle them, even my workers," Bridges said. Bridges says 12 of them were about 12 inches long and not even a year old, and the other around 3 feet.
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"They just started eating real good, had gotten used to us you know, but they're gone now," Bridges said. He believes the suspects were no strangers to the farm. He filed a police report and wants them to get caught, but he wants to get his gators back. "I think word will get out and maybe we'll get them back. I hope," Bridges said. If not, he just wants them to be safe. "I just hope if they did get them that they take them where somebody will take care of them," Bridges said.
Grieving husband has planted four-and-a-half miles of sunflowers in honour of his late wife
About 400 acres and hundreds of thousands of glorious blossoms glisten beneath the golden sun on Highway 85 in Wisconsin.
A few miles southwest of Eau Claire, where corn and soybeans normally kiss the edges of the road, now stands a 60-foot-wide sunflower strip – four-and-a-half miles long.
They sway in memory of a woman who shone as bright as the light to which the flowers stand in attention.
"They're just like a big yellow smile. And my mom was always smiling," says daughter Jennifer White On November 17th, Babbette Jaquish died after her battle with multiple myeloma, a form of leukemia. "She was really sick when she was first diagnosed. They gave her two weeks to two months to live if she didn't respond to the chemotherapy at that time," said White.
During her fierce fight with cancer, Babbette's husband, Don, began planting her favourite flower on their property. "Her dream was to take the sunflowers that we raised, and it's start to finish, and sell them and donate a portion of the proceeds to cancer research and also helping families with expenses involved in cancer treatment," said White.
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Don and Jennifer are nurturing that dream with Babbette's Seeds of Hope. A simple but substantial tribute for a selfless woman. Don doesn't own all of the land where the sunflowers were planted. He said he was amazed at people's willingness to allow him to plant on their property in Babbette's honour. The family will cut, clean and bag the flowers, which will be sold through local retail stores in the area.
"They're just like a big yellow smile. And my mom was always smiling," says daughter Jennifer White On November 17th, Babbette Jaquish died after her battle with multiple myeloma, a form of leukemia. "She was really sick when she was first diagnosed. They gave her two weeks to two months to live if she didn't respond to the chemotherapy at that time," said White.
During her fierce fight with cancer, Babbette's husband, Don, began planting her favourite flower on their property. "Her dream was to take the sunflowers that we raised, and it's start to finish, and sell them and donate a portion of the proceeds to cancer research and also helping families with expenses involved in cancer treatment," said White.
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Don and Jennifer are nurturing that dream with Babbette's Seeds of Hope. A simple but substantial tribute for a selfless woman. Don doesn't own all of the land where the sunflowers were planted. He said he was amazed at people's willingness to allow him to plant on their property in Babbette's honour. The family will cut, clean and bag the flowers, which will be sold through local retail stores in the area.
Church has opened shooting range ministry 'in the name of Jesus Christ'
What started out as an overgrown gully behind the Rocky Mount United Methodist Church in Jemison, Alabama, has turned into a ministry, complete with guns, bullets and the Bible.
Pastor Phillip Guin says the gully, once full of kudzu, snakes and other vermin, had been there since before he arrived at the church. Much of the dirt used as fill was from a recent expansion.
When brainstorming about what to do with the area, the idea of a gun range came up. “We had quite a number of church members, some elderly ladies, for example, and some not so elderly women that had purchased guns, but didn’t know how to use them,” Guin said. Originally, the range was used to teach firearm safety. But about a year ago, that changed.
The thought of a ministry started becoming more and more clear. Guin says there are many in the congregation who either hunt or are gun enthusiasts. The safety training morphed into the Rocky Mount Hunt and Gun Club as a way to try and bring more members to the church. “This is an opportunity for us to reach out in the name of Jesus Christ in a setting that is completely unique. Even odd by some people’s standards.
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“But who’s to say that church can’t happen right here,” Guin said, pointing at the red clay dirt of the range. So far, the club is comprised of church members. But there are prospective members contacting Guin and other church members regularly. The range has also become a favorite of the Jemison Police Department. Deputy Chief Marc McMinn told us they train there on a regular basis and offer training courses to the public. Plans are in the works for another training course in October.
When brainstorming about what to do with the area, the idea of a gun range came up. “We had quite a number of church members, some elderly ladies, for example, and some not so elderly women that had purchased guns, but didn’t know how to use them,” Guin said. Originally, the range was used to teach firearm safety. But about a year ago, that changed.
The thought of a ministry started becoming more and more clear. Guin says there are many in the congregation who either hunt or are gun enthusiasts. The safety training morphed into the Rocky Mount Hunt and Gun Club as a way to try and bring more members to the church. “This is an opportunity for us to reach out in the name of Jesus Christ in a setting that is completely unique. Even odd by some people’s standards.
