Sheep Disappearance Mystery Grows

It must be the Big Bad Wolf...or Dick Chaney.

Swiss police are investigating after a flock of 90 sheep vanished from a remote Alpine pasture - for the second time.

It is the second time in a year that the flock has vanished, leaving no traces of their whereabouts.

After the first time, farmer Silvano Bacciarini, from the Magadino plain in Tessin, had to buy entirely new animals.

A baffled police spokesman admitted: "The only way to the pasture is by a remote track - the sheep were not driven away as there was no foot prints, nor was a lorry driven to the meadow.

"Yet we searched by helicopter and there is no sign of the animals anywhere."

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100 Year Old Jumps Off a Mountain

I've got to get to 100 first - then I'll jump.

A brave British pensioner celebrated her 100th birthday by setting what is believed to be a new world record on Wednesday after paragliding from the top of a mountain range in Cyprus.

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From the Daily Mail

British grandmother Peggy McAlpine celebrated her 100th birthday by becoming the world's oldest paraglider.

Not content with her letter from the Queen, Peggy floated into the record books just three years after moving to "start a new life" in Cyprus.

She had already bungee-jumped with members of the Royal Parachute Regiment as an 80-year-old "youngster."

But cracking open a bottle of champagne after a safe landing, Peggy was already planning her next adventure.

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Student Finds Valuable Painting in Sofa

That sort of thing ALWAYS seems to happen to students.

A German student who bought a battered fold-up sofa at a flea market has sold a 17th century Italian painting she discovered tucked inside it for 19,600 euros (28,200 dollars).

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Squirrels Safe to Eat

You would have thought they would be more toxic in West Virginia - where the locals normally run them over first.

Squirrel eaters in New Jersey have been told that the bushy-tailed rodents are safe to eat, after earlier being advised they could contain toxic metals.

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Police Need Help Tracking a Kangaroo

Well, they probably didn't know what one looked like.

Danish police appealed for public help Tuesday to track down a kangaroo that escaped from its owner's home in Copenhagen.

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Thief Leaves Behind His Own Picture

Well, he had to see if the thing he was stealing was any good!

Police investigating the theft of a camera from a store in Connecticut were surprised to find the thief had left a picture of himself on a display model.

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Man Pulls Helicopter with Ear

The obvious question is why? The less obvious, but harder, question is how did he think of doing it??

A Georgian gets into the Guinness Book of World Records by pulling a helicopter with his ear.

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Dogs Suffer Indignity

This is why they try to shoot us!

A dog is dressed as a baby in the annual Halloween Dog Parade in New York City.

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Dog Shoots Man

Can't turn your back on 'em for a second!

In a bizarre turnaround of "Man Bites Dog", a pack of hunting dogs shot an Iowa man as he went to retrieve a fallen pheasant, authorities said.

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Men Feel the Need to Drive Fast

So young men drive fast; now we know. What are they going to waste money on next? Is the sky blue? Is grass green?

clipped from news.yahoo.com GENEVA (AFP) - Young men drive fast because speed is perceived as inherently male, a team of Swiss and German researchers claimed in a study released on Monday. The scientists at the Universities of Zurich, Neuchatel and Heidelberg found that men who were exposed to a "typically male environment" drove "significantly" faster than when they were in female or neutral environments. The study was prompted by concern about the high proportion of young men involved in road accidents linked to speeding. Schmid Mast said the results were statistically significant. "The link between a macho attitude and aggressive driving has often been evoked but it hadn't been demonstrated," she told AFP.

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Halloween Reveller Mistaken for Murder Victim

Well, I think it was very conscientious of the passengers. I could have done with more people like that in my youth!

clipped from news.yahoo.com BERLIN (Reuters) - Passengers on a German train mistook a Halloween reveller dressed up as a gore-covered zombie for a murder victim and called the police. The 24-year-old man fell into a drunken slumber on his way home from a Halloween party in Hamburg, police in the northern town of Bad Segeberg said on Monday. A first aid team called to the scene soon cleared up the confusion. Police told the man to remove his make-up after which he was allowed to continue his journey. "Bad Segeberg is in a rural area and Halloween isn't very well known there," police spokeswoman Silke Tobies said. "So people weren't expecting anyone to be dressed up in the train."

