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2019 BITS
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18th, Wacky PIECES

September World A crocodile was taken into

security guard found the reptile
| World custody by police in China after a
EXAMINER News Changzhou, Jiangsu province,
wandering loose in a public park.
News
The Xinqiao Police Station in
said a security guard at Xinlonghu
Park spotted the 6 1/2 foot croco-
IRISH dile in a roadway with its mouth
tied up by a piece of cloth.
Police were summoned to the
scene and took the crocodile to
Company offers $1,300 to watch and Garnes shared video on Facebook of by an owner who no longer wanted to the station, where they later
13 Stephen King horror movies would-be thieves being scared off by the care for the pet. determined the animal had
A Utah-based company is celebrating unexpected sound. Herps Alive said the boa constrictor is escaped from No. 1 Lakeside, a
the impending arrival of Halloween by “There's only so much you can do so healthy and friendly toward people. They restaurant near the park.
offering up a horror fan’s dream job: why not have a little bit of fun with it,” said the animal will eventually be placed Officers said the crocodile had
Watching 13 movies based on Stephen Garnes said.. up for adoption. been destined to be slaughtered
King stories and documenting the experi- for its meat.
ence. Fan’s sign requesting beer Missing tortoise turns up blocks Police said workers at the
USDish.com is accepting applications money on ESPN broadcast away 15 months later restaurant were advised to use
for the temporary position, which requires brings in $20,000 A pet tortoise was reunited with her more caution in preventing
potentially dangerous animals
the winning candidate to screen all 13 A football fan who held up a sign owner in Britain after being found in a gar- from escaping the facility. The
movies before Halloween and take steps requesting beer money in the background den 15 months after escaping from a home crocodile was returned to the
including monitoring their heart rate dur- of an ESPN broadcast said he ended up just a few blocks away. restaurant. C
ing scary scenes and writing about their raising more then $20,000. The RSPCA said an animal welfare offi-
feelings on each film. Carson King, 24, said he thought it cer responded to a home in Wraysbury, Surprised commuters at a bus
The company chose 13 films, but it will would be a funny joke to attend the England, on a report of an African spurred stop in Russia captured video of a
be up to the selected person to decide College GameDay broadcast at Iowa State tortoise in the garden. loose horse that attempted unsuc-
whether to watch originals or remakes in University and hold a sign saying his The officer, Carl Hone, collected the cessfully to take a bus ride.
cases where more than one adaptation has “Busch Light needs replenished” and female tortoise and took her to the The video, recorded at a bus
been produced. including his account information for RSPCA’s Millbrook Animal Center, in stop in St. Petersburg, shows the
unaccompanied horse grazing on
The chosen movies are Carrie, Children money transferring app Venmo. Chobham, England. a patch of grass feet away from
of the Corn, Christine, Creepshow, Cujo, The sign ended up appearing in the The tortoise was not microchipped but where a group of onlookers are
Dreamcatcher, It, The Mist, Pet Sematary, background during the broadcast and King a social media campaign resulted in the waiting for a bus.
Salem’s Lot, The Shining and Thinner. said he was surprised to find he had animal’s owner being identified as The bus arrives and the horse
The winner will be paid $1,300 and will received $400 worth of donations within Catherine Painter. appears to attempt to board the
also receive a flashlight, blanket, popcorn, minutes. Painter told officials her tortoise, Sybil, vehicle, but the doors close on its
candy and a Stephen King prize package. King said he realized when donations had escaped from her home about 15 face.
Applications are being accepted on the continued to pour in that he could do months earlier. Painter lives only a few Theanimalthenreturnstothe
company’s website through Oct. 15.. more with the money than buy a case of blocks from the garden where the reptile grass to continue eating.
beer, so he is now fundraising for the was found. Locals said the horse may
Man deters porch pirates with loud University of Iowa Stead Family “Sybil just vanished from the garden havewanderedawayfromanear-
by stable. It was unclear whether
bangs from decoy package Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. one day,” Painter said. “We’d been sent on it was recaptured. C
A West Virginia man tired of having The football fan said the total donations so many wild goose chases that we’d
packages stolen from the porch of a home to his Venmo reached $20,000 Tuesday almost given up hope. When a few vil- A festival in Germany broke a
he is renovating rigged up a decoy package night. Busch Beer and Venmo both said on lagers tagged me into the RSPCA’s post Guinness World Record by cook-
to scare away the so-called “porch pirates” Twitter they would be making matching about her, at first, I didn’t even bother to ing up a 2,663-pound schnitzel
with a loud noise. contributions in honor of King’s generosi- properly read it. I didn’t think it could be measuring 753.5 square feet.
Joshua Garnes said more than 20 inci- ty. her. TheSchnitzelFesteventinthe
dents have been caught on camera during “When I spoke to the center and they town of Mengkofen, Bavaria, fea-
the past two months of people stealing Ohio woman finds 7-foot boa sent over some photos of Sybil, I was tured 400 pork chops, 4,000 eggs
and 551 pounds of bread crumbs
packages and other items from the porch constrictor on front lawn amazed. She looked just the same and being turned into a giant
of a home he’s fixing up in Huntington. Animal rescuers in Ohio said they are even had the same little mark on her schnitzel, a battered and fried
“They’ve even stolen my no trespassing caring for a 7-foot-long boa constrictor a shell,” she said. pork dish.
signs,” Garnes told WCHS/WVAH. “So I surprised woman found slithering on the Painter picked Sybil up from the animal Festival organizers said it took
had to put metal ones up and screw them lawn in front of her house. center and brought her home to her fami- nearly 3,700 gallons of oil to fry
down because they would rip them off.” The Herps Alive Reptile Rescue in ly, which includes four other tortoises. the massive meat.
Garnes said he has started leaving a South Euclid said the Brecksville woman “It’s so wonderful to have her home,” A Guinness World Records
decoy box on the porch that contains a trip went outside Monday afternoon and Painter said. “My 5-year-old grandson was adjudicator was on hand to verify
wire that sets off a loud bang, similar to a found the large snake in her grass. so emotional! the schnitzel’s measurements and
gunshot, when the package is moved. The Brecksville Police Department and “She’s got straight back into the routine certify that it broke the previous
record of 1,212.5 pounds.
“It deters them from the property Brecksville Fire Department responded to and made a beeline for the vegetable The schnitzel was certified as
because that’s the first thing that they see the home and kept the serpent contained patch. And she still loves cuddling up with the world's largest before being
is a box so if they grab the box, hear the until Herps Alive personnel arrived to take the other tortoises,” she said. splitinto4,800portionsandsoldat
bang they’ll hopefully leave quick,” it to their facility. Painter said she plans to have Sybil thefestival.Proceedsfromthesale
Garnes said. Authorities said they suspect the boa microchipped in case she ever wanders off of the record-breaking dish were
The box has already proven effective may have been dumped in a nearby park again. C donated to charity. C