Man Assaults Storm Trooper And Ghost Buster

It happened during Free Comic Book Day:

"Coast City Comics, at the corner of Congress Street and Park Street, was hosting an event associated with Free Comic Book Day, a national event, on Saturday, according to Jarrett Melendez, event coordinator. About a dozen people were dressed in costume, such as Ghostbusters, Stormtroopers from Star Wars, the Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.

Bobby Daggett of Portland, dressed as Green Lantern, said he witnessed the first assault.

“There were a bunch of people standing outside trying to drum up business and one guy was dressed as a Stormtrooper,” said Daggett. “Out of nowhere this guy tried to put [the guy in the Stormtrooper costume] in a chokehold from behind and then throws him to the ground. He was trying to be intimidating above him and screamed obscenities to everybody.”

Barnes is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 300 pounds and was intoxicated at 2:30 p.m. when he was arrested, Hutcheson said.

Daggett said the scene was so bizarre that he didn’t think it was real.

“I didn’t think it was malicious [at first]. I thought they were messing around,” said Daggett. “But the guy in costume had no idea who this guy was.”

Barnes had walked across the street to commit the assault, Daggett said.

“Why would somebody just decide to go well out of their way to do it?” Daggett asked.

Daggett said he didn’t witness a man in a Ghostbusters costume get assaulted, but Hutcheson said Barnes punched the Ghostbuster.

Barnes was confronted by police a block away.

“He was taunting and challenging police officers and then he got Tased,” said Hutcheson."

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Washington School Day Cancelled Due To Great Weather

"In a sun-deprived part of Washington state, the promise of nice spring weather prompted a small private school to give students a day off to enjoy the sunshine.

Friday is a "sun day" of sorts for the 205 students at Bellingham Christian School, a small, private, nondenominational Christian school in Bellingham, Wash., about 90 miles north of Seattle.

"SCHOOL CANCELLED DUE TO GREAT WEATHER! WAHOOO!" the school's website announced Thursday night. "Yeah! It's a Sun Day today and everyone gets the day off from school."

Principal Bob Sampson said he wanted to give students some time to re-energize and enjoy the weather, adding that he wanted to re-create the excitement snow days get among the kids. He began teasing the possibility of giving the day off earlier in the week.

"In a world that's got a lot hard things going, it's fun to create a moment of joy," Sampson said."

Read more about it at THE HUFFINGTON POST

Man Killed By Pet Black Widow Spider Then Eaten By His Creapy Pets

Mark Voegel, 30, was found dead in his Dortmund, Germany apartment. His body was draped in spider webs and more than 200 spiders, several snakes, thousands of termites, and a gecko were feasting on his corpse.

 Proper authorities were alerted when concerned neighbours noticed a horrendous stench emanating from the apartment.

His black widow, Bettina, is believed to have administered the deadly bite.

 Voeger's apartment has been described as both a "zoo" and a "jungle" by authorities. He never let people visit. A police spokesman said, according to the Sun: “It was like a horror movie. His corpse was over the sofa. Giant webs draped him, spiders were all over him. They were coming out of his nose and his mouth. There was everything there one could imagine in the world of reptiles. Larger pieces of flesh torn off by the lizards were scooped up and taken back to the webs of tarantulas and other bird-eating spiders.”

 The spiders and termites managed to escape when the heating elements exploded and opened the lids to their tanks. The lizards were allowed to roam. Voegel also kept a pet boa constricter and several poisonous frogs. He was dead for somewhere between seven and fourteen days when his corpse was found, enough time for the creepy-crawlies to make a new home out of his apartment.

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Woman Stays With Her Horse Stuck In Mud 3 Hours As The Tide Comes In

Nicole Graham, who owns more than 10 horses and runs a horse dentistry business, stayed by the side of 18-year-old Astro, who weighs 78-stone, keeping his head above the mud as rescue teams worked to rescue him. 

 Miss Graham and her seven-year-old daughter Paris had been out riding along the coast at Avalon Beach on Corio Bay in Victoria, when both horses sank into the mud. The woman was able to help her daughter and the other horse on to firmer ground but Astro proved a different prospect. 