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Clinton and Giuliani Scariest Candidates - Poll

The scary thing is they seem to be the only two with a chance of winning the election! (Giuliani is the one on the left by the way).

clipped from news.yahoo.com Once again, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in a poll. This time, she was top choice when people were asked which major 2008 presidential candidate would make the scariest Halloween costume. Asked about costume choices, 37 percent in an Associated Press-Ipsos survey this month chose New York Sen. Clinton, the front-runner among Democratic presidential contenders. Fourteen percent selected former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who leads Republicans in national polls. Clinton was the choice of four in 10 men and one-third of women. While a predictable two-thirds of Republicans picked her, she also was the choice of 18 percent of Democrats. Among members of her own party, that made her second only to Giuliani as the scariest costume.

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Tarantula Festival

They actually have a hairy legs contests for men and women! Marvelous!

clipped from www.modbee.com COARSEGOLD -- This foothills hamlet bursts with signs of autumn: golden hills, flaming auburn leaves rustling in the wind, acorns falling on roofs so furiously that they sound like gunfire. And tarantulas. Locals in this town of 17,000 in Madera County don't approve of running down the not-so-itsy-bitsy spiders. As most everyone around here can tell you, mid- October to mid-November is tarantula mating season. Indeed, the beginnings of the Coarsegold Tarantula Festival -- the 10th annual event is today -- trace back to a new- comer from Oakland who didn't properly appreciate tarantulas. "In 1979, I was pulling out of the driveway with my three little girls and I saw this thing," recalls Tarantula Festival founder Di- ane Boland. "I backed right over it, and the neighbor came over screaming, 'I can't believe you people who move up here from the city and start destroying things.' I felt terrible."

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Zimbabwe Finds New Source of Oil - Sorcery

They give $17,000 to someone who says they can supply Zimbabwe's oil for the next 100 years using a stick and a rock. Hey - it's just as believable as "there is no greenhouse effect".

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Chinese Firecracker Over 20km Long

You could probably see them from space!

The longest firecrackers in China were 20.8km long and weighed over 290kg. They were set off on October 26 to celebrate the 2008 Olympics.

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Bear Bites Woman's Behind

There are a lot worse places to get bitten....like Philadelphia!

clipped from news.yahoo.com ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volunteer at the Eagle River Nature Center is recovering after being bitten by a brown bear sow. Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials say Sarah Wallmer was bitten on the buttocks on the Crow Pass Trail, about a mile from the nature center. Officials say she was making noise on the trail to announce her presence, but the blowing wind probably obscured her voice. The bear charged her, and she dropped her dog's leash and turned her back to the sow. The bear bit her once. She was treated at a clinic for four puncture wounds but a release from the state agency says she otherwise "appeared to be in good spirits."

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Indian Guitarists Go for World Record

Hey, there isn't much going on in north eastern India.

More than 1700 guitarist played "Blowin' in the Wind" in an effort to break the world record for the largest guitar ensemble.

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How Many Cows Can You Get in a Fiat Uno?

Only two - you need to leave room for the goats.

clipped from www.ananova.com Police in South Africa impounded a Fiat Uno car that was being used to transport two cows and two goats. Police spokesperson Captain Jabulani Mdletshe said residents of the Phelindaba area reported seeing a man loading a cow into the Fiat. By the time the two officers arrived, the driver had loaded his vehicle with all four animals and was attempting to speed away. Police gave chase and, realising he was not losing his pursuers, the man stopped his car and fled into the bushes.

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Drinking Liquor in the Aisles

Why is it always Wal-Mart?? (At least he tidied up after himself).

clipped from news.yahoo.com MUKWONAGO, Wis. - A man told police he couldn't help himself when he took seven bottles of a spiked lemonade drink from the shelf at a Wal-Mart Supercenter and drank them in the liquor aisle. Police Chief Fred Winchowky said the 43-year-old town of Eagle man claimed he was a recovering alcoholic and had been dry for 16 months before he went to the store Oct. 14 with his wife, who was not aware of what he was doing. "He went down that aisle and he said 'I just couldn't control myself,'" Winchowky said. "He stated he was upset he broke his 16-month streak and he didn't know how he was going to tell his wife." The chief said security video caught the man drinking the 12-ounce bottles of Jack Daniels Lynchburg Lemonade over a 15-minute period. He placed the empty bottles back on the shelf.

