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Wacky
28th, Wacky PIECES

August
World
A loose cow in a Texas neigh-
| World borhood led police from three
EXAMINER News before finally being corralled
agencies on an hours-long chase
News
during the morning rush hour.
The
Police
Watauga
IRISH Department, Fort Worth Police
Department
and
Tarrant
County Sheriff’s Office said the
brown calf was first spotted
about 2 a.m. in the Park Glen
neighborhood of Fort Worth.
Corn stalk sprouts 28 cobs, been saying this for 27 years,” Auger told their way. Fort Worth police pursued
might be a new Guinness record WBTS-TV. “No one's ever gotten lost,” co-owner the calf, which eventually
A New Jersey man might have a Auger said she was shocked when the Robert Richardson told WLS-TV. “At crossed into Watauga, and the
Guinness World Record in his yard after state said the plate violated a ban on vani- least not for long! And no one’s ever called city’s police department joined
his corn stalk sprouted 28 ears of corn. ty plates referencing an “excretory func- 911.” the chase.
Matt Jacovelli of Deptford said he was tion.” The chase lasted for several
surprised when the corn stalk started “It's not offensive,” Auger said. “It’s Danish city installs Viking- hours with the cow visiting a
“exploding” with cobs, and soon the num- what you and everybody says to your chil- themed pedestrian crossing signals Target parking lot, an oil change
ber had grown to at least 28. dren before you walk out the door.” A city in Denmark is celebrating its business and a Whataburger
“I started counting the cobs. It was She was ordered to surrender the plate, Viking heritage by replacing the crosswalk eatery while avoiding capture.
Tarrant
The
County
more than I’ve ever seen in my lifetime,” but Auger said she immediately decided to signal lights with the images of the historic Sheriff’s Office joined the pur-
Jacovelli told the Courier Post. appeal the decision. Scandinavian warriors. suit and the calf was finally cap-
Jacovelli said he has reached out to Auger said she received a letter recent- The city of Aarhus, which was founded tured safely during the morning
Guinness World Records for information ly saying her case is being reviewed. by Vikings in the 8th century, unveiled the rush hour. C
on officially verifying the number of cobs, first of the Viking-themed crossing signals
which would beat the current record of Man paddleboards from Monday. The city is planning to install the Residents of a Los Angeles
16, which was set in 2009 by a corn stalk in California to Hawaii in 76 days lights at 17 crossings in the city. neighborhood said they were
Swedesburg, Iowa. A man who set off from San Francisco Buenyamin Simsek, a councilor in the trying to rescue a coyote spotted
The New Jersey man said he grows in June became the first person to stand-up Aarhus city planning department, pitched with what appears to be a dog
tomatoes and other plants, but he isn’t a paddleboard from California to Hawaii 76 the scheme early in the year and the toy stuck around its lower jaw.
A resident captured video of
professional farmer - he didn’t even plant days later. Moesgaard Museum, located just outside the canine with what appears to
the corn stalk on purpose. Antonio De La Rosa, 50, from Spain, of the city, teamed up with officials to be a cone-shaped chew toy stuck
“I feed the birds and rabbits and squir- set off from San Francisco June 9 with a bring the idea to fruition. around its lower jaw in the Echo
rels. The squirrels carried the seed all 90-day supply of food and his next human Officials said each walking signal costs Park and Silver Lake area of the
around my house and buried it,” he said. contact came Friday when he encoun- about $150 to convert. city.
“So the squirrels actually planted it. It’s tered fishing captain Kekoa Seward off the Witnesses said the coyote
grown so fast, it’s just gotten out of hand.” coast of Molokai. Man secretly held onto $45 million was spotted with the toy stuck
De La Rosa traveled about 2,500 miles lottery ticket for 10 months on its mouth for at least six days,
Patient with severe ear pain had on his paddleboard in 76 days, only six An Alberta man came forward to and the animal appears to be
bee burrowing inside him days later than his goal of 70 days. claim a $45 million lottery jackpot 10 able to drink water, but is likely
A doctor in Vietnam shared video of an The athlete’s paddleboard, the Ocean months after he discovered his grand unable to eat.
Neighbors said local authori-
unusual situation when a patient with ear Defender, measures 24 feet long and prize win. ties and animal rescue groups
pain had a large bee burrowing inside his includes a sleeping cabin and solar panels Bon Truong, who moved from have been notified and an effort
head. to power his GPS device and other useful Vietnam to Canada more than 30 years is underway to try to trap the
The doctor used a small camera to look electronics. ago, collected his Lotto Max winnings 10 coyote and remove the toy. C
inside the ear of a patient who came in De La Rosa said he was briefly taken off months after he was the sole winner for
complaining of severe ear pain and the course by Hurricane Flossie, but he was the Oct. 26, 2018, drawing. Authorities in Colorado said
cause turned out to be a large bee. able to redirect his journey. “I went to the store and asked the a couple got into a fistfight with
The doctor said the bee was burrowing clerk to print off the winning numbers - a bear when the animal and its
in the man’s ear canal. 28-acre corn maze pays tribute to just to be sure,” Truong told Global cub entered their home to steal
food.
The video shows the doctor was able to Apollo 11 moon landing News of when he checked the numbers The Jefferson County
safely remove the bee. An Illinois farm famous for its large and the day after the drawing. “I took the Sheriff’s Office said the the cou-
elaborate corn mazes unveiled its latest printout home and stared at the numbers ple investigated sounds inside
New Hampshire woman fighting to version: a 28-acre tribute to the Apollo 11 and my ticket for hours that day. I could their Pine home about 8:30 p.m.
keep ‘PB4WEGO’ vanity plate moon landing. not believe it!” Monday and came face to face
A New Hampshire woman is fighting Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Truong said he kept his win a secret with the mother bear and cub.
with state officials to keep the personal- Grove unveiled its latest corn maze for 10 months to make sure his family The larger animal attacked
ized license plate that’s been on her vehi- design, which features 9.7 miles of trails would be ready for the changes the the 71-year-old man, who hit the
cle for 15 years: “PB4WEGO.” arranged in the shape of two astronauts, money would bring to their lives. predator with his fists while his
Wendy Auger of Gonic said she the Saturn rocket, a U.S. flag, the planet He said he plans to use his winnings to wife struck it with a baseball bat.
Authorities described the con-
received a letter from the Department of Earth, and the words “Richardson Farm” pay off his bills, buy a new house and frontation as a “boxing match.”
Motor Vehicles this month telling her the and “Apollo 50,” marking the 50th save for the future. Deputies said the mother
vanity plate, a reference to her reminder anniversary of the moon landing. “After those big, main things, I’d like bear and cub fled through a
to her kids to “pee before we go,” is in vio- The Richardsons said the maze also to take my family on a holiday,” he said. screen door. The man suffered
lation of state requirements. includes bridges that serve as viewing plat- “I’m not sure where just yet. I think we’ll minor scrapes and cuts, while
“I’ve been a mom for 27 years and I’ve forms for people who have trouble finding try to go everywhere.” C the woman was not injured. C