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http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/...0080902?sp=true By Ben Hirschler MUNICH (Reuters) - Young men who die suddenly after being arrested by the police may be victims of a new syndrome similar to one that kills some wild animals when they are captured, Spanish researchers said on Tuesday. Manuel Martinez Selles of Madrid's Hospital Gregorio Maranon reached the conclusion after investigating 60 cases of sudden unexplained deaths in Spain following police detention. In one third of the cases, death occurred at the point of arrest, while in the remainder death was within 24 hours, Selles told the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology. All but one of the casualties were male and their average age was just 33 years, with no previous history of cardiovascular disease. "Something unusual is going on," Sells said. Just why they died remains a mystery but he believes young men, in particular, may experience surges in blood levels of chemicals known as catecholamines when under severe stress. Adrenaline is one of the most abundant catecholamines. "We know that when a wild animal is captured, sometimes the animal dies suddenly," he said. "Probably when these young males are captured it is very stressful and their level of catecholamines goes very high and that can finish their life by ventricular fibrillation (cardiac arrest)." Selles compiled his study -- the first of its kind in any country -- by scouring Spanish newspapers for cases of unexplained death after police detention over the past 10 years. Only sudden deaths with no clear causes were included and autopsy reports were checked to exclude the possibility of mistreatment or past serious medical conditions. Twelve of the victims were drug users but Selles said this was not thought to have contributed to their deaths. Jonathan Halperin of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, who was not involved in the research, said the concept of a heart stress syndrome triggered by a flood of adrenaline or other chemicals was "a reasonable hypothesis". "We all know stress is bad for you and this may be stress in the extreme," he said. (Editing by Giles Elgood)

http://www.examiner.com/a-1577812~Seized_g...nction_man.html GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (Map, News) - A Grand Junction businessman who had more than 150 guns seized from his home and office during a raid last year is scheduled to have the firearms returned to him Tuesday. Mesa County SWAT teams took the weapons in a raid at Bill Martin's A1 Repossessions on November 15th after police received a tip that he was a felon in possession of weapons. Colorado law prohibits convicted felons from possessing weapons, and Martin had pleaded guilty to vehicular assault in 1991. Local and federal prosecutors decided earlier this year not to pursue charges against Martin. Sheriff's department spokeswoman Heather Benjamin declined comment, but confirmed to The Daily Sentinel that the firearms will be returned. --- ---

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/washingt...agewanted=print Seeking Details, Lawmakers Cite Anthrax Doubts By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...r-database.html An embarrassing row has erupted within the French cabinet over a controversial "Big Sister" database in which the intelligence services will store details on millions of citizens, including their health, social life or sexual orientation. By Henry Samuel in Paris Last Updated: 7:28PM BST 08 Sep 2008 Herv

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4686953a12.html Reuters | Wednesday, 10 September 2008 A three-year-old British girl was recovering after being sucked down a storm drain, swept along a pipe and hurled into a swollen river as she splashed in puddles in a park, police said. Leona Baxter suffered cuts and bruises when was pulled into the drain in a water-logged field and dragged through a concrete pipe for about 50m on Monday. Her father ran to the river bank, spotted her floating face down in the river and pulled her to the bank where the emergency services rescued them. She had stopped breathing and was not moving. After some first aid, she coughed, was sick and started breathing again. "We really are the luckiest parents alive," her tearful mother Beverley Baxter, 32, told a news conference. "Someone was watching over us." Leona banged her head on a rock in the tunnel and scraped her arms and legs, but otherwise appeared to have emerged remarkably unscathed from her ordeal. "She had swallowed quite a lot of water and sustained some bruising, but miraculously escaped more serious injury," said Sergeant Keith Wardle, of Durham police. Her father Mark Baxter, 34, an RAF communications officer, said he had feared the worst when he realised she and the family dog had both been sucked down the drain. "I stuck my arm down the hole but I couldn't feel anything," he said. "I ran across to the river and saw what I thought was Leona's coat. It wasn't

You make it sound like I make up these threads, I don't. In fact, if this wasn't such a blatant obvious occurance, I wouldn't be able to post anything like this. We all have our pet topics, you'll get used to it.

http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2008/...69859597461.txt Sheriff wants text message tips about drinking parties ADEL, Iowa (AP)

Gee, I guess its's back to the USSR, and I thought communism and fascism had been defeated in Europe. Must have read the wrong books. ________________________________________ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/268...l-snoopers.html Children aged eight enlisted as council snoopers Children as young as eight have been recruited by councils to "snoop" on their neighbours and report petty offences such as littering, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. The youngsters are among almost 5,000 residents who in some cases are being offered

Man don't you have anything to do other than make catty remarks to people?

