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Archive for May, 2004

Minnesota woman loses arm after sticking it in bear cage

May 24, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A Minnesota woman’s arm was mangled by a bear after she reached into the animal’s cage during a trip to New York. The woman’s arm was later amputated below the elbow.

Two brothers kill witch with axe

May 24, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Two brothers in Dahod, India, killed a 40-year-old widow with an axe because she is a witch. The pair believe the woman’s witchcraft led to the death of their eight-year-old niece.

74 arrested for alcohol and pot at Six Flags

May 23, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Seventy-four people were arrested for alcohol and marijuana Friday night at a New York Six Flags’ annual alcohol and drug-free grad night. The park had warned people in advance that sheriff’s deputies would be present.

eBay stops auction of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cough drop

May 22, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

eBay yanked an auction Friday for a cough drop sucked by Arnold Schwarzenegger. eBay declared the item represented a body part since the cough drop had been listed as Schwarzenegger’s DNA. The auction could reappear if eBay decides it is a collectible.

Dinosaur appears on remote island volcano webcam

May 22, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A pink dinosaur has appeared on a volcano crater webcam used by New Zealand’s Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS). The webcam, updated hourly, can be viewed here. The dinosaur, a plastic model of Dino from the Flintstones, was placed in front of the camera by an unknown visitor to the remote island. The GNS has no plans to remove the dinosaur, but will instead let the sulphur and acid in the area deal with it.

Attorney fined for barking at witness

May 21, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A Manhatten judge has fined an attorney $8500 for barking like a dog at a witness. In the decision, the judge wrote that the attorney’s behavior raised “serious concerns about fitness to practice law.”

Mars mission could be fueled by human waste

May 20, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

NASA is studying how the feces of a six-man Mars mission could generate electricity to power the trip. The energy comes from geobacter microbes which convert solid waste into electricity.