August 17, 2019

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

If you took physics in high school you probably remember that the acceleration due to gravity is 32 feet (or 9.8 meters) per second (squared). That might not sound like a lot, but for a human body falling though the air that means your terminal velocity will be around 120 or 130 miles-per-hour. That IS a lot. That's the reason sky divers wear parachutes, because nobody could survive a fall traveling at 120 or so miles-per-hour. That is unless you're the woman in today's story.

The woman, whose name was not released, was skydiving in Quebec when her main and backup parachutes failed to open. She plummeted into a wooded area and miraculously survived! She is in the hospital with several fractures, including broken vertebrae, but police said her life isn't in danger.

Denis Demers, who saw the incident play out, told local news that the solo skydiver was falling faster than anybody else. "It's a miracle," Demers said. "I don't know how a person can survive a fall from an airplane like that."

Police said the woman had experience skydiving. An investigation is underway to determine whether it is a case of criminal negligence.

Skydiving injuries are rare. In the US, the United States Parachute Association says, there was approximately 1 injury out of every 1,536 skydives in 2018.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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As If Old TV Sets Weren't Bad Enough

Authorities in Missouri are investigating after residents reported finding creepy dolls posed in odd locations around a county. Residents of Jefferson County said the dolls have been discovered posed in strange locations that sometimes lead them to initially be confused for children. "When we found this one, it was laying in front of our building. We picked it up and it was the doll, they've been hanging on top of stop signs, laying in front of the license office," Angela Ravellette told local news. Police said they have received calls about the dolls, some of which were found without heads. Festus Police Chief Tim Lewis said the dolls appear to be a prank, but authorities are concerned they could lead to unintentional injury.

Man Sells Old Shoes for $50,000

This is the kind of story that makes you wonder what you have lying around your attic. A California man got $50,000 for his "funky, old shoes" that happened to be a pair of extremely rare prototype Nike running shoes from 1972. Dave Russell of Sacramento said the shoes, now known as the Nike Waffle Racing Moon Shoes, were given to him at age 25 when he participated in the 1972 Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. Only 12 of the prototype shoes designed by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman were ever made, and 10 were given to athletes trying out for the Olympic team. Russell said the shoes spent years in a box in his garage, next to the Christmas lights. He said he only decided to sell them a few months ago, and received an offer from The Graduate Eugene Hotel, which is building a Nike museum in Eugene. He said he knew the shoes were worth some money, but he was shocked to receive such a large sum for his "funky, old shoes."

READER COMMENTS

I'm getting older and would like one of those TV's so I could watch vintage programs from my youth.


You know, I lived in Colorado for about 5 years and I never saw a bear once. They must be breeding like rabbits out there now.

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