Bizarre News - December 2, 2015

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

It's called tempting fate. When you have beaten the odds, but you keep going back for more until the inevitable happens. People have tempted fate in all walks of life; relationships, gambling, career, and unfortunately, like the woman in today's story, in life itself.

25-year-old Brittany Leith miraculously came out of a horrible situation with the best possible luck. While driving home early in the morning in Long Island, Leith somehow managed to hit the center median and flip her vehicle completely over onto its roof.

Other drivers came to her aid and helped her get out through a broken window. Incredibly, Leith seemed to be completely uninjured as she stood on the side of the road.

That was when she decided that she absolutely had to retrieve her purse from the wreck.

Her rescuers begged her not to cross the dark parkway, but before emergency personnel could arrive Leith walked back out into traffic and was struck and killed instantly by a passing car.

There is no report of what was in the purse.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Police: Motorist sipped beer in traffic next to marked patrol car --*
ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida police said they arrested a motorist accused of enjoying an ice cold beer in full view of an officer driving in a marked patrol car. The Orlando Police Department said Officer Jose Sanchez was driving in a marked patrol car just before noon Saturday when he spotted a motorist, later identified as Edgar Cortes, sipping from what appeared to be a bottle of beer. "As I passed the vehicle...I observed the driver drink from a bottle that appeared to resemble that of an alcoholic beverage," the Orlando Sentinel quoted Sanchez as writing in his report. "The bottle's content appeared to be dark yellow in color, reasonably appearing to me to be the color of beer." Sanchez found Cortes to be in possession of an unfinished bottle of Corona Extra beer, a loaded 9 mm pistol and a small bag of marijuana. Cortes was charged with driving with an open container, carrying a concealed firearm and armed possession of marijuana with intent to sell. He was taken to jail and later released after posting bail.


*-- Police probing domestic violence report find man battling spider --*
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Australia - An Australian police department called to a suspected domestic violence scene said they instead discovered a man locked in mortal combat with a spider. The Harbourside Local Area Command said in a Facebook post several officers responded to an apartment in Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, on a report of "a woman screaming hysterically" and a man's voice shouting, "I'm going to kill you, [you're] dead! Die Die!!" The post said neighbors reported hearing furniture being thrown around the inside of the residence. The officers arrived and found a man alone in the residence. The Facebook post recounted the man's conversation with officers:

Police: "Where's your wife?"

Male: "Umm I don't have one."

Police: "Where your girlfriend?"

Male: "Umm I don't have one"

Police: "We had a report of a domestic and a women screaming, where is she?"

Male: "I don't know what you're talking about I live alone."

Police: "Come on mate people clearly heard you yelling you were going to kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit."

Police said the man "became very sheepish" at this point in the conversation.

Police: "Come on mate, what have you done to her?"

Male: "It was a spider."

Police "Sorry??"

Male: "It was a spider, a really big one!!"

Police: "What about the women screaming?"

Male: "Yeah sorry that was me, I really really hate spiders."

The man was not charged and officers left after a quick search of the apartment confirmed the resident's account.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Hi Lewis, In regards to the turkey expert claiming turkeys can't fly...I have no idea who Mr Arthur Carlson is BUT turkeys do fly albeit short distances. BUT they also, like most birds roost in trees up to 50 feet high. -Kevin
[The name 'Arthur Carlson' is in reference to one of the funniest scenes in television history; the turkey drop episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. Dr. Johnny Fever put it best when he said, "For those of you who just tuned in, the Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been bombed with live turkeys. Film at 11."]

Actually, turkeys CAN fly...or at least, they think they can. One took a running start from probably 20 yards from the edge of the road and lifted off like the Spruce Goose. Unfortunately, at the trajectory plotted it landed with a thud on the hood of my van. Fatal to the bird, damaging to the van. -Rick

Lewis, turkeys can fly, just not very graceful.
[In that case I don't feel bad about eating them. It's the same justification I make for cows.]

Both victims are recovering? Finally, proof that gun control is working. The nut cases have become horrible shots. -Duck

If that kid had let the snake bite him in the dick, he might have appreciated the severe swelling, but then probably would have regretted his decision to end his life.
[You don't need a poisonous snake. They have drugs for that now.]

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