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  • The Terrifying Final Moments of Michael Rockefeller

    06/09/2024 7:34:09 AM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 24 replies
    https://www.msn.com/ ^ | unknown | Thoughty2
    You have to watch the video but for years I believed he was eaten by cannibals. This video shows a good reason to believe that is not so.
  • California woman mauled to death by bear that fed on her body in her own home

    06/08/2024 11:04:37 AM PDT · by george76 · 52 replies
    Daily Express ^ | Jun 7, 2024 | FALYN STEMPLER, CHRIS BUCKTIN
    A 71-year-old woman who was found dead inside her home had been fatally mauled by a black bear... Patrice Miller’s body was discovered inside her Downieville home in November last year by police who had been called to carry out a welfare check. Officers discovered a grisly scene with evidence that a bear had been inside, likely for several days, feeding on the woman’s remains. ... Initially, investigators thought she had died before to the bear’s entry. However, an autopsy report completed last month revealed Miller was killed when the animal swiped or bit her neck, Sierra County Sheriff Mike...
  • Getting fit is great – but it could turn you into a rightwing jerk [Grauniad]

    06/07/2024 10:10:31 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 47 replies
    Manchester Guardian ^ | Mon 3 Jun 2024 10.02 EDT | Zoe Williams
    The more self-actualized you become, the higher you are on self-righteousness, blaming other people’s problems on their failure to be as healthy as you.OK, this is going to sound a little hypocritical, as I have hard-recommended every activity and pursuit, every wellness wheeze and rejuvenation exercise the modern world has dreamed up. […] But there is a dark side to wellness, which I always, for shorthand, thought of as political: getting fit makes you more rightwing. The mechanism is incredibly simple: you embark on this voyage of self-improvement, and more or less immediately see results. You feel stronger and more...
  • Trans Killer Audrey Hale Diary Details Her 'Imaginary Penis' Fantasy, Would 'Kill' For Puberty Blockers

    06/07/2024 2:36:44 PM PDT · by Morgana · 9 replies
    mrc NewsBusters ^ | June 7, 2024 | Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
    A new letter obtained from transgender killer Audrey Hale revealed that prior to killing three adults and three nine-year-olds at the Covenant Christian School in Nashville, Tennessee, she wrote about her “imaginary penis” and how she would “kill” to get puberty blockers. Back in March of 2023, Audrey Hale shot and killed three individuals before being shot down by law enforcement. Now, just over a year later, four dozen pages of Hale’s writings have been obtained. Those writings include notes of her delusional sense of identity and mental confusion, which led to her attack on the school. The Tennessee Star...
  • Anti-Trump crossdressing man smashes car into county jail before hurling snakes and shouting 'the devil told me to kill everyone' (Florida)

    06/06/2024 6:12:31 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 59 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6-5-24 | ALEX HAMMER
    A homeless man wearing women's clothes intentionally rammed his car into the side of a county jail in Florida Monday night, before reportedly embarking on a rant about Donald Trump. Joseph Leedy, 40, stands accused of four counts of aggravated assault on an officer and one count of criminal mischief resulting in damage of more than $1,000 as a result - as a series of photos show the damage he caused. Surveillance footage show the suspect driving from the Martin County Jail parking lot, up the walkway, and through it glass lobby doors. He was stopped by a set of...
  • What's REALLY happening to people who suddenly travel 'back in time': The time slip phenomenon has been experienced by floods of Mail readers, as a paranormal expert this is my explanation

    06/06/2024 3:58:40 AM PDT · by C19fan · 43 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | June 6, 2024 | Ciaran O'Keefe
    When I was a Masters ­student in ­Liverpool in 1996, I deliberately walked the long way into the city ­centre from university every day. It wasn’t superstition or ­paranoia. It was because I longed to experience the infamous Bold Street Time Slip. A handful of people claim to have been strolling down this gently sloping thoroughfare only to be suddenly transported back to the 1950s.
  • Twin Soccer Players in Romania May Have Pulled a ‘Trading Places’

    06/05/2024 1:19:57 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    SBNATION ^ | Jun 5, 2024 | James Dator
    This is one of the weirdest stories of the year.Allegations in Bucharest have spawned one of the most bizarre stories the world of soccer has ever seen. It’s been alleged that former Portugal back Edgar Ié, who rose to prominence playing for Barcelona might have sent his twin brother Edelino Ié to play in his place when he was transferred to Dinamo Bucharest back in February. Rumors of the identity switch began in early May when things about Ié simply weren’t adding up. Not only did the player Bucharest sign not really play like Edgar Ié, but members of the...
  • Alligator found after 10 days on the loose in Missouri [UPDATE!]

