Category: Weird

You may have seen the Associated Press version of this story, but the local story from the Olympian is far more colorful.

Raccoons have killed about 10 cats in a three-block area near the Garfield Nature Trail at Harrison Avenue West and Foote Street Southwest.

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The problem got so bad that residents Kari Hall and Tamara Keeton even started a Raccoon Watch after having an emotional neighborhood meeting attended by about 40 people.

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It’s not just cats being attacked. Five raccoons actually ganged up on and carried off a little dog, who survived.

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“There’s one really big bad dude,” (Keeton) added.

“He was the biggest raccoon I’ve ever seen. He was a monster,” added Tony Benjamins, whose family has had two cats killed.

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“We used to love the raccoons. They’d have their babies this time of year, and they were so cute. Even though we lived in the city, it was neat to have wildlife around.”

But this year, things changed.

“They went nuts,” he said of raccoons. “We got a dog” – a German shepherd-Rottweiler mix – to scare them away.

This sounds like a made-for-TV movie right there.

I grew up around racoons, and we all knew better than to mess with them. Anybody who thinks they’re cute needs a smack in the head.

I’m at a total loss (I’m stupidly tired) for a sarcastic headline for this oddball news.

NEW DELHI: It is a problem of plenty. But definitely not a happy one. Sanjay (name changed), a small-time businessman from a UP town was recently admitted to a private hospital in the city with a unique problem – he has two fully functional male organs, a condition medically known as penile duplication or diphallus.

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Says a doctor in the hospital, “It is an extremely rare condition. More so because two fully functional penes is unheard of in even medical literature. In the more common form of diphallus, one organ is rudimentary.”

So one it not there just for show: This guy has two totally functional organs.

So while size may not matter, does quantity?

Headlines submissions are welcome. Comment below.

I know pick-pockets have been known to do some odd things to distract people while they’ve taken their wallets, but throwing feces at them and then cleaning them up is a new one to me.

What is the point of a bike that you walk to move? Look at this thing, for crying out loud:

Wouldn’t it be easier (and just as good for you) to walk instead of “riding” the bike?

Link via American Inventor Spot

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The Oregon State Linux Users Group decided to celebrate Firefox’s 200-million downloads by creating a 45,000+ crop circle up in Amity (just outside of Portland). Read more at their project page.

And actually, now that I look at some of those pictures, I recognize one of the guys in there. Hello, Jeremy!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the meat cake.

Thanks Jesse for this.

This man’s is his ability to paint with his penis. NSFW-ish.

Thanks Cheryl for the link.