Bizarre News - August 29, 2015

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Talk about your bad day. 25-year-old John Knight was driving his Volvo station wagon down Church Street through San Francisco's Noe Valley neighborhood at about 10:30 in the morning when he came across a strange scene.

A heavyset woman stood wrapped in a blanket, surrounded by medical personnel.

Suddenly, the woman whipped the blanket off and threw it at the medics, revealing that she was completely naked, Knight said. Then she turned around and noticed Knight, still stopped and now shocked behind the wheel, about 50 feet away.

"She walks directly to me," he said. "She walks up the hood of my car and she begins stomping on my windshield, completely naked."

The woman, who Knight estimated to weigh about 250 pounds, cracked his windshield with the first stomp. She got a couple more in before plainclothes officers pulled her off and hand-cuffed her as she screamed, Knight said.

Apparently the woman had stripped on a commuter train earlier in the morning for no good reason, and it was pure coincidence that Knight pulled up to that intersection at that exact moment.

"They (the insurance company) didn't really know what to make of it." Knight said.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Ohio pro-pot group's superhero mascot draws criticism --*
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio group supporting marijuana legalization is under fire from critics who say the group's new superhero mascot appeals to children. ResponsibleOhio, a group supporting the state's Proposal 3 to legalize marijuana for adults over the age of 21, recently unveiled the superhero mascot, dubbed Buddie, with pictures on Facebook. Buddie features a green marijuana bud for a head and a superhero suit complete with a cape, six-pack abs, and a "B" logo over a picture of a marijuana leaf. Nick Lashutka, president of the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, accused the group of marketing marijuana to children. "I have four kids and if any of them were to see this, they would draw a conclusion that it's OK," Lashutka told Cleveland.com. Jen Detwiler, spokeswoman for rival group Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies, said Buddie was a poor choice of mascot. "ResponsibleOhio has placed a lot of emphasis on the 21 and over piece of their amendment but then comes out with a mascot styled after a superhero?" Detwiler said. "It's a pretty shameless attempt to entice young people." ResponsibleOhio spokeswoman Faith Oltman said Buddie will only visit college campuses as part of the group's "Green Rush Bus Tour" to promote "Buddie's 21 and Up Club," a social media campaign aiming to "engage millennial voters in the process in a new, creative and exciting way."


*-- Yellowstone visitor asks for bears to be trained for tourists --*
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - A disappointed visitor to Yellowstone National Park left a note on a feedback form asking rangers to train bears to hang out where they can be seen. The note, shared on Reddit by a person who purported to be a friend of an employee at a Yellowstone lodge, was written on the bottom of a feedback form for trouble with maintenance and housekeeping. The note reads: "Our visit was wonderful but we never saw any bears. Please train your bears to be where guests can see them. This was an expensive trip to not get to see bears." A Redditor commenting on the post said the note reminded them of a quote from a Yellowstone park ranger: "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the stupidest tourists."

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