I don't need to know American federal city and state laws to know what is evil and what is not! I do not specifically know what exact laws relate to American city and state, but I know that they do not legitimise gun confiscation or theft by police. Therefore I can speak on these things. OK, I was pretty sure that there was no martial law declared in New Orleans at the time, but I was not 100% certain, that is why I didn't comment on it. I can't believe that you didn't hear any publicity about these gun thefts and looting by police. It was all over the news - even in NZ (which is incredible, as here the any foreign news usually consists of a cursory few lines saying nothing at all of any significance). There most definitely was more than one source, here are some examples, just some: ***All links removed. Too many to review for appropriate content***

Came across more of this story, funnily enough this is dated 2 September, so I guess the story took a few months to properly "get out". But it is interesting in the fact that it has a "religious twist" to it, i.e. this sheriff is trying to use scripture to justify having this tank, and I guess, using it in future too. It seems that this is a true "doublespeak" situation: (Peace = killing, saving lives = killing). I mean, what else does he think a .50 cal. machine gun will do? __________________________________________________________________ http://jalopnik.com/5044539/rambo-p-coltra...cal-machine-gun Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina has gotten ahold of an M113A2 Armored Personal Carrier (APC) for some serious police work. And though a new APC fitted with a .50-cal belt-fed machine gun is a scary prospect, the Sheriff's department claims it only pays about $2,000 a year to acquire this kind of equipment (though we're not clear if that means the total cost). Perhaps they could replace the old Crown Vics with APCs. Either because he's a religious nut or has a sense of humor, Sheriff Lott is calling the vehicle "The Peacemaker" in reference to Matthew 5:9 because "Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be the children of God." No joke, that's in the press release below. Don't speed through Coumbia, South Carolina. Seriously. Acutal Press Release Sheriff Leon Lott unveiled the armored personnel carrier (APC), having the Richland County Sheriff

I guess I owe you an apology for assuming that it was Romans 13 you were referrring to. I have had Romans 13 quoted to me on these boards and misinterpreted so many times that when I see it, I just "see red" and read no further. A little while ago I felt I had landed in pre-WWII Germany and I up against so many "brick walls" that I was just about despairing. Sorry, again. However, you reckon that the books of Peter say that we are to we are to submit to the authority of government, unless it goes against the word of God. That sounds like a bit of creative interpretation. Could you be more specific? And tell me the verse/s? Anyway, I will try to answer your points one by one, first: "if you have a grievance with an officer, do not take it up with the officer, take it to the courts. abide by the officers instructions and take it to the courts." That sounds like "give in now, sort it out later", that never works well. These days the courts seem to be coming down more and more on the side of the police whether or not they are right to do what they might have done. Also that seems rather dishonest. An analogy might be, say, if I had a grievance with you, I am sure you would rather that I take it up with you and not go running to someone else. Next point: How did the police know that certain people had guns on the "m? do you know the other side of all the stories you have been referring to? or just one side?" I believe that the police just had orders to take all firearms from everyone in the area, so they went looking for firearms where ever they could find them. And I suppose if there had been "other sides to the stories", these would have been publicised also, or they would have come out in court when the NRA sued for the return of the firearms. Again: "the best thing to do anytime a situation arises with a police officer (of any rating) is to abide by their instructions. if you do not agree with them, save it for the court, do not even say anything that might be thought to be provoking what so ever". Again, this would not work. It seems that you're either putting the police on a pedestal (we can't disagree with these God-like creatures and when they shout "jump" we must shout back "how high sir" on the way up) or you're putting them in the category of an unthinking automaton that cannot be reasoned with and with the mentality of a wild animal that we must go out of our way not to "provoke". And: "Internal affairs" Again this would be waiting until the "damage is done" and then going to an agency that may or may not do anything about it. "................. very polite to the officer(s), even if they are in the wrong...." Well maybe you have a lot more patience that I do, but I am just not that good. I don't think I could be polite to someone who was taking my property or trying to make me do something I didn't want to do if I thought they were in the wrong! "have you personally interviewed the police? or have you personally interviewed or cross examined the people you are calling victims?" First off, I never used the word "victims"! Surely if I see a piece of news coming from many, many different sources I can trust it without having to interview those involved myself. Do you go and verify everything you read before you will believe it? "the right to face their accusers" and "innocent until proven guilty" I absolutely agree with all that, but I am not their accuser. Their accusers are: 1. The policeman on one of the videos who said "we have to take all firearms that we find" (or words to that effect) 2. The newsmedia, journalists, videographers and one heck of a lot of people. 3. The NRA (it was the NRA who took them to court). I just read and heard about it and pointed it out to you.

