12 Bonkers Bits Of News From Communities Worldwide

“What are you in for?” “Double murder. You?” “Not returning a movie for 22 years.”
12 Bonkers Bits Of News From Communities Worldwide
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Amazingly, being 22 years late with returning a movie can get you a felony charge. In a county in Oklahoma, anyway. Here’s the full story, plus 11 others:

WEIRD WORLD A race-winning greyhound in Christchurch, New Zealand, turned out to have been given meth. (illustration) The trainer was fined and disqualified for four months, and the whole thing helped spark a government investigation into greyhound racing. CRACKED.COM

Source: ODT

The VHS Felon

WEIRD WORLD An Oklahoma woman got a felony charge for not returning a VHS tape. Caron McBride rented Sabrina the Teenage Witch in 1999, and only found out that that resulted in a felony embezzlement charge when she tired to change the name on her driver's license in 2021. CRACKED.COM

Source: OKCFOX

WEIRD WORLD In Germany, a bomb squad was called to disarm a sex toy. AQUAgliae It was shaped like a grenade, so a jogger who saw it in a forest called the police. Lube and condoms were found with it and, as the police report stated, How they came to be there and why they remained there can only be imagined. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

Pearly Balls in Argentina

WEIRD WORLD Thousands of pearly balls turned up on a beach in Argentina. They were embryos of snails that can grow to 8 inches -- normally they're found in the deep sea, but they can occasionally turn up on land. They've never been seen in these numbers, though. CRACKED.COM

Source: Yahoo

Bad Teacher

WEIRD WORLD A British schoolteacher took some students to a strip club on a school trip to Costa, Rica. He was SO drunk, he didn't even remember what happened, he claimed -- but because of that, plus a bunch more irresponsible and/or harmful actions on the trip, he got banned from teaching for three years. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

WEIRD WORLD A guy who tried to rob a McDonald's and ask for Chicken Nuggets had to accept a McMuffin. McDonald's M WALK-UP day Su (Illustration) The workers at the McDonald's location in Bristol, UK, told him they were still serving breakfast, so he picked a double-sausage McMuffin and left with that plus some cash from the register. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

WEIRD WORLD One of the men in the January 6 siege of the Capitol was caught because he bragged about it on a dating app. UMP 20 TRUMP -2020. STOP THE 'ELINGS STEAL The New York man told a Bumble match that he did storm the capitol and made it all the way into Statuary Hall. CRACKED.COM

Source: NBC

WEIRD WORLD A bowler in Peoria, Illinois filled his bowling ball with his dad's ashes and pulled off a perfect game. 14 His dad was also super into bowling, but he'd never managed to bowl a perfect game (which entails getting 300 points). CRACKED.COM

Source: SI

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