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“But who’s to say that church can’t happen right here,” Guin said, pointing at the red clay dirt of the range. So far, the club is comprised of church members. But there are prospective members contacting Guin and other church members regularly. The range has also become a favorite of the Jemison Police Department. Deputy Chief Marc McMinn told us they train there on a regular basis and offer training courses to the public. Plans are in the works for another training course in October.
Absent-minded tipper truck driver had altercation with overhead signs
A tipper truck smashed into overhead signs on a motorway in Dannan, Saudi Arabia, recently.
Footage was filmed from the vehicle behind the truck, which had the tipper section raised.
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The driver can be heard blaring on the horn in an effort to warn the tipper truck driver of the impending danger.
Signs above the motorway came crashing down on to the road, forcing vehicles behind to come to a sudden halt.
Footage was filmed from the vehicle behind the truck, which had the tipper section raised.
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The driver can be heard blaring on the horn in an effort to warn the tipper truck driver of the impending danger.
Signs above the motorway came crashing down on to the road, forcing vehicles behind to come to a sudden halt.
Couple surprised after waking up to find naked Irishman in their bed
A couple from the Maroubra suburb of Sydney, Australia, woke in the middle of the night to find a naked Irishman in bed with them at their home.
Katie woke shortly before 2am on Monday to find a man she did not know in bed with her and her partner Chris.
Katie got out of bed and woke Chris, who challenged the man. "So Chris is on one side, I'm in the middle, and then our stranger on the end right in with us," Katie said. "I could feel heat, the sense that someone was there.
"That's kind of the scary part, how long he may have been looking at us thinking it's a good idea to get into bed with these guys." The intruder then picked up his clothes and walked outside to the backyard as Katie called the police. As the couple waited for police to arrive, the man climbed back into the house through a kitchen window and wandered around the home.
Police arrived at the house and placed the 25-year-old in the back of the police vehicle where he began to convulse due to what paramedics believe could be drug-related health issues. He was taken to Prince Of Wales Hospital and will undergo medical and mental health checks. He will be interviewed by police when released from hospital but is due to return home to Ireland in a couple of days.
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Katie got out of bed and woke Chris, who challenged the man. "So Chris is on one side, I'm in the middle, and then our stranger on the end right in with us," Katie said. "I could feel heat, the sense that someone was there.
"That's kind of the scary part, how long he may have been looking at us thinking it's a good idea to get into bed with these guys." The intruder then picked up his clothes and walked outside to the backyard as Katie called the police. As the couple waited for police to arrive, the man climbed back into the house through a kitchen window and wandered around the home.
Police arrived at the house and placed the 25-year-old in the back of the police vehicle where he began to convulse due to what paramedics believe could be drug-related health issues. He was taken to Prince Of Wales Hospital and will undergo medical and mental health checks. He will be interviewed by police when released from hospital but is due to return home to Ireland in a couple of days.
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Chest-beating wizard banned from wildlife park after his chanting upset the gorillas
A self-proclaimed wizard from Christchurch, New Zealand, has been banned from Orana Wildlife Park after he began chanting and beating his chest at the gorillas.
Orana staff say Andrew Wright's actions riled their largest gorilla so much he charged the glass to try to get at his tormentor. Gorilla keeper Rob Clifford says he told Mr Wright that his actions were upsetting the three gorillas.
But Mr Wright says he believed they were reacting positively to him. "Their perception is 'it's great, the gorilla high-fived me' [when it slaps] the glass," Mr Clifford said. "[Or] 'the gorilla played tag with me' which was a shoulder-charge to the glass.
"It's an uneducated view on what actually happened." Mr Wright has had his membership to the park revoked indefinitely and Orana staff say people are welcome to visit the gorillas, as long as they don't act like one.
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Orana staff say Andrew Wright's actions riled their largest gorilla so much he charged the glass to try to get at his tormentor. Gorilla keeper Rob Clifford says he told Mr Wright that his actions were upsetting the three gorillas.
But Mr Wright says he believed they were reacting positively to him. "Their perception is 'it's great, the gorilla high-fived me' [when it slaps] the glass," Mr Clifford said. "[Or] 'the gorilla played tag with me' which was a shoulder-charge to the glass.
"It's an uneducated view on what actually happened." Mr Wright has had his membership to the park revoked indefinitely and Orana staff say people are welcome to visit the gorillas, as long as they don't act like one.
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Runaway circus elephant visited car boot sale
An elephant livened up a car boot sale in the Netherlands on Sunday after escaping from a nearby circus and joining vistors for a browse.
Buba the elephant was filmed casually strolling through the market, in the Dutch town of Noordwijkerhout.
