Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

When you go to the circus you should expect some unusual things to happen. Clown trauma, midget encounters, watching a family of trapeze artists being murdered by a psychopath with severe facial scarring and a flair for theatrics.

What you do not expect is to find a 300-pound tiger waiting for you in the bathroom.

The big cat had escaped briefly after its turn in the ring at the Isis Shrine Circus in Salina, Kanses. Staff members blocked off the concourse as the tiger wandered into the bathroom, where one of the doors was blockaded.

About that time, Salina resident Jenna Krehbiel decided she needed to use the restroom. When she walked in the door that hadn't been blocked off, she found a tiger standing about 2 feet away.

"You don't expect to go in a bathroom door, have it shut behind you and see a tiger walking toward you," Krehbiel said.

The tiger was captured within minutes and returned to its enclosure.

Krehbiel, a social worker, said she didn't scream or run because she is trained to stay calm.

"Looking back, it was a scary ordeal," she said. "At the time, I was thinking I just needed to get out."

Krehbiel said her 3-year-old daughter had a different reaction.

"My daughter wanted to know if it had washed its hands," Krehbiel said. "That was her only concern. I think that shows the thoughts of children and that they wouldn't have known there was danger."

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Men sentenced for extorting poker players with nude photos --*
LOS ANGELES - Two men have been sentenced in California after admitting they extorted professional poker players with threats of publishing naked photographs, officials say. The photos were among private information stolen from the players' email accounts, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Tyler Schrier, 23, of Menlo Park pleaded guilty to conspiracy, extortion and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information. He was sentenced to 42 months in prison. As part of his plea, Schrier admitted guilt in a similar plot in which he extorted $26,000. An accomplice, Keith James Hudson, 39, of San Jose pleaded guilty to stealing naked photographs from a player's email by hacking the account. He then worked with Schrier to extort poker players, prosecutors said. In 2010, the pair hacked the email account of Joe Sebok and stole intimate emails and photographs. They threatened to post them on the Internet unless Sebok and others paid them hundreds of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said. No payments were ever made and Schrier sent an email containing a nude photo of Sebok to about 100 people. Addressing the court at the hearing, Sebok said the extortion plot had "instantly damaged my ability to sustain my livelihood doing what I had been since 2005" and caused him to lose endorsement contracts.


*Montana man reunited with woman-hating macaw*
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A Montana man was reunited with his scarlet macaw after five years thanks in part to the bird's distaste for women. Mike Taylor of Great Falls said his bird, Spike, goes by the nickname Love Love and he discovered after adopting the avian with his then-fiancee several years ago that Love Love disliked women due to being abused by a previous owner, the Great Falls (Mont) Tribune reported Tuesday. Taylor said his wife sold the bird when the couple split up about five years ago and he "always wondered" what became of the bird. Taylor said he had his answer when a friend, Steve Caldwell, recognized the bird at Montana's Parrot & Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Butte. "He says, 'Oh, by the way, I seen your bird,'" Taylor said. Taylor said he soon got in touch with Lori McAlexander, executive director of the sanctuary, and was able to convince her of his story by describing the bird's blind eye, toenail deformities, penchant for saying "love love" and his hatred of women. McAlexander said the bird was donated by a woman named Sonia who was bitten mere days after purchasing him. She said only male handlers had been dealing with Spike due to the animal's violent distaste for women. Taylor was reunited with Love Love Sunday at the sanctuary and was able to bring him home with his original cage and the toys that went along with him when his wife sold the bird. "He's just a really neat bird," Taylor said.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Lewis: Today's article stated in part, "Administrative leave WITH PAY! Pull a gun on a kid and get a paid vacation. How do I get that job?" It's simple, join that union. Their union will protect them even if they go to jail as a prisoner. Cops can do anything they want, and ONLY another cop can stop them. However, even other cops are afraid. Remember "Serpico"? That's real. -Jim
[That was a pretty good movie.]

I think it's a case of McDonald's food rage. First, I'd be pissed I had to eat that shit, next to have to wait for that shit, plus who doesn't what to poke a teenage in the face with a gun? It all makes sense if you break it down. -Marie

Lewis.. even idiot cops are entitled to due process. So he he gets a few weeks off with pay. Then he'll get fired.. then after a few appeals, his union will get his job back with full pay. Hopefully, at that point his fellow cops will convince him to find another job on another PD and quit. Remember.. you guys LOVE unions. -Corky

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