    06/05/2024 11:20:57 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    UPI ^ | June 04, 2024 | Ben Hooper
    June 4 (UPI) -- A small alligator that escaped from a petting zoo set up at a Kansas City, Mo., middle school was found outside the school 10 days later. Lakeview Middle School sent an email to faculty and the families of students revealing the 14-inch gator was found outside a back door at the school by custodial workers. The alligator escaped May 23 from a petting zoo set up at the school by third-party business Thorni Ridge Exotics. The disappearance sparked a probe by the KC Pet Project, but the search was called off after a few days. The...
  • New Jersey Democrats Elect Dead Congressman Donald Payne Jr. in Primary

    06/05/2024 7:59:17 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 34 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 6-5-24 | Anthony Scott
    Democrat voters in New Jersey elected deceased Representative Donald Payne Jr. in Tuesday’s primary. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Representative Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-NJ) died on April 24th at 65. Before his death, Payne spent the last two weeks in a coma due to having a heart attack and complications with diabetes. Despite being dead, Payne won New Jersey’s 10th District Democratic primary with 99.9% of the vote.
  • Black Lab Ingests Meth At Gillette Park, Wags Tail "1,000 Miles Per Hour"

    06/04/2024 12:02:55 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | June 03, 2024 | Clair McFarland
    It was a close call but Tator, a black Labrador retriever, got into some meth last week at a park in Gillette. He survived but his owners said he was wired out of his mind with his tail wagging "1,000 miles per hour." Tator, a black Labrador retriever, got sick when he somehow ingested meth while on an outing at Dalbey Memorial Park in Gillette. (Courtesy Photo) A 2-year-old black Labrador retriever was back to his “normal, goofy self” Monday after he got into some methamphetamine at a Gillette park four days prior. Every day, Michael Frith takes his 2-year-old...
  • Maui Fire Department Battalion Chief Arrested for Child Sex Crimes

    06/03/2024 7:34:53 PM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Jun. 3, 2024 | Anthony Scott
    Maui Fire Department battalion chief Shawn Rogers has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor under the age of 14. Hawaii News Now reported an indictment alleged Rogers raped a child for years, starting when the victim was around 11 years old. The indictment alleged the sexual abuse occurred between 2019 and 2021. In a statement, Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura stated: “Today, the County of Maui was made aware that Shawn Rogers (52), a 25-year veteran of the Department of Fire and Public Safety, was arrested and charged for Sexual Assault in the First Degree and Continuous...
  • Invasive, 5-foot-long lizard seen near road in Florida, video shows: ‘Did a double take’

    06/02/2024 1:02:56 PM PDT · by george76 · 20 replies
    Fox News ^ | May 31, 2024 | Brie Stimson
    Renee Aland said she thought the lizard was an alligator when she first saw it.. A massive, 5-foot-long lizard, presumed to be an Asian water monitor, was seen scurrying around a busy road in western Florida recently. "He’s huge," Renee Aland can be heard saying in video she posted on social media of the lizard. "He’s just strutting across the road. He’s heading to the other side of the road." When her daughter, Zoey Marzonie, asked if she should get closer to the lizard, her mother quickly answered, "Nope, just stay in the car." ... she called the Florida Fish...
  • Book Returned to Library 84 Years Overdue

    06/01/2024 11:06:19 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    EuroWeekly News ^ | 30 May 2024 | John Smith
    There was some amusement as well as surprise when somebody walked into Helsinki’s Oodi Central Library on Monday 27 with a book that was overdue. 84 years overdue It’s not unusual to be a little delayed in returning a library book but this one was unusual in as much as it was due back on December 26, 1939 making it just over 84 years late! The person who returned it isn’t the person who first took out the book The Refugees (Pakolaiset in Finnish) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and it is not known whether there was a fine and...
  • Elusive Surfboard-Stealing Otter 841 Back in Santa Cruz, Up to Her Old Tricks

