Weird News
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:03 am
Just some news stories I came across that I thought you'd all like.
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A man in Russian looking for a date thought shock tactics would trump sending a sweet card.
And, for going the unorthodox route of catching the girl's eye, he faces the prospect of five years in jail.
Police in Novokuznetsk say they arrested the man after he took a 16-year-old girl hostage and demanded a date with her older sister.
According to a statement from the local Interior Ministry, the suspect busted into the girl's home early Saturday looking for her sister.
Police say that when he did not find her, he took out a weapon that resembled an assault rifle and placed what looked like an explosive device on a door.
“The man demanded that the teenager call her sister or he would blow up the house,” the statement said.
Police managed to convince the man to surrender and arrested him.
They said they confiscated an air gun and “a bundle of green wire that resembled a grenade,” the statement added.
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How to make a Craigslist advert standout?
One San Antonio musician decided to let his suave Rock 'n Roll credibility rub off on his Nord Lead keyboard, by posing nude with the instrument for his May 15 Craigslist ad.
Potential buyers are still arguing over whether the positioning of the instrument should result in a reduced price listing for the keyboard - currently being advertised at $400 US - to compensate for the need to also purchase hand-wipes and rubbing alcohol to disinfect the purchase.
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A nearly life-size statue of a moose in Colorado has drawn amorous attention from a real-life bull moose in the area.
The statue was put up in the front yard of a home in Grand Lake, Colo., last Monday, and it has caught the eye of a young bull moose with only one thing on his mind, 9 News reports.
A neighbor told 9 News that the moose is "not too shy."
"There's two things he wants to do, and the other is eat," said the man, adding the statue has already acquired some noticeable scratch marks.
"The strange thing is, he's trying to mate with a statue, and they're both male."
The statue and its admirer have become a new tourist attraction in town, with tour buses driving past on their route and passing motorists taking the time to check on him, 9 News reports.
