WEIRD NEWS: Breakfast and a Break-In
A New Zealand man could've creamed an intruder who broke in to sleep on his couch -- but instead, he offered the guy a cup of coffee with cream and a plate of toast before sending him on his way.
Gordon Pryor woke up at the crack of dawn and went downstairs to grab a cup of coffee when he was startled at the sight of a young man snoring away on his couch. He thought about calling cops to rouse the lad, but decided to just let him sleep it off -- then offer him a stern lecture about breaking and entering, along with a breakfast of toast and coffee.
The younger man, whose name was not released, said he'd taken the wrong shuttle bus after leaving a music festival some 15 miles away, and got nervous about finding a place to stay, so he climbed in an open window at Pryor's place. The 60-year-old described his visitor as apologetic and “really humble, a helluva nice kid.”
WEIRD NEWS: A Grave Mistake
A Colombian man missed a family New Year's Eve party because he injured himself trying to loosen up a stiff relative -- by digging up the guy's dead body to join the festivities.
Kevin Rivera apologized to loved ones by offering up the horror story, which no one believed -- until they got a call from the San Jacinto Cemetery, where a worked found that someone had removed Jassir Jose Rivera Gomez’s body from its resting place the night before.
Rivera, who suffered cuts to both hands and arms, told his family that he exhumed the body of his cousin, who'd died in a car accident two years earlier, "because he loved him a lot and wanted him out of his niche so he could see in the New Year with him.”
WEIRD NEWS: Grinch Stole Christmas, Then Returned It
A package thief in California appears to have gotten a conscience for Christmas.
A security camera outside Brittany Hale's home captured the moment on December 21st when a woman tip-toed onto her front porch and walked off with a package. The box contained containing personalized collages of photos from her wedding that were meant to be Christmas gifts for her parents and grandparents.
Hale shared the video with police and on social media in the hopes it would convince the Grinch to return the package, and it worked. On New Year's Eve, the security camera caught the woman sneaking back onto the porch to return the box. Hale shared the video on Facebook and wrote, "Starting 2018 off with the stolen wedding photos returned. Last night the lady that stole them had the heart to return them. I am thankful that this lady did the right thing and returned what was not hers. I can only hope she has learned a lesson from stealing other people’s property.
WEIRD NEWS: Welcome to Drunk Island
A group of New Zealanders came up with a very clever way to get around a local ban on alcohol so they could imbibe on New Year's Eve.
The government of Tairua, a small town in New Zealand's North Island, bans public drinking every year between December 26th and January 6th in an effort to cut down on illegal behavior. But this year, a group of friends came up with the brilliant idea to create their own private island where the law couldn't be enforced. So one day, during low tide in the Tairua estuary, they marched into the water and shoveled up a large mound of mud big enough to fit all seven of them and a picnic table.
Then, on New Year's Eve, they sat on their man-made island and rang in the new year with drinks. Even local law enforcement was impressed. The police inspector said, "That's creative thinking. If I had known that I probably would have joined them."
WEIRD NEWS: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Both
A Delta flight from Detroit to Atlanta had to make a U-turn and return to Detroit after pilots found a small bird flying around the cockpit.
Then, on New Year's Eve, they sat on their man-made island and rang in the new year with drinks. Even local law enforcement was impressed. The police inspector said, "That's creative thinking. If I had known that I probably would have joined them."
WEIRD NEWS: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Both
A Delta flight from Detroit to Atlanta had to make a U-turn and return to Detroit after pilots found a small bird flying around the cockpit.
The plane was taxiing to the runway when the pilots noticed the bird inside the cockpit. So they turned the plane around and returned to the gate to remove the bird. But after searching for an hour, they couldn't find it and assumed it had somehow left on its own. The plane then took off, but an hour into the flight the bird reappeared and the pilot announced, "I have an update that the bird is back and it's going a little nuts in here in the cockpit and we do not feel safe continuing on this flight, so we're going to go back to Detroit."
Once the plane arrived at the gate, the door was opened and the bird flew out. After a brief delay, the flight was resumed and took off for Atlanta without any winged hitchhikers.
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