Well, I read Reason Mag online fairly often and I have learned that when they have an article there, their source is in ORANGE and BOLD. This was the source at Reason.com POLICEMAG. Note that Reason.com only picked it up in Sept, when it was in the magazine in March. I went to the State's website and looked up Leon Lott and "special response team" and was given a few articles from February and March of 2008. I dont have an archive account so I could not read them all, but they had to do with the APC. So, I guess we got the thing early this year. Glad I'm in Lexington County I wonder why it wasn't on the news. (I know which broadcast you listen to now, only one runs news for hours here....) I think I will shoot them an email. Maybe they didn't notice the story. Sorry everyone, I really didn't realise that this story was so old and dated from early this year. I thought it was new as I hadn't heard anything about it before. Someone drew it to my attention a few days ago and when I was looking for alternative sources (as I do, usually to check the veracity of a story. I try to find it on at least two other sources, but they don't have to be mainstream news sources as I've found that this doesn't really make any difference because someone will inevitably come out and say "well the NY Times, Guardian, LA times, WorldNetDaily or what ever would say that, wouldn't they? It seems that some people won't believe anything unless it comes out of Fox news or CNN) I found the POLICEMAG site amongst a lot of others. However, I picked on the Reason.com one because it had a a really good picture and the Policemag one was kind of mundane. I didn't even notice that the article in the magazine was dated in March, sorry, just my carelessness. But, having said that, I must say that I get the impression that a lot of mainstream new sites or journalists tend to stay away from anything that might make the DHS look even slightly bad. I don't think it is a case of "they didn't notice it" (it's a pretty big story to miss) but a case of "they didn't want to acknowledge it".

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4682185a4560.html A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox programme on China's tropical island province of Hainan. The four-year-old bull elephant, referred to alternately as "Big Brother" or "Xiguang" in state media reports, was captured in 2005 in southwest China by traders who used spiked bananas to control him. After police arrested the traders and freed Xiguang a few months later, the elephant was confirmed to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms and sent to a wild animal protection centre in Hainan for rehab, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. A year of methadone injections at five times the human dosage had helped wean Xiguang off his addiction. Now clean, Xiguang was expected to arrive on Saturday at a wildlife park in Kunming, capital of the elephant's home province of Yunnan on the mainland. Xiguang's return would cap a 1,500-km journey home, Xinhua said, and mark another step in the elephant's triumph over addiction.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4681455a4560.html WITH THIS BANANNA: Seven-year-old male monkey Wukong and 6-year-old female monkey Xiaoya during their special wedding ceremony at a zoo in Wenling, China. The zoo organised the special wedding ceremony hoping to attract more visitors.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4680988a4560.html A huge hailstorm turned parts of central Kenya white, thrilling residents most of whom had never experienced such conditions, officials said. Hailstorms are usual in some parts of Kenya, which straddles the equator, but the ferocity of the storm in Busara, 255km northwest of the capital was unprecedented. Excited villagers pelted each other with snowballs while some ate pieces of the icy sheet that formed over an entire hillside. "We thought a big white sheet had been spread, so we decided to come and see for ourselves. We thought that it was Jesus who had come back," one villager told reporters. Kenya's Meteorological Department said Tuesday's storm was caused by the convergence of cold air currents from the Indian Ocean and warm air currents from the Congo. "The hailstones falling on the ground joined together to form expansive sheets of ice or snow flakes occupying a large area, 30 acres," a statement by the meteorologists said. More than 12 hours after the storm, the forested hillside was still white despite the hot tropical sun. "In fact this thing is very sweet, we have never seen anything like this. We like the ice so much because with the sun being hot, you take it and you feel satisfied," resident Simon Kimani said. The only snow to be seen in normally sunny Kenya is on top of the country's highest mountain, 5,199-metre Mount Kenya.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4680953a4560.html Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of south German motorway at 100kmh, far above the speed limit. They believe the man who raced down the Ulm-Stuttgart motorway for threekm before he stopped and fled was a professional stuntman, Goeppingen police spokesman Uli Stoeckle said. A video of the skateboarder, broadcast on German television networks on Wednesday, showed a helmeted figure wearing a red and white protective suit building up speed by holding on to the back of a motorcycle before letting go and freewheeling. "We put out an all-points bulletin and have received information that gives us useful clues to who the man may be," Stoeckle said. "We are particularly concerned about copycats who may imitate the stunt, putting their lives at risk." The film clips show several cars escorting the skateboarder, enabling his collaborators to record the event. The clips have since surfaced on internet websites. The German magazine Stern said the mystery man is known in skateboarding circles as a professional stuntman and takes part in international downhill skateboarding competitions. Stoeckle said the man faces charges for interfering with traffic safety and endangering motorists, and would lose his driver's licence and face a "substantial fine." He denied media reports the skateboarder would face a one-year jail sentence. There are no speed limits on German motorways but there are restrictions on many sections, especially steep and dangerous stretches. The section the skateboarder was using has an 80kmh speed limit. I guess this would be funny if it wasn't taken so seriously by police, as in: "Lose his driver's licence .."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4682160a4560.html A London businessman has bet 10 pounds (NZ$25) that Barack Obama will replace Alan Curbishley as manager of the West Ham football team. British bookmaker William Hill agreed to offer odds of 10,000-1 to the unidentified customer despite no one really believing the potential 100,000 pound prize will ever eventuate. One possible reason the bet was laid lies in rumours that Obama has been a fan of the club since visiting Britain five years ago. However, William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe told AP that the bettor simply wanted to show his American friends and clients a betting slip with the US presidential candidate's name on it. "We offered 10,000-1 as he is probably more concerned with winning a slightly higher profile job for himself at the moment," Sharpe said. "But if he loses out on that one and the position is still up for grabs, you never know."

