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2019 BITS
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Wacky
11th, Wacky PIECES

September World A whale watching tour boat

moment a sailboat nearly collid-
| World in San Francisco captured the
ed with a humpback whale near
EXAMINER News the Golden Gate Bridge.
News
The video, recorded aboard a
San Francisco Whale Tours
boat, shows the sailboat turn
IRISH sharply to avoid striking the
humpback as it surfaces while
feeding anchovies.
Sydney Minges, a naturalist
Message in a bottle gets “It was just so strange and baffling,” 9,000 miles across 48 states on a pair of who works for San Francisco
rescue for stranded hikers Randall told WBZ-TV. “I thought I 50cc motor scooters. Whale Tours, said the sailboat
in California saw somebody asleep at the wheel, but Michael Reid, 31, and Yonatan intentionally navigated toward
A family of hikers who became I wasn’t sure so I did a double-take. Belik, 29, launched Project 48 by riding the whale and showed negli-
stranded above a 40-foot waterfall in Sure enough there was somebody with their Honda Ruckus scooters from gence by getting to close to the
California were rescued thanks to a his head right between his legs.” Philadelphia to Jersey City, the first marine mammal.
message in a bottle and pair of Randall said he attempted to use his stop on their 80-day quest to visit 48 “If they are within 100 yards
strangers who found the request for horn to wake up the people in the car, states. of you, you should be floating
help. but they didn’t react to the sound. The men are attempting to set a or moving in the opposite
Custis Whitson, 44, said he was “It was just so bizarre that I just had Guinness World Record for longest direction. One hundreds yards,
or 300 feet, is the law. This sail-
backpacking the Arroyo Seco River to get it on video, because it’s so distance on a 50cc scooter. boat was clearly not following
with his girlfriend and his 13-year-old strange,” he said. “They looked like “We're ordinary people,” Belik told those rules,” Minges told
son and after about two and a half days they needed to go home and go to NJ.com. “Our motorbikes allow us to KRON-TV. C
of trekking, they ended up at the bed.” engage and create some sort of quick
Arroyo Seco narrows, a spot on the Massachusetts State Police said relationship with strangers... And we A Florida school district is
river surrounded by 40-foot walls of there are no laws on the books specifi- get to meet them and feature them in reminding patents to check their
solid rock. cally banning sleeping behind the videos.” children’s backpacks before
Whitson said the river current was wheel of a self-driving car. The men said they hope to highlight school after a student smuggled
too strong for them to pass, and he dis- the country’s diversity and make a bearded dragon into class.
The Bay County School
covered a rope that he expected to be Louisiana man faces down videos showing he under-exposed District said the bearded dragon,
in place for them to rappel down was bold bear on back porch parts of U.S. life during their journey. named Jango, was given a tem-
missing. A Louisiana man who noticed a “I’m just a kid from South porary home in a courier box
The hikers searched the area and rocking chair on his porch was moving Philadelphia who did horrible on his until the students’ parents could
discovered they were trapped, but they came face to face with a bold and curi- SATs and couldn’t get into a state come take the pet home.
could hear voices somewhat nearby. ous bear cub. school,” Reid said. “But, now I’m with The district said a backpack
Their calls for help went unanswered, John Mire of Franklin, St. Mary Belik and we’re traveling all over the “is not a good place for a beard-
so they carved “Help” on a Nalgene Parish, said he was watching TV when country... What an expansion of reali- ed dragon to spend the day.”
water bottle and inserted a note read- he noticed the rocking chair on his ty.” “His student owner didn’t
ing: “We are stuck at the waterfall - get back porch was moving and the usual want him to be sad at home all
help please.” suspects, his cats, were indoors. Georgia hunter lands state alone today so she brought him
to school for some company,”
The family tossed the bottle over Mire looked out the window and record 700-pound alligator the district said.
the waterfall and set up some rocks on came face to face with a black bear. A Georgia hunter set a new state The school district asked par-
a tarp reading “S.O.S.” to help rescue The homeowner captured video of record when he bagged a 700-pound, ents to remember to check back-
crews find them. the bear sniffing around his door and 14-foot-long alligator on Lake Eufala. packs in the morning before
Hours later, they were found by a the moment he shouted at the animal, Derrick Snelson said he could tell school. C
California Highway Patrol helicopter. causing it to flee. there was a big one on his line when he
The CHP said two hikers found the Mire said he and his neighbors have was hunting last week on the lake in A London eatery is drawing
message in a bottle and contacted spotted the bear on several occasions Quitman County and it took him and in dairy-loving patrons with an
authorities to begin a search. during the past month, but it is getting four others more than five hours to unusual gimmick - being the
The hikers who found the bottle bolder. land the reptilian behemoth. “world’s first conveyor belt
cheese restaurant.”
didn't give authorities their names, but “It didn’t bother me until now,” “It was just unbelievable. I really The Pick & Cheese restau-
Whitson said he is hoping to identify Mire told BRProud.com. “What con- can’t describe it. You need to see it,” rant in Seven Dials Market in
them so he can thank them personally. cerns me is the day. You know he’s Snelson told WSB-TV. Covent Garden offers 25 vari-
there in broad daylight.” Experts said Snelson’s catch, which eties of cheese sourced from
Tesla driver sleeps while The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office weighed in at 700 pounds and meas- around Britain on a 130-foot
apparently using autopilot said earlier in the summer that it has ured 14 feet long, is a new Georgia conveyor belt that passes by
on highway been receiving numerous calls about state record. patrons.
A traveler on a Massachusetts high- bears, including some incidents that “We’ll have it ‘life-size’ mounted,” The cheese plates are color-
way captured video of a “strange and were caught on camera. Officials said Snelson said. “I guess I’ll have to build coded by price, and “cheese
flight” options are also avalable.
baffling” sight - a Tesla car on autopi- at least one bear was involved in a a house around it. It’s going to be a The eatery also offers cheese-
lot with both the driver and a front- vehicle crash on a local road. monster laying on the living room themed “off-belt dishes” includ-
seat passenger apparently asleep. floor for a while!” ing a grilled cheese sandwich
Dakota Randall captured video Men attempting to ride to 48 Alligator season in Georgia starts in and pan-fried angloumi.
Sunday showing the vehicle apparently states on motor scooters mid-August and runs through early The eatery purports to be the
traveling on autopilot on the A pair of men are seeking to set a October. Hunters must obtain special “world’s first conveyor belt
Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton. Guinness World Record by riding permits and the bag limit is one. C cheese restaurant.” C