Archive for November, 2009

Bigfoot enthusiasts go high tech

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

A team of Bigfoot enthusiasts is hoping to find the legendary creature in the bogs and barrens of a West Virginia wilderness area....Source Related posts:Bigfoot Spotted in PA Scientists to look for ... Read more..

Bike stunts hero Danny MacAskill takes a tumble.. tripping on kerbstone

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

HE MIGHT be best known for performing death-defying stunts on his bike, but cyclist Danny MacAskill is out of action for eight weeks – after tripping on a kerbstone....Source Related posts:Ind. ... Read more..

$300 Reward For Goats Abandoned In Norfolk

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

They are friendly-- curious-- and at the center of a mystery. Two goats turned up early Monday morning in an industrial park in Norfolk....Source Related posts:Goats Slip Past Anti-Terrorism Security In ... Read more..

Judge pleads guilty to letting air out of tire

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

A Maryland judge has apologized for engaging in a bit of vigilante justice when he let the air out of the tire of a courthouse employee who parked in a ... Read more..

Fla. Man To Use His Weight As Murder Defense

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Dumb Criminal Offbeat News, Offbeat News | No Comments »

A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat. An attorney for Ates ... Read more..

Kenya Slams ‘Uninvited’ U.S. Diplomat Over Visa Ban Announcement

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Kenya's foreign ministry on Wednesday said an American diplomat was "out of order" for coming into the country uninvited and announcing that a senior Kenyan official is banned from entering ... Read more..

Inmate requests death sentence for better amenities

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

A white supremacist gang member convicted of murder has told the Southern California jury deciding his penalty that he wants capital punishment because prison amenities are better on Death Row....Source Related ... Read more..

One-Legged Suspect Caught With One Stolen Shoe

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

Police said a one-legged suspect was caught after only one shoe went missing in a store in Belgium. An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one ... Read more..

Wording Of Swine Flu T-Shirts Upsets Shelters

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

A college student recently came up with an idea to help keep homeless shelters healthier, CBS station KTVT-TV reports. Shelters love what he's doing, but they're not too happy about ... Read more..

Mystery stone found near church linked to Knights Templar

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Offbeat News | No Comments »

A mysterious carved stone has been uncovered alongside a 12th-century church associated with the Knights Templar. What appears to be the carved top of a sarcophagus was unearthed when builders ... Read more..