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Bizarre News - November 5, 2014
Greetings fellow Bizarros:Well, that's one way to get somebody's goat. A pair of what appeared to be skinned goat heads were found dangling from a street light at a busy Park Slope intersection in New York, police said.
At least one witness called 911 after spotting the bloody animal heads attached to a piece of twine hanging above Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue - sparking a police investigation.
The skulls dangled in the wind until shortly before noon, when a staffer from a nearby car service company carried a ladder to the pole and knocked them down with a stick.
That's what they call a New York Pinata.
Some wondered whether it was Santeria, a Halloween prank or voodoo.
"Maybe it's some of those wackos who go for Santeria or voodoo," said local resident Louis Katenzakes. "It's the occult. They do rituals. They kill animals."
The sighting wasn't the first example of animal body parts discovered in the area. In March, severed goat heads and rooster heads were found in Prospect Park.
Other locals said they were unmoved. "It's New York. I've seen the towers come down, so beyond that, nothing really stings that bad," said J. Sapp, who works in the area.
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Email Lewis* Brain surgery stops seizures, fear of spiders *BRIGHTON, England (UPI) - British doctors said a man who underwent brain surgery to get rid of seizures awoke to find he had also lost his crippling fear of spiders. Dr. Nick Medford, the man's observing physician at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and co-author of the study published in the Neurocase journal, said the 44-year-old man suffered from severe arachnophobia before undergoing surgery on his amygdala -- a portion of the brain partially responsible for handling fear -- to stop his recurring seizures. The study, titled Abolition of lifelong specific phobia: a novel therapeutic consequence of left mesial temporal lobectomy, said the man reported he was no longer afraid of spiders after the surgery. Medford said the man instead found spiders fascinating and could hold a living arachnid without fear. The researchers said the man's fear may have been stored in neural pathways in the part of the amygdala that was removed to halt the man's seizures. Medford said further research on the subject could be conducted without unnecessary invasive procedures. "It's not uncommon for people to have temporal lobe surgery for severe epilepsy," he said. "And arachnophobia is supposed to be reasonably common. So we might be able to test people for that phobia, or any other kind, before and after surgery."
*-- Man robs 4 Subways in 4 days because 'Jared Diet' didn't work --*HUEYTOWN, Ala. (UPI) - A man who robbed four Subway restaurants in four days with a gun claims he did it because he was mad the "Jared Diet" didn't work for him. Zachary Torrance, 18, was arrested Friday by Hueytown police after someone saw surveillance videos on the Hueytown Police Department's Facebook page and recognized Torrance from having witnessed him purchase a gun holster at a Walmart. Police say he was even wearing the same clothing and shoes as the suspect was the day of the robbery. "He stated in the course of his interview he had tried the 'Jared Diet' and it hadn't worked for him like he thought it should have," Police Chief Chuck Hagler told WJBF. "He was trying to get his money back." He has confessed to the crime and will face sentencing. He is currently being held with a $250,000 bail.
*-- READER COMMENTS --*Hi Lewis. I'm writing about Patty T's reader comment about the rape of a pit bull. I can't blame her for being offended. It's a touchy story and heart breaking at the same time. Never-the-less.. you are a writer of a bi weekly newsletter about all things "bizarre" and you are entitled to comment on them (most of us enjoy your comments). I may have threatened to cut off your balls, but I would never give up your news-letter. You are an equal opportunity writer and if she has read your letters, she should know that. Keep up the great comments! -Patty
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Can't we just leave my balls out of this all together?]
Lewis; I'm wondering if the lady who went off on you about pit bulls would select a toy poodle for protection or would she perpetuate the myth that pit bulls being a larger and more muscular dog might be better suited for that job. That woman seriously needs a chill pill. -Wes
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I'd prefer a revolver over either a pit or a poodle.]
Lewis, exposiing his genitals to the police was a good idea. I suppose they have itchy genitals quite often. Maybe they can have more toilets installed with special crotch paraphernalia for both men and ladies. -Toilet Man Tom
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I don't think it is a lack of toilets, the problem is all of these people running (or driving) around with enflamed genitals! It's an epidemic, people.]
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