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2020 BITS
&
Wacky
28th, Wacky PIECES

October
World
A pair of animal control officers
| World inNewJerseycametotherescueof
a deer spotted with a plastic pump-
EXAMINER News kin stuck over its head.
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Montclair Township Animal
Controlsaidtwoofficersresponded
after multiple calls came in about a
IRISH deerwithitsheadstuckinsideadec-
orative plastic pumpkin.
A video shared by the town-
ship’s animal shelter shows the
pumpkin being removed from the
HOA orders removal of “almost got eaten by giant jellyfish” “Needless to say, the unexpected visi- head of the deer after the animal
woman’s strip club-inspired while out for his run. He said he goes tors brought some welcome joy and was captured in a large net.
skeleton display running on the beach frequently, but had humor to the Edneyville staff this week, The pumpkin was safely
A Texas woman said her strip club- never before seen such a large jellyfish. and we’re happy to share the laughs with removed, but the deer was then
inspired Halloween display featuring James Douglass, a marine biologist at our local community,” Henderson able to tear its way out of the net.
seductively posed skeletons has raised Florida Gulf Coast University, said the County Public Schools Public “We’ll need another net, but at
the ire of her local homeowner’s associa- photo depicts a jellyfish known as a “pink Information Officer Molly McGowan leastthedeer’sfree,”oneoftheoffi-
tion. meanie,” but it isn’t more dangerous Gorsuch told Blue Ridge Now. cers says in the footage. C
Angela Nava of Richmond said she than its much-smaller cousins. A Pennsylvania family unveiled
received a letter from her homeowner’s “It will feel like mosquito bites,” Italian town auctioning off their secret weapon to keep trick-
association Sunday saying there had been Douglass told WINK-TV. “This particu- abandoned homes for about $1 or-treating safe amid the COVID-
complaints filed about her “inappropri- lar species is known to get very big but An Italian town is looking to draw in 19 pandemic - a treat-launching
ate” and “offensively positioned” it’s just rare and that’s partly because it’s new visitors by auctioning off abandoned “Candypult.”
Halloween decorations. a predator.” houses with opening bids of just over $1. Vince Mak, of York County,
“It’s modeled after an adult club,” she Douglass said the pink meanie’s tenta- The town of Salemi, in Sicily, saidhisfamilyheldabrainstorming
told KTRK-TV. “We just really had a cles can extend to up to 70 feet in length. announced it will auction off dozens of session to find a way to distribute
good time changing the scene up every He said the pink meanie may have abandoned homes that have fallen into candy on Halloween while main-
night. Every night, we change the posi- been drawn to the beach by the presence disrepair for $1.18. taining social distancing and other
safety measures.
tions of the skeletons, and it’s really been of other jellyfish species. Mayor Domenico Venuti said the “We thought we could try to
just a great creative outlet for me.” “The prey of this jellyfish, a moon scheme is part of efforts to revitalize the come up with a creative way to
The display features skeletons in col- jelly fish, is quite abundant this time of town, which has seen its population con- throw candy at kids ... safely,” Mak
orful wigs pole dancing and striking year,” Douglass said. “So there are prob- tinue to dwindle after about 4,000 resi- toldWPMT-TV.“Witheverything
other suggestive poses. ably a few more of these pink meanies dents left the area after a 1968 earth- going on, everyone just needs to
“We’ve all been cooped up and it’s around because their prey is so abun- quake. feel happy and find something to
been just a terrible year,” Nava said. dant.” “All buildings belong to the City laugh at.”
“We’ve just decided if this brings a little Council, which speeds up the sale and The family came up with the
bit of joy and a little bit of smiles to Wandering herd of cows trashes reduces red tape,” Venuti told CNN. “Candypult,”acatapultdesignedto
launch candy to trick-or-treaters.
someone, then we’re doing everything school’s fall harvest display “Before launching the scheme we first “I guess we’ll have to get extra
right.” Officials at a North Carolina elemen- had to recover the old parts of Salemi candy this year,” Mak said. C
Nava said she doesn’t plan to fight the tary school said they checked security where the houses are located, upgrading
letter from the HOA, since it gives her 30 footage and identified the culprits behind infrastructures and services from roads ANorthCarolinamanusinghis
days from Sunday to remove the display the destruction of the school’s fall har- to electric grids and sewage pipes. metaldetectornearaMainechurch
- well after Halloween. vest display - some pumpkin-loving “Now the town is ready for the next unearthed a copper penny dating
“When I got the letter, I was a little cows. step.” from the year 1798.
sad,” Nava said. “I thought, ‘OK, I’m just Edneyville Elementary School posted Venuti said the plan has been in the Shane Houston said he and a
going to take it down. I’m going to com- a photo to Facebook in early October works for several years, but was stalled friend from New Hampshire were
ply. I’m going to take it down and just showing the fall harvest display donated due to issues including infrastructure and onametaldetectingtripwhenthey
got permission to search the
not do this anymore.’ But then I got so by The Nix Pumpkin Patch, but weeks zoning complications. groundsoutsideachurchinMaine.
much support off of Facebook, and I said, later a follow-up post showed the display “It was a long process,” he said. “Not Houston said his most interest-
‘Forget it. People are having so much fun in disarray following an apparent act of only did we carry out thorough mainte- ing discovery was a 222-year-old
with this, and they love it, I’m going to vandalism. nance works to secure the risky crumbly copper penny from the first decade
continue to do it.’” Principal Marsha Justice said she areas, we also had to recover many prop- of money minted by the United
reviewed security camera footage from erties to residential use. We’ve been States.
Rare, 4-foot-wide jellyfish outside the school and identified the per- ready for a while but wanted to wait and The coin, which is about the
spotted on Florida beach petrators as a group of 11 cows rummag- see how the COVID-19 emergency size of a modern half dollar, bears
Experts said a massive 4-foot-wide jel- ing around the pumpkins and gourds for evolved.” the image of Lady Liberty on one
side and “One Cent” on the “tails”
lyfish spotted by a Florida man taking a snacks. Italy was an early hot spot for the side.
run on a beach is known as a “pink “Thank goodness the damage was coronavirus pandemic, but Sicily had Similar coins have sold for
meanie,” but the discovery is more rare repairable, and that we were able to remained one of the last impacted about $200 on eBay, but he is cur-
than it is dangerous. check security footage and get pictures of regions in the country. rently planning to keep it for his
Anatoli Smirnov of Naples said he was the 11 perpetrators! If you recognize any The mayor said interested buyers will own collection.
jogging along Vanderbilt Beach in of these hooved hoodlums, let us know,” not be required to visit the town before The treasure hunter said he is
Collier County snapped a photo when he the school said in a Facebook post. purchasing a property, but they will be not revealing the exact location of
spotted what appeared to be a gigantic, Officials said the incident brought asked to submit detailed renovation the church because he wants to
4-foot-wide jellyfish on the shoreline. some much-needed mirth to the commu- plans to prove they are committed to the return to search the same area next
year. C
Smirnov joked to WFLA-TV that he nity. revitalization effort. C