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[12 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Grinning Man

The Grinning Man is a mysterious man who has been sighted during heightened UFO encounters as well as during the 1960s Mothman sightings. Two young eyewitnesses said he turned and looked at them with a permanent grin on his face. According to the men who interviewed the boys: β€œ[t]he man was over six feet tall, they agreed, and was dressed in a sparkling green coverall costume that shimmered and seemed to reflect the street lights. There was a wide black belt around his waist.” The boys also said β€œHe had …

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[3 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Eat a hamburger and call the police

Calling 9-1-1 from McDonald’s to complain about your hamburger order, will get you a warning.
Call repeatedly, and you’ll be eating in a cop car.
That’s what happened to 23-year-old Jeremy Lloyd Martin early Friday after he allegedly called Clackamas County dispatchers several times, saying an employee at the McDonald’s on Southeast 82nd Avenue at Sunnyside Road near the Clackamas Town Center had robbed him of $8 for not fulfilling his order correctly.
Martin said he gave the worker $10, but only got one burger and fries.
Martin was repeatedly warned by dispatchers that …

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[2 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Worms Up!

WILLASTON, England, June 29 (UPI) — A 10-year-old girl set a new world record by bringing 567 worms
up from the ground during Britain’s World Worm Charming Championships.
Sophie Smith of Willaston, England, won the competition in her village Saturday by besting the previous world record of 511 worms listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.
A number of techniques were employed to try to coax worms from the ground during the light rain Saturday, including a man who strummed rock tunes on his guitar, a woman …