Tag: Weird and Wacky Wednesday

Wake the Lakes ” Weird and Wacky Wednesday” 10-4-23

A Pennsylvania mummy is finally getting a proper burial after 128 years. The mummified man known as Stoneman Willie has been on display at a funeral home in Reading since 1895. Auman’s Funeral Home says the unidentified man died of kidney failure at the local jail, and was accidentally mummified by a mortician experimenting with…
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October 4, 2023 0

Wake the Lakes “Weird and Wacky Wednesday” 9-13-23

A three-legged bear celebrated the recent Labor Day weekend much like two-legged humans would, raiding a mini fridge and downing White Claws at a Florida home.  Video captured the encounter at a home in the Orlando suburb of Lake Mary on Sunday. It was around 5 p.m. when Josaury Faneite-Diglio got a notification from her…
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September 13, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Man found dead after trying to start exotic pet business in own home”

Police in Pennsylvania were left rattled by a grim discovery they made at the home of a man they say was planning to start an exotic reptile business.  Cops were notified of an unconscious man on the floor of his home and arrived to find him already dead. They were also shocked to discover more…
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March 29, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “52-year-old Spring Breaker arrested in Florida for vandalizing parked car”

A spring breaker arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida for vandalizing a parked car was just doing what wild college students do on spring break — only he’s 52 years-old!  A couple noticed a man standing near their car and “making motions” near the driver’s side. When they confronted him, the man “laughed and ran off…
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March 29, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “High School Librarian Charged With Public Drunkenness”

(Uniontown, PA) — An investigation is underway after a high school librarian allegedly came to school drunk in Uniontown.  District officials say 51-year-old Shawn Chory had been placed on administrative leave after showing up drunk to the school on the morning of Tuesday, March 14th.  Chory had just been hired as the baseball coach last…
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March 22, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Chaffee County Man Attacked By Cougar In Hot Tub”

(Nathrop, CO)  —  A Chaffee County, Colorado man is recovering after he was attacked by a mountain lion while relaxing in a hot tub.  Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the man felt something grab his head on Saturday night at his home near Nathrop.  He and his wife began splashing water on the big cat…
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March 22, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Utah woman rids of ‘negative vibes’ by burning down apartment, complex”

(Sandy, UT)  —  A Utah woman is behind bars after admitting to starting a fire at her apartment complex to burn away “negative energy.”  Around a dozen units were damaged and several residents were displaced by the blaze on Sunday morning.  Thirty-eight-year-old Crystal Moss was arrested after telling police it was her fault.  Court documents…
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March 8, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Long Island man steals fire truck, crashes, sets house on fire”

A Long Island, New York man is under arrest after he allegedly got drunk and stole a fire department vehicle…which he then crashed into a utility pole…which set a nearby house on fire.  Firefighters responding to calls of a house fire arrived to find that a stolen fire department vehicle had been driven into a…
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March 8, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Minnesota woman throws chicken at boyfriend in argument”

A Minnesota woman wasn’t satisfied with just flipping the bird at her boyfriend during a fight, so she hit him in the head with it — leaving chicken bits stuck all over him.  Natalie Bruemmer of Eagle Lake, MN allegedly started the dispute with the victim while they were driving from a bar to the…
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February 22, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Florida caught with stolen rental car so that he can make Doordash deliveries”

A Florida man put his own spin on the old dine and dash by stealing a car so he could Doordash to help other people dine.  Olatunji Okuboye rented a Nissan Sentra from an Avis location way back in March of last year, but it took until this month for the manager of the Avis…
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February 22, 2023 0