WEIRD NEWS: Catching the Number-Two Train
A New Jersey man made quite a splash with authorities after falling into a freezing cold river -- by getting knocked off a bridge by a train that sideswiped him as he was taking a poop in the middle of the night.
The man, whose name was not released, decided to squat in the middle of a railroad bridge spanning the Passaic River in northern New Jersey. Though he was shivering and screaming when scooped from the frigid water with his pants around his ankles, he was not seriously injured.
He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment -- and may still face criminal charges for the incident.
WEIRD NEWS: Purina Teacher Chow
An elementary school teacher in England thought it would be interesting to make herself a guinea pig for an after-hours assignment -- by getting wasted in the classroom and scarfing down the food reserved for her class's pet guinea pig.
The woman, whose name was not released, went on a festive bender after downing a couple of bottles of wine that parents had donated to the staff as holiday gifts.
She ended up getting busted by administrators who heard a ruckus. She told police, “The deputy head found my teaching assistant cackling on the floor with a half-chewed carrot and me going at the bowl of pellets like it was a dish of bar snacks. I don’t remember much after that.”
The incident inspired a local teachers' group to come up with a list of no-nos, including "don’t post snaps of a colleague vomiting on Santa” and “never take pics of your rude bits."
WEIRD NEWS: Whataburglar Catches the Christmas Spirit
A Texas thief who stole a Christmas tree from a Whataburger restaurant and earned the nickname the "Whataburger Grinch" must have caught a bit of the Christmas spirit and decided to bring it back.
Police say the fast food joint's surveillance camera captured the moment the thief returned the tree. It could have ended there, but after dropping off the tree, the man walked to the police station where he turned himself in and offered to do some community service as his punishment. He explained that he took the tree on a dare.
The police department later had some fun with the "Whataburger Grinch" and wrote a fantastic Dr. Seuss-style story about it which was shared on its Facebook page. It reads, "Just like the Grinch in Whoville that year, He wound up finding his Christmas cheer. Our local guy, who stole from Whataburger on a dare, Returned the short tree, which is actually quite rare. To those who might steal this Christmas year, We ask that you rather give some Christmas cheer."
WEIRD NEWS: An Uber Ripoff
A five-mile Uber ride across Toronto should have cost one passenger around $16, but it wasn't until he saw the charge on his phone when he realized just how much he'd been taken for a ride.
The unidentified man was shocked when he saw a bill for more than $18,000, so he contacted Uber who told him that it wasn't a mistake and refused to give him a refund. But after his friend shared a screenshot of the charge on Twitter, an Uber representative finally admitted it was a mistake and offered a refund along with an apology.
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