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23 Surprising and Strange Pieces of Local News

By:: Cracked Writers; Brian C. Miller

March 02, 2022

23 Surprising and Strange Pieces of Local News

Here's the thing about the endless barrage of 24/7 news on cable television, and the stream of hot takes on your Twitter timeline-- A lot of smaller local news stories end up slipping through the cracks. Some of them, sure, are just as depressing as the latest evidence that the world is hurtling towards a catastrophic heat death, or the government basically bungling their way into oblivion, or more frequently both at the exact same time… But some of them, thankfully, are hilarious!

In the list below we have an interesting solution to a runaway groom on their wedding day, a goat who fought the law (and the law won), and the most terrifying baked good the good people of Poland have ever seen.

Did any of this deserve national attention amid all of the things going on in the world right now? Probably not. Would the news be a lot more enjoyable to watch? Probably yes.

23 I mean, they'll get over it?

WEIRD WORLD Palm Springs residents are complaining about the placement of a Marilyn Monroe statue. The director of the Palm Springs Art Museum, which will face the statue's back, said it'd be highly offensive for visitors to walk out and see Marilyn's huge underwear. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

22 Nice try, Fullerton

WEIRD WORLD The city of Fullerton, CA, tried to sue someone for opening a link it sent them. 100 We for ROOK FULLERTON - An employee sent a link to the city's Dropbox by mistake in reply to a records request -- then the city sued the recipients for opening it, lost, and paid them $350,000. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

21 The Underground Den

WEIRD WORLD In a fit of teenage rebellion, a kid in Alcante, Spain, built an underground den. Не started building it six years ago as a way to cool off after a fight with his parents, and just kept building it --now it includes a sitting room and a bedroom. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

20 Napoleon's Horse Skeleton

WEIRD WORLD An artist hung a replica of Napoleon's horse's skeleton over the tomb of L'Empereur. The artwork, created for an exhibition marking the bicentennial of Napoleon's death, was heavily criticized as a grotesque and disrespectful idea. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

19 ....Nice.

WEIRD WORLD Chemicals from Viagra are overwhelming the sewer system in Seoul, Korea. Residual chemicals from Viagra and other ED drugs are flowing in such high (and growing) amounts, the sewage treatment system can't handle them. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

18 You're under arrest, goat!

WEIRD WORLD In Canada, they arrested a goat that didn't want to leave a Tim Hortons. NO BIKING AREA U 24 The cops tried to lead the goat outside, but it kept going back in, probably because it was cold, so they bundled it into their car (and eventually got it back to its owners). CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

17 Hey, why not?

WEIRD WORLD After a groom went missing at a wedding in India, the bride married one of the guests. The groom ran away before the main wedding ceremony, so someone from his family suggested the bride marry another guest from their family, and she did. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

16 Well, I don't know what we expected

WEIRD WORLD In Miami Beach, a TV crew doing a report on crime were themselves attacked. They were doing a story about a policy meant to curb crime, when a fight broke out near them - - and some of the people involved knocked down their camera. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

15 Bad Hygiene Ruined COVID Vaccine Doses

WEIRD WORLD Bad plant employee hygiene was partly why millions of vaccine doses got ruined. SERONS COVID-19 COVID-19 19 Coronavirus Coronavirus Vaccine rus Vaccine e -200-25 Employees at a Baltimore plant where millions of J&J vaccine doses went bad didn't shower or change clothes, which is likely a big part of the reason. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

14 Don't tell anyone the leopards escaped!

WEIRD WORLD A safari park in Huangzhou, China, hid the fact that leopards escaped from it. (illustration) Two of the three escaped leopards were captured, and the park is sincerely sorry for not saying anything about it earlier. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

13 A Classic Cow/Dog/Cop Mix-Em-Up

WEIRD WORLD In SC, a K9 bit a COW and got tasered --then the COW kicked the cop with the taser. (illustration) The officer, who was responding to a burglary call, tasered the cow to protect it -- the dog got distracted by the cow and bit it for some reason. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

12 Yeah, that's a Florida move

WEIRD WORLD A school in Florida announced that it won't hire vaccinated teachers. CENTNER ACADEMY The Treis School The Centner Academy in Miami (funded by anti-vax activists) added that current teachers who got vaccinated should report to school, but stay away from students. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Bafflingly Strange Pieces Of Local News

11 COVID Despite Quarantine

WEIRD WORLD A man got COVID despite spending about $1,200 on a Toronto quarantine hotel. S Elevaton Не spent 1546.56 CAD (about $1,200) on three nights at the hotel after a flight from Pakistan, and left once his airport test came back negative. Не then went into home quarantine with his family and, five days later, they all got COVID symptoms -- he thinks he got COVID at the hotel. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

10 The World's Biggest Rabbit

WEIRD WORLD The world's biggest rabbit has gone missing. Darius, a continental giant rabbit over 50 inches long, was stolen from his enclosure in Worcestershire, England. A £1,000 reward has been posted for him. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

9 The Poor Town of Bitche

WEIRD WORLD Facebook took down the page of a French municipality because of its name. D662 It's called B*tche, so Facebook's algorithm automatically unpublished the page. The city just came back with a new page called Mairie 57230. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

8 This Is MY grow house now!

WEIRD WORLD In Ireland, a landlord evicted tenants for growing cannabis, then set up his own operation. Не discovered that the people renting his house were using it as a grow house, so he evicted them - - but, not long after, he was approached and offered €5,000 (almost $6,000), to take over the operation, and he said yes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

7 Nice try, pal.

WEIRD WORLD A Singapore man tried to claim he was taking upskirt photos to test his phone's camera. Не noticed online upskirt videos varied hugely in quality, and so, his lawyer said, To satisfy his curiosity as to why there was such a variance in the quality of the videos, our client instructs us that he took the unfortunate decision to try taking these videos for himself. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

6 His phone still worked!

WEIRD WORLD In Taiwan, a record drought allowed a man to find his lost phone. Не had dropped it while paddleboarding in a lake a year ago --and when the lake dried up thanks to the biggest drought in 56 years, the phone was found at the bottom, caked with mud. Because of its waterproof covering, it still works. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

5 A Pretty Big Wedding Whoops

WEIRD WORLD An Indonesian guy nearly married the wrong woman because of Google Maps. The groom's family turned up at the wrong house on the day of the wedding, but the hosts welcomed them and offered them drinks anyway. They just realized their mistake at some point during conversation, and finally went to the right place. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

4 Beware! The Terror Croissant of Poland!

WEIRD WORLD A croissant terrorized the people of Krakow, Poland. Krakow's animal rescue workers got a call from a woman saying that a scary creature on a tree was frightening people in the neighborhood, and some of them had been too afraid to open their windows for days. It turned out to be a discarded croissant. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

3 Matt Gaetz's Unflattering Billboards

WEIRD WORLD Billboards targeting Matt Gaetz popped up in Florida. MATT GAETZ WANTS TO DATE YOUR CHILD. - They say Matt Gaetz wants to 'date' your child, and they're referencing the sex trafficking investigation being conducted against Gaetz. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

2 Money Stealing Monkeys

WEIRD WORLD In New Delhi, two men used trained monkeys to steal money. They got caught after a man reported that three guys carrying monkeys surrounded him and stole 6,000 rupees ($80) from him. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

1 COVID vaccine bans?

WEIRD WORLD A fitness studio in Kelowna, Canada, banned people who got a COVID vaccine. W FL ACADEMY The studio made that ban because of unspecified vaccine-related health concerns s - - but it then turned out that they were operating without a business license, anyway, and they got fined by the city. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Pieces of Deeply Strange News From Small Communities

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