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Dirty Shoes Give Away Burglars

And this was BEFORE they drunk the vodka!

clipped from news.yahoo.com ATHENS, Ala. - Two burglars probably wish that they wiped their feet. Police who responded to an alarm about 1:20 a.m. on Thursday at the Athens Beverage Company followed a trail of muddy footprints from the store to a room at the Budget Inn. They arrested Adam Wayne Blankenship, 23, and Robert Taylor Williams, 35, after finding a pair of muddy shoes that matched the footprints and four bottles of vodka in the room. Blankenship and Williams, who both lived at the Budget Inn, were charged with third-degree burglary. They were being held in the Limestone County Jail.

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Some Neanderthals May Have Been Redheads

OK, so that's cleared up. Now for the really big question - where did blonds come from??

Some Neanderthals may have had fair skin and red hair, giving them an appearance resembling modern Europeans, an international team of researchers said on Thursday.

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Walmart Employee Takes Pictures of Bottoms

Why is it always Wal-Mart? Why didn't he turn off the camera click? Why did he admit to 20 other offenses? So many questions...and I don't really care about the answers.

clipped from www.statesman.com ROUND ROCK — A Wal-Mart employee was arrested Monday after he took cell phone pictures of a shopper's bottom, Round Rock police said. The shopper said she heard a camera click behind her as she walked through the store at 4700 East Palm Valley Blvd. When she turned around, she saw 23-year-old Baldemar Vela acting as if he were talking on the phone, according to an arrest affidavit. Vela later told police that he followed the woman because he found her attractive, according to the affidavit. He also said that he had taken as many as 20 such pictures of other women.

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Bravery Comes in All Sizes

I think I'd be hiding behind the ax!

A 4'5" store clerk managed to fend off an armed robber with a three foot ax.

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Police Banned from Brothels and Bars

At least it's only when they're working!

Police patrolling the red-light district of the Belgian capital have been ordered to stop visiting brothels and drinking in bars when on duty.

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Thief Gets Stuck in Air Shaft

It would have been a lot funnier if he had been after weight loss pills!

clipped from news.yahoo.com SILVER SPRINGS SHORES, Fla. - A suspected thief trying to help himself to convenience store goods instead wound up crying for help after becoming stuck in an air shaft for 10 hours. Jeffery Mumani, 25, was rescued Tuesday. He removed an air conditioning cover at a CVS store Monday night and tried to enter the store via the shaft but became trapped, Marion County Sheriff's Capt. James Pogue said. He began calling for help about 8 a.m. Tuesday. It took firefighters an hour and a half to rescue Mumani, but he suffered only minor cuts and was in stable condition, Fire Rescue spokeswoman Heather Danenhower.

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Drunk Bride Floods Hotel

That was really a night to remember!

A new bride that had had too much to drink flooded most of a hotel by hanging her wedding dress on a sprinkler head.

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Dutchman Floats in Air - Must Be in a Coffeeshop

Nothing new here - those Dutchmen are always high.

Dutchman, Ramana trained in India at the Academy of Magical Sciences (I wonder what GPA you need to get in there). Apparently this is normal for him - he's always challenging the forces of gravity.

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Dyson Eat Your Heart Out

This would be great for a group of witches on Halloween.

clipped from www.ananova.com A Chinese city has introduced a new street-cleaning machine, composed of a tractor and more than a dozen bamboo brooms. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but it was really cleaning the street", said a passer-by.

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Thieves Hold Up Cashless Bank

Hey - why didn't they steal the little pens instead? Oh, they never work...

Two men tried to hold up a cashless bank, despite there being a sign saying "This bank has no money".

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A Very Valuable Bra

It must be very scratchy for the poor model (my heart goes out to her).

clipped from www.ananova.com A jewellery company in China has made a bra out of more than 2,500 diamonds. Priced at 10 million yuan (approx £650,000) and named Perfect, it was demonstrated by a model at the Yibai Department Store in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province. "The clasp of the bra is a 5.4 carat sapphire surrounded by 60 small diamonds", added the spokesman.

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