Trunk waving, the female elephant walked amonst the stalls as bewildered shoppers give her a wide berth. She had reportedly escaped from a nearby circus. "My heart did go a bit faster," said Alice de Groot.
Ms de Groot said Buba did not appear frightened by the unfamiliar surroundings. "(When her carer arrived) he called Buba, and the elephant turned around and went like a tame lamb with him," she said.
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Circus Freiwald spokesman Gerard Guiking said the 40-year-old playful pachyderm refuses to be fenced in. "She's never fixed and bears no collar. We cannot stop her," he said. "She loves children and super sweet. She really is like a dog who goes sometimes to walk."
Trunk waving, the female elephant walked amonst the stalls as bewildered shoppers give her a wide berth. She had reportedly escaped from a nearby circus. "My heart did go a bit faster," said Alice de Groot.
Ms de Groot said Buba did not appear frightened by the unfamiliar surroundings. "(When her carer arrived) he called Buba, and the elephant turned around and went like a tame lamb with him," she said.
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Circus Freiwald spokesman Gerard Guiking said the 40-year-old playful pachyderm refuses to be fenced in. "She's never fixed and bears no collar. We cannot stop her," he said. "She loves children and super sweet. She really is like a dog who goes sometimes to walk."
Man unhappy after discovering huge spider in his pre-packaged pulled pork sandwich
A man was horrified when he spotted a massive spider squashed into the underside of the bun on his pulled pork sandwich after already taking a bite.
Chris Eastwood had bought the pulled pork wholemeal roll from a Greenhalgh’s Bakery shop on Bury Road in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and has vowed never to touch a packaged sandwich again.
Family business Greenhalgh’s based in Bolton has apologised and said a full investigation has been carried out.
Chris, 29, said: “I took a bite and then for some reason looked at the bottom of the roll and the spider was baked into it. I threw up in the bin as soon as I realised. I was lucky I didn’t bite into the spider, although I don’t know if I didn’t get a bit of its legs. It makes me feel sick - spiders are my one fear that I’m scared off. I’ll never touch a pre-packaged sandwich again.” Chris, who lives in Warrington and works in Bolton, contacted Greenhalgh’s after making the horrifying discovery.
He says a member of staff came to collect the sandwich and he has since been offered a £5 Greenhalgh voucher. He said: “I thought for a reputable company to offer me £5 in vouchers is a bit of a slap in the face. It’s not even £5 in cash and I’ll never be buying from them again.” Sandra Ogden, head of retail and marketing for the bakery said: “We have carried out a full and thorough investigation, and we naturally regret that any customer has cause to be dissatisfied with any of our products and again may I repeat our deepest apologies. We maintain an extensive HACCP system which identifies major critical controls at all points.
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“No system is one hundred per cent foolproof. Even though we aim at 100% success rate, in excess of one million items are produced at the bakery each week and we sometimes fall short of the perfect standard. We are also regularly audited by the Environmental Health Department of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. It is our intention to offer products of the highest quality and where we sometimes fall short of this target, it is our normal practice to offer vouchers as a gesture of goodwill. If the customer is still dissatisfied, I can only refer him to the Bolton Environmental Health Department who may be able to assist him further.”
Chris, 29, said: “I took a bite and then for some reason looked at the bottom of the roll and the spider was baked into it. I threw up in the bin as soon as I realised. I was lucky I didn’t bite into the spider, although I don’t know if I didn’t get a bit of its legs. It makes me feel sick - spiders are my one fear that I’m scared off. I’ll never touch a pre-packaged sandwich again.” Chris, who lives in Warrington and works in Bolton, contacted Greenhalgh’s after making the horrifying discovery.
He says a member of staff came to collect the sandwich and he has since been offered a £5 Greenhalgh voucher. He said: “I thought for a reputable company to offer me £5 in vouchers is a bit of a slap in the face. It’s not even £5 in cash and I’ll never be buying from them again.” Sandra Ogden, head of retail and marketing for the bakery said: “We have carried out a full and thorough investigation, and we naturally regret that any customer has cause to be dissatisfied with any of our products and again may I repeat our deepest apologies. We maintain an extensive HACCP system which identifies major critical controls at all points.
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“No system is one hundred per cent foolproof. Even though we aim at 100% success rate, in excess of one million items are produced at the bakery each week and we sometimes fall short of the perfect standard. We are also regularly audited by the Environmental Health Department of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. It is our intention to offer products of the highest quality and where we sometimes fall short of this target, it is our normal practice to offer vouchers as a gesture of goodwill. If the customer is still dissatisfied, I can only refer him to the Bolton Environmental Health Department who may be able to assist him further.”
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