Bizarre News - November 11, 2015

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

When I read today's story, there was something suspiciously familiar with the scenario depicted. Eventually it dawned on me. I have experienced this kind of thing before myself, although not in quite the same venue. And I'm curious if any of you come to the same conclusion I did.

Police in Washington D.C., released a video of two women sexually assaulting a man in a convenience store.

The surveillance video, which was released by police, shows one woman in a tight fitted dress twerking while rubbing her body against the man.

The second woman, who was wearing a short red dress, is seen grabbing the man's private parts several times before attempting to grab the man's cell phone and money while he was distracted.

The man, who was on his phone at the time, managed to get away from the women unharmed.

Both women are facing charges of third-degree sexual abuse. If convicted, the women face up to 10 years in prison or a fine of $100,000.

Now, is it me or does it seem like these women could pull this scam off much more effectively just by becoming strippers? They will basically be doing the same thing; rubbing up on men, but instead of having to try and snatch money out of their victims' hands, men in strip clubs will just hand it over. Willingly. And it's perfectly legal.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Police: 8-year-old girl failed to smoke pot in school bathroom --*
PATASKALA, Ohio - Authorities in Ohio said an 8-year-old girl was found in a bathroom attempting to smoke marijuana in an inefficient way -- by lighting a plastic baggie on fire. The Pataskala Police Department said the 8-year-old Pataskala Elementary School student was caught by a school employee Nov. 4 trying to ignite the marijuana in the girls' bathroom. "The good thing is she didn't know how to [smoke the marijuana]," Police Chief Bruce Brooks told The Newark Advocate. "She lit the [plastic] baggie." The student attempted to flush some of the marijuana down a toilet and threw the rest in a trash can, where it was recovered, police said. The student was suspended. Southwest Licking Local Schools Superintendent Robert Jennell said confidentiality laws bar the district from discussing the student's punishment. "Obviously, though, we take the tone in the district that [school] is not the place for drugs," Jennell said. "We certainly want to make sure we reach out to all the organizations we can to give this student all the help possible." The superintendent said the incident is being taken "very, very seriously." WSYX-TV quoted a family member as saying the girl was initially suspended for 10 days, but the punishment was reduced to three. The family member said school administrators are reviewing school bus security camera footage in an attempt to identify how the student obtained the drugs.


*-- Brazilian toddler bites and kills potentially venomous snake at his home --*
MOSTARDAS, Brazil - A 1-year-old Brazilian boy saved himself from a potentially venomous snake by killing it with a bite of his own, the toddler's parents said. Jaine Ferreira said she went to check on her son, Lorenzo, when he was unusually quiet earlier this month at their home in Mostardas and she discovered the toddler holding a snake in his mouth with blood on his hands and face. Ferreira told G1 her family's home is in an urban area where she has never spotted snakes before. The mother said the child was treating the snake as if it was one of his toys and she needed help from the boy's father to wrestle the reptile out of his jaws. Doctors examined the boy and found no signs that he had been bitten by the snake, which they said he killed by biting down close to the animal's head. The doctors identified the snake as a venomous pit viper, but experts viewing photos of the expired reptile said it may have been a non-venomous water snake. The Snake Bite Initiative estimates there are 540 to 2,298 deaths each year from snake bites across Latin America.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Candidly, Lewis, I think you are right. It sounds to me like he was getting closer to something than someone wanted. It's usually dismissed as ridiculous, at least when there is no proof to back it up, but as you said, things that have been considered conspiracy theories have sometimes turned out to be true. -David

It did not say how far outside the prison. All the mouse is gonna do is go back to his friends. He knows where the action is.
[Do you know what those psychos in prison do with mice? Or, hang on a minute, that might be gerbils.]

Lewis, are you trying to suggest that a cop wouldn't be stupid enough to try to commit suicide by shooting himself in a bullet proof vest?
[Yeah, and then correcting his mistake my working the barrel of his firearm under his vest for a second shot? It reminds me of the story of the guy who 'committed suicide' by tying his hands and legs behind his back and throwing himself backwards onto a steak knife...sixteen times.]

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