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Here's a few of my favorites covered on Reuters
...top list of weird stories in 2009 [uk.reuters.com]
In New York, five "restroom ambassadors" got jobs tweeting from the toilets at Times Square: greeting tourists and shoppers -- and then sending short dispatches on their encounters.
The spread of new media got people in trouble. Dutch muggers were caught with the help of a Google street view camera.A vain British burglar sent a picture of himself to his newspaper because the wanted criminal said he did not like the police mugshot.
6 year old flying solo over Colorado in balloon...
This story has a happy ending. The parents were fined for the cost of manpower (11K to 14K - depending on the source) and are spending time in jail with probation. The fate of the boy is unknown.
Of course, had I read the Reuters list before posting, I would seen the story already there... GMTA, how weird is that?
I suppose I could make amends by posting a link to the story of the drunk that called 911, looking for a ride to the bar. He went to jail instead. Weird? ... naah, that's just stupidity.
Now from Down Under comes the Human Coral Reef Man - who is also apparently undergoing successful treatment.
[thesun.co.uk...]
Originally I was skeptical of these due to the rise of photoshop type scams - but I'm pretty sure these are real.
I think the balloon story was a hoax.
A bad hoax at that...but I have heard about a 'UFO' flying over Moscow recently...