 Rescuers first tried to pull Astro free with fire hoses, then a winch, but eventually a vet had to sedate the horse and he was eventually pulled clear with a tractor after three hours, minutes before the tide reached him. 

"It was terrifying," Miss Graham said to the Geelong Advertiser. "We went straight down and under, there was mud everywhere and every time I moved it suck me back down, it wouldn't let us go."

Good job to Nicole Graham!  I sent her a Facebook friend request and I hope she answers. :)

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Fuckface Von Clownstick

A fitting name for Donald Trump!

In a segment on Wednesday night’s “The Daily Show,” comedian Jon Stewart mocked the notoriously thin-skinned birther Donald Trump, who recently proved to America that he is not the spawn of an orangutan

 Here are a few of Clownstick's Tweets on the matter:

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The Caturday Report! Nyan And Keyboard Cat Creators Sue Warner Brothers

 

Warner Bros is being sued for the alleged unauthorised use of two cats that have achieved internet fame.

Clips of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat have each spurred tens of millions of views since appearing online in 2011 and 2007 respectively.

The complaint alleged that the cats were used without permission in Scribblenauts, a series of games on the Nintendo DS and other platforms.

Neither Warner Bros or 5th Cell, the game's developer, have commented.

Court documents alleged that Warner Bros and 5th Cell "knowingly and intentionally infringed" both claimant's ownership rights.

"Compounding their infringements," court papers said, "defendants have used 'Nyan Cat' and 'Keyboard Cat', even identifying them by name, to promote and market their games, all without plaintiffs' permission and without any compensation to plaintiffs."

More on this story can be found HERE

Man Arrested With Roasted Human Fetuses

The corpses of the unborn baby boys were found packed in a suitcase in his hotel room in Bangkok’s Chinatown district.

Chow Hok Kuen, 28, who holds a British passport but is of Taiwanese origin, confessed to police that he had bought the foetuses several days earlier for almost £4,000. The source of the foetuses is unclear.

He said he intended to smuggle them to Taiwan where they would be sold for as much as six times what he paid on the internet to people who believe that their possession would bring wealth and good luck.

The man told police that that he was hired by another Taiwanese man, named Kun Yichen, who regularly travelled to Thailand to collect the ritualistic foetuses.

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The Giant Rubber Ducky Visits Hong Kong!

I first reported on the giant rubber ducky back in January when it visited Sydney Harbour,  you can find that story HERE

It was like something out of a Ducks Unlimited member’s dreams: A 54-foot-tall rubber duck sailed into a Hong Kong harbor on Thursday.

Hundreds gathered at Victoria Harbour to cheer the arrival of the duck, which was designed by Dutch artist Flortentijn Hofman. The enormous duckling was built in 2007 and has since traveled to 13 cities and nine countries.

"My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment and put a smile on your face," Hoffman told the Daily Mail. "They give people a break from their daily routines. Passers-by stop in front of them and enter into conversation with other spectators. People are making contact with each other again."


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Peeping Toms Fall Through Ceiling

According to a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the incident occurred at an Atlanta-area movie complex, the Venture Value Cinema in Duluth, Ga.

The suspects, 26-year-old Eduard Petrovich Kovynev and 27-year-old Eduard Alexander Kovynev, who apparently were more interested in the bathroom than the big screen, allegedly crawled through the men’s room ceiling over to the women’s room “and then fell through, landing directly inside the stalls.”



According to the paper, an officer wrote in the arrest warrant that the suspects were "invading the privacy of various customers."

The two were charged with peeping Tom and criminal damage to property.

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300 Gallons Of Pee Found In Man's Home

"Police are trying to figure out exactly how to handle one man’s truly wasteful collection after 300 gallons of bottled urine were discovered inside a residential home.

According to the News-Times, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) spokesman Dennis Schain said authorities found “200 to 300 one-gallon plastic jugs filled with human urine" during a search of the man’s home in Watertown, Connecticut.

Police have declined to publicly release the man’s name, as he has not yet been formally charged with a crime.

"An environmental contractor ... was brought into help deal with this under our supervision," Schain told the paper, saying DEEP authorities were called in to assess what he described as a home "in a state of disrepair."

They did end up condemning the home.  Blargh!

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