    05/31/2024 12:10:18 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies
    KRMG ^ | May 31, 2024 | Jen Townley
    Otter 841 is known as the elusive-surfboard stealing otter and she’s back to her old tricks, making her latest appearance in Santa Cruz, California during a surf contest Saturday. According to The Mercury News, Otter 841 is notorious among surfers after last summer’s wave-riding rampage, going after surfers and biting their surf boards. Surfer Karl Anderle says he was sitting on his board at the surfing contest as a volunteer, keeping non-competitors out of the competition zone. He says he tipped his board up, hoping she would hop off, but she scooted up and clung on so he decided he...
  • Woman Goes For A Walk And Accidentally Discovers Huge 900-Year-Old Treasure Trove

    05/31/2024 9:02:44 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 33 replies
    IFL Science ^ | May 31, 2024 | DR. KATIE SPALDING
    They'll probably look more impressive when they're clean. Image credit: ARCHEOLOGICKÝ ÚSTAV AV ČR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you’ve been trying to convince yourself to exercise more lately, consider the recent case of a woman in the Czech Republic who went out for a walk one day and accidentally found a treasure trove of more than 2,150 silver coins dating from more than 900 years ago. It’s a discovery that “can be compared to winning a million in the jackpot,” said Filip Velímský, an archaeologist from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague, in a statement translated from the...
  • LPGA golfer kills bird flying over green.

    05/30/2024 10:52:02 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 35 replies
    Citizen Free Press @CitizenFreePres I've played and watched a lot of golf in my life. Never seen this before. From Collin Rugg VIDEO AT LINK..................
  • Ongoing Sightings of This Enigmatic Lost Species Continue to Challenge Accepted Views on Its Extinction

    05/30/2024 8:00:43 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 67 replies
    The Debrief ^ | May 30, 2024 | Micah Hanks
    On September 7, 1936, the last known thylacine, often referred to as the Tasmanian tiger, is believed to have died in captivity in Hobart, Tasmania. Since then, the species, long presumed extinct, has taken on a near-mythical status. The thylacine still captures the public’s imagination, having earned its place as a modern symbol of both loss, and also possibilities. The creature’s unmistakable striped appearance has also helped propel it to its current position as a pop cultural icon and a constant reminder of humanity’s more destructive side. Yet what is perhaps the most intriguing about the thylacine is that, for...
  • Human remains found in jaws of alligator in Houston after woman reported missing

    05/30/2024 5:30:13 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    CBS News ^ | May 30, 2024 | Stephen Smith
    Authorities in Texas are investigating after human remains were found in the jaws of an alligator while officers were searching the area for a missing woman. The gruesome discovery in Houston comes less than a year after the body of a woman was found in the mouth of a gator in Florida. "Patrol officers located the remains of a woman in the jaws of an alligator in the Horsepen Bayou … while searching the area for a woman reported missing," Houston police said in a statement Wednesday. A sergeant shot and killed the alligator "to prevent it from doing more...
  • Dog owner who paid for sick pup to be put down shocked to find he’s now healthy — and up for adoption

    05/29/2024 10:16:09 PM PDT · by TBP · 28 replies
    The New York Post ^ | May 28, 2024 | Adriana Diaz
    A woman was shocked to discover that the sick dog she took to be euthanized was back at the shelter and up for adoption a year later. Kristie Pereira, 32, was heartbroken when she was told that the most humane thing she could do for her beloved pet Beau was to put him down. The digital marketer said she paid $450 to adopt her pup from the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation in 2022 while working from home in Maryland. The dog’s veterinarian, the clinic’s lead doctor and an animal emergency room vet eventually all agreed that the poop...
  • What Is an "Inclusive" Men's Restroom?

    05/29/2024 7:26:35 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 54 replies
    Self | May 29, 2024 | PJ-Comix
    Yesterday I had my first encounter with what is called an "Inclusive" Men's Restroom. What happened is that I went to an auditorium at the University of Miami where my nephew had his high school graduation ceremony. After a couple of hours, the ceremony concluded and we all exited.Of course, sitting there for a couple of hours, I had a nature call to take care of and looked for a restroom in that building just outside of the auditorium. Well, I soon found what was labeled on the door as an "INCLUSIVE" Men's Restroom. Even though nature was strongly calling...