Bizarre News - October 28, 2015

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Aren't there already enough hazards on any given golf course without adding carnivorous predators to the mix?

It was just a normal afternoon on a golf course in San Juan Capistrano, California when club employees had to rescue golfers from a shark which had apparently dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee.

San Juan Hills Golf Club operations director Melissa McCormack says a course marshal found the leopard shark and brought it to the clubhouse. It had puncture wounds where it appeared a bird had snagged it from the Pacific Ocean, about five miles away.

They stuck shark into fresh water before somebody remembered it came from the sea, so they got some sea salt from the kitchen and mixed it in (ideally with some hot oil, lemon and cilantro in a cast iron pan).

Another employee rushed the shark to the ocean where McCormack says it was very still for a few seconds before twisting around and speeding off.

Now maybe I am being too critical of this whole shark business. Golf is a rather boring game. What do you think would make golf more exciting than sharks on the course? Bears? Wolverines maybe?

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Analysis: Some hot dog brands contain human DNA --*
MENLO PARK, Calif. - A California startup analyzing food on a molecular level announced some hard news about one of the most beloved foods in the United States: 2 percent of hot dogs contain human DNA. Clear Food, the consumer guide wing of Menlo Park startup Clear Labs, said it analyzed 345 hot dogs and sausages from 75 brands sold at 10 different retailers and discovered 14.4 percent of the products included ingredients that were not listed on the label. The startup said several of the tested brands had "hygienic" issues. "Hygienic issues occur when some sort of non-harmful contaminant is introduced to the hot dog, in most cases, human DNA," the company said. The report said 2 percent of the samples -- including 2/3 of the vegetarian hot dogs in the sample -- tested positive for human DNA. Clear Food said several products contained meats not listed on the labels, and 4 of the 21 vegetarian products sampled were found to contain traces of meat. The company said the "Top 10 Major Hot Dog Brands" that were found to contain the least contaminants were Butterball, McCormick, Eckrich, Hebrew National, Simply Balanced, Aidells, Jennie-O, Boar's Head, Oscar Mayer and O Organics. Oscar Mayer Premium Jumbo Beef Franks were given Clear Food's top honors as the "Best Hot Dog" in the test results.


*-- Human leg stolen from van outside Los Angeles restaurant --*
LOS ANGELES - An organ donation organization confirmed a human leg was stolen from one of its tissue transport vans while it was parked outside a Los Angeles restaurant. OneLegacy, a nonprofit that provides organ transportation for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, confirmed the cooler containing the leg was stolen from the unmarked van about 5 a.m. Monday while employees of the organization dined at the Original Pantry Cafe. "OneLegacy regrets the loss of the opportunity to fulfill the donor family's wish to heal and save lives with this donation," OneLegacy Chief Executive Tom Mone said in a statement provided to CBS Los Angeles. "[OneLegacy] is reviewing its security procedures to identify ways in which we can prevent such occurrences in the future." CBS Los Angeles said the leg was wrapped up and the thieves may not have known they were taking a human body part. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said it is investigating the theft. Mark Fajardo, the county's chief medical examiner-coroner, said he is looking into the possibility that information about the theft was leaked to the public by someone in his office. "As it stands today, we do not know who 'leaked' the information, but it appears at face value to be one of my employees," Fajardo said in a letter to the county Board of Supervisors. Fajardo said the probe is ongoing. "Whether the leg turns up, I do not know," he told the Los Angeles Times.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Well, you get mis-intrepreted because of who you are; you odd thoughts can't be serious, right??? Disarm the police? Riiiiiight.....would they still get free drinks at the mini mart and free donuts at the donut shop if they were not armed? Now THAT is something to think about!!!
[Sure, they would still get free stuff. They still have nightsticks, don't they?]

Disarming the cops was tried in Britain. It worked for years until a whole bunch of cops got shot in a very short period. Apparently the only effective way to deal with a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun. Apparently bad men don't generally suddenly "feel bad about their actions" and surrender. have fun -John

I think that the reason that everyone is misinterpreting your comment is because it is all to common for people to only see what they want to see, and to hear only what they want to hear. People tend to have many preconceived notions. - David
[I see what you're saying. And "preconceived notions" sounds like a new fragrance from Calvin Klein.]

Do you really think the police and government will ever be gunless? -Lee
[No, because the criminals will never be gunless. Plus, what else are we gonna argue about?]

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