The Weird Week in Review
Brazen Broccoli Bandit
Someone invaded Frank Fahy's garden in King's Somborne, England four times in one week. Each time the thief cut through the protective netting and took only one head of broccoli. Fahy posted signs after each theft, warning of surveillance, insecticide, and police action, but the vegetable villain has not been deterred. Fahy reports that he was victimized in a similar manner a year ago.
Obese Inmates Sues Over Weight Loss
19-year-old Broderick Laswell was arrested in Benton County, Arkansas last September on a murder charge. He weighed 413 pounds at the time. Since then, he has lost 105 pounds, and is now suing his jailers for starving him. Authorities report the jail food provides 2300-3000 calories a day.
Wedding Couple Jailed
A wedding couple became involved in a brawl with each other and wedding guests after repeating their wedding vows in Ross Township, Pennsylvania.
The fight between dentist David W. Wielechowksi, 32, of Shaler, and his bride, Christa Vattimo, 25, began as the couple were about to enter their room at the hotel on McKnight Road on Saturday night, according to police.
The couple spent their wedding night in jail, in separate cells.
Escaped Flying Pig Recovered
A signature Pink Floyd giant inflatable pig escaped its tether and flew away during the Coachella music festival last weekend. The tattered pig came to ground in the driveways of two families in La Quinta, California. The families will split a $10,000 reward offered by Coachella organizers. They will also share four life tickets to the annual music festival.
Crabs Attack Passenger After Plane Crash
Three people were returning to Houston from a fishing trip Tuesday when their small plane stalled in midair. An emergency landing in a field wrecked the fuselage, but no one was hurt from the crash itself. However, the man in the back seat suffered from crab pinches.
"When this happened, Craig was sitting in back and he said the cooler just went. Crabs went all over him just biting him left and right," said Georgette McGuire, the girlfriend of one of the men aboard the plane. "He said it was driving him crazy. He's got a bunch of crab bites on him."
Huge Beaver on a Liquor Rampage
A large beaver broke into a liquor store in Ozersk, Russia last weekend and smashed several bottles of vodka before authorities could apprehend him. The beaver, who was thought to be fleeing nearby forest fires, was taken to a safe area and released.
High-Priced Dinosaur Dung
Dinosaur coprolites were sold for $960 at an auction Wednesday. Bonhams New York auction expected the fossilized feces to bring only around $450.
The buyer was Steve Tsengas of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The 71-year-old owns OurPets, a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste.
"Poop," he said, "is a big business in the pet industry."
Tsengas plans to use the purchase to display at trade shows.
Weird week-in-review