Bizarre News - April 25, 2015

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

We covered a story last month about a baby in China who was born with an undeveloped twin inside its body. Can you imagine what it would be like if you grew up like that? Never knowing you had a twin INSIDE of you? This woman can.

Los Angeles surgeons working to remove a tumor from an Indiana woman's brain said the growth turned out to be the patient's embryonic twin.

Yamini Karanam, 26, a Ph.D. student at Indiana University, said she underwent surgery at the Skull Base Institute after problems she started having with reading and listening comprehension were determined to be the result of a tumor in her brain.

Karanam said she was shocked when she woke up after the surgery and Dr. Hrayr Shahinian's team revealed the tumor to be an embryonic twin with bone, hair and teeth. Shahinian said such a tumor, or "teratoma," is rare to find in modern medicine.

"This is my second one, and I've probably taken out 7,000 or 8,000 brain tumors," Shahinian said.

Shahinian removed the tumor using fully endoscopic resection, a minimally invasive brain surgery.

Karanam said she now refers to the tumor as an "evil twin sister who's been torturing me for the past 26 years."

Shahinian said the tumor was not cancerous and Karanam is expected to make a full recovery.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Pregnant Popeye's worker says she was fired for not replacing stolen cash --*
CHANNELVIEW, Texas (UPI) - A pregnant Texas woman said she was fired from a Popeye's eatery for refusing to repay about $400 stolen when she was robbed at gunpoint. Marissa Holcomb, a former shift manager at the Channelview eatery, said about $400 was taken in the March 31 armed robbery, which was recorded by security cameras, and the manager of the Popeye's location told her she would be fired if she didn't replace the stolen money. "I told them I'm not paying nothing," Holcomb told KHOU-TV. "I just had a gun to me. I'm not paying the money." Holcomb, who is pregnant with her fourth child, said she was fired less than 36 hours after the robbery. "I don't think it's right because now I'm struggling for my family because what I had to do to keep my life," she said. A representative from the human resources department of franchise owner Z&H Foods Inc., the third-largest franchisee in the Popeye's chain, said Holcomb was fired for violating company policy by leaving too much money in the register. The representative said the incident wasn't Holcomb's first offense. The representative said the company was not aware of Holcomb being offered the chance to keep her job by repaying the money. Holcomb said the money hadn't been deposited into the store's safe because an offer for a $1.19 2-piece chicken meal had the store busier than usual. "They got what they got because that's what we made within one hour," she said. Holcomb said she is worried she won't be able to find another job. "I mean who's gonna call me? I'm 5 months pregnant," she said. "The fact that I got robbed at gunpoint and it's like nobody cares."


*-- Florida man hospitalized after attempt to kiss venomous snake --*
WIMAUMA, Fla. (UPI) - A Florida man is recovering from a cottonmouth snake bite to his lip after he allegedly tried to smooch the serpent on the mouth. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said Austin Hatfield, 18, captured the 4-foot cottonmouth, also known as a water moccasin, while swimming last week and kept it in a pillowcase at his girlfriend's house, where he was bitten on the lip. Friends told investigators Hatfield was trying to kiss the snake when it struck him. Hatfield was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but his status was upgraded to good condition and officials said he is expected to make a full recovery. Investigators said Hatfield did not possess the proper permits required by the state to catch and keep cottonmouth snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it is investigating the incident.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Dear Lewis; The displaced mega-worms should be micro-chipped to get tagged. Thousands of years have passed since these yucky creatures have been roaming their home. Could it be global shifting that is taking place?

Lewis, The story about the 35yo mom...I saw it on WGN and my first thought was that Lewis/BN needs to see this.
[Are those hacks at WGN stealing my stories again?!]

Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarreah.

Hey Lou, having a doctor punch a patient's face back into shape is no dumber than that doctor punching Batman's spine back into place while he was in the Turkish prison in the last movie. Maybe they went to the same medical school.

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