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Bizarre News - May 30, 2015
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
There are friends, and there are friends. Then there are friends like Elijah Ray Lambert who will willingly shoot you in the chest. And with friends like those, who needs enemies?
Lambert was friends with the late Miguel Martinez of Citrus Heights, California. Somewhere Miguel got hold of a bullet proof vest and decided he wanted to test it to see if it would really stop a bullet.
But why put it on a mannequin or tie it to a tree when you can put it on yourself? As long as you have a friend like Lambert who is willing to pull a trigger for you.
Deputies arrested Lambert for the shooting, but the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has characterized the incident as an "unintentional killing".
Martinez's brother reported that, "The bullet had actually penetrated the top of his vest," indicating that not only does Lambert have bad judgment, he is also a lousy shot.
The pair were with two other friends, the police said. The group initially reported the shooting as a robbery but later confessed it was an accident.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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*-- Seattle car burglar overlooks lottery ticket worth $1 million --*
SEATTLE (UPI) - A Seattle couple said a burglar stole a pair of sunglasses from their car, but ignored something far more valuable -- a $1 million winning Powerball ticket. The couple, who requested anonymity, said they forgot to check the numbers on their Powerball ticket after it failed to win the $350 million jackpot in February's drawing. "We didn't even think about a second chance prize," the couple told Washington's Lottery officials. They said the ticket sat in their car for about three months. "Someone broke into our car a few weeks ago and stole a pair of sunglasses," the couple said. "The stolen sunglasses were actually sitting atop the winning ticket. What a close call!" The couple checked the numbers on the ticket May 14 and discovered they had won a $1 million second chance prize. "Well, we already popped a bottle of champagne! We're also planning a trip to Paris and Iceland for this year. Other than that, I think we'll just take care of our house," the couple said. The Seattle Imam's store that sold the ticket will receive a $10,000 selling bonus, the lottery said. The burglar, meanwhile, will have to make do with a pair of used sunglasses.
*-- Indian police detain pigeon as 'suspected spy' from Pakistan --*
BAMIYAL, India (UPI) - Indian police said they have detained a pigeon suspected of being a Pakistani spy after it was found to have a message stamped on its body. Punjab police said a 14-year-old boy in Manwal, a village close to the Pakistani border, brought the pigeon to a police station when he noticed it bore a stamped message on its wing feathers written in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, and a Pakistani phone number. The pigeon's feathers also reportedly bore the seal of a Pakistani district in Pakistan's Punjab province. Officers at the Bamiyal police post dubbed the bird a "suspected spy" in a diary report. Police Superintendent Rakesh Kaushal said police conducted an X-ray of the white pigeon. "Nothing adverse has been found, but we have kept the bird in our custody," Kaushal told The Times of India. "This is a rare instance of a bird from Pakistan being spotted here. We have caught a few spies here. The area is sensitive, given its proximity to Jammu, where infiltration is quite common."
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These brains were actually from politicians. A. Cuomo, C. Schumer, N. Pelosi, J.Boehner, M. McConnell, H. Reid, H. Clinton. Other brains are still missing. -L. Kennedy
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Are you kidding? You can't be a career criminal like the villains you mentioned without having brains.]
Wow, Lewis, that brain story...guess somebody really lost their mind (sorry, I couldn't resist). -Chris
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