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WEIRD NEWS: Snake Hitches a Ride


We've all experienced that scary moment when you're driving and a spider lands on your leg or an insect starts flying around your car. That's nothing compared to the terrifying vehicle intruder that one Arkansas woman recently experienced.

Kelly Swisher was driving on the highway when a four-foot snake crawled out of her dashboard and onto her feet. She says, "As soon as it landed on my feet, I felt it. It was rough and scaly, and as it slithered across my feet -- that is the nails-on-a-chalkboard kind of thing." She frantically tried to call 911 as she attempted to exit the highway. She was finally able to pull into a parking lot and get out of the car as the snake slithered back into the dashboard. Animal control officers eventually arrived and removed the snake, which they said likely did not pose much of a threat to her.

The police department shared a photo of the snake on its Facebook page.

WEIRD NEWS: Crack in the Crack


There are a lot of stupid and funny things that criminals do, but sometimes their actions are not quite as funny as the language used by officers in their police reports.

53-year-old Laurie Shank was arrested for prowling and hauled off to jail. There, she was thoroughly searched and asked to bend and spread 'em. That's when officers discovered "a glass crack pipe...located deep in the crevasse of her buttocks." The pipe contained cocaine residue and earned the woman an additional narcotics charge. It's not known how the crack pipe was removed or if any glacier-climbing equipment was used in its retrieval.


WEIRD NEWS: A Monopoly on Stupidity



A gang of British swindlers was sent directly to jail by a judge who sentenced them for ripping off a series of victims in a scheme where they found a way to swap out huge stacks of Monopoly money for millions in cold hard cash.

In one of the bigger cons, gang member Gianni Accamo, posing as a gem expert, went to a jeweler and cut a deal to buy a number of precious stones, then handed over hundreds of thousands of Euros. The victim used a cash counting machine to make sure all the dough was there, but when he turned to put away the machine and get the diamonds, Accamo and a buddy pulled the switch, leaving the guy with a few measly dollars wrapped around piles of funny money.

A number of crew members were busted at an address in Nottingham, where police found fake notes, as well as stolen jewelry hidden under soil in plant pots.