Richland County is urban too. Imagine that running down Assembly street (main street that runs in front of the state capitol) or onto the campus as USC.... It probably will soon, too. They will just need "provocation" or maybe a good natural disaster.

Hmmn "everyone gets an equal share" - DHS funding strategy. But a .50 calibre gun, what will they use that for? http://www.newscred.com/article/show/title...s-48bdd3faa5744 The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly named the vehicle "The Peacemaker," and insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it's generally reserved for use against armored vehicles) will "save lives." Sheriff Lott's New Toy ____________________________________ OTT or what? Don't you just love the "double speak", "kill to save lives"?

"The Bible tells us WE ARE TO SUBMIT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT, UNLESS IT GOES AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD". That statement is not only incorrect, it is - in my view - dangerous, evil and blasphemous. I can only assume that you are referring to Romans 13. Well NOWHERE here does it talk about "government" and it is obviously not referring to government. God is not stupid, he knows the heart and nature of man, and knows that man is incapable of agreeing on what is evil and "goes against the word of God" and what does not "go against the word of God", so there is no way that he would have left something so important to be decided by man. You must realise that just about every totalitarian regime throughout history has tried to twist Romans 13 to convince its people that they "should obey government unless it goes against the word of God" (and of course the people are told that what their government is doing DOES NOT go against the word of God. We cannot even agree on these fora as to what goes against the word of God and what doesn't: Some will claim that the Bible just preaches against "murder" and their definition of "murder" is confused, they see it that God's word is that the State may kill whom ever it considers to be a criminal, on "God's behalf". Some have even advocated torture in God's name. Let's see what Chuck Baldwin has to say about this: "Notice that civil government must not be a "terror to good works." It has no power or authority to terrorize good works or good people. God never gave it that authority. And any government that oversteps that divine boundary has no divine authority or protection. Did Moses violate God's principle of submission to authority when he killed the Egyptian taskmaster in defense of his fellow Hebrew? Did Elijah violate God's principle of submission to authority when he openly challenged Ahab and Jezebel? Did David violate God's principle of submission to authority when he refused to surrender to Saul's troops? Did Daniel violate God's principle of submission to authority when he disobeyed the king's law to not pray audibly to God? Did the three Hebrew children violate God's principle of submission to authority when they refused to bow to the image of the state? Did John the Baptist violate God's principle of submission to authority when he publicly scolded King Herod for his infidelity? Did Simon Peter and the other Apostles violate God's principle of submission to authority when they refused to stop preaching on the streets of Jerusalem? Did Paul violate God's principle of submission to authority when he refused to obey those authorities who demanded that he abandon his missionary work? In fact, Paul spent almost as much time in jail as he did out of jail. Remember that every apostle of Christ (except John) was killed by hostile civil authorities opposed to their endeavors. Christians throughout church history were imprisoned, tortured, or killed by civil authorities of all stripes for refusing to submit to their various laws and prohibitions. Did all of these Christian martyrs violate God's principle of submission to authority?" However, the US government system wasn't around during biblical times, so I reckon the following is relevant to this, Chuck Baldwin again: "We in the United States of America do not live under a monarchy. We have no king. There is no single governing official in this country. America's "supreme Law" does not rest with any man or any group of men. America's "supreme Law" does not rest with the President, the Congress, or even the Supreme Court. In America, the U.S. Constitution is the "supreme Law of the Land." Under our laws, every governing official publicly promises to submit to the Constitution of the United States. Do readers understand the significance of this distinction? I hope so. This means that in America the "higher powers" are not the men who occupy elected office, they are the tenets and principles set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Under our laws and form of government, it is the duty of every citizen, including our elected officials, to obey the U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, Christians, above all people, should desire that their elected representatives submit to the Constitution, because it is constitutional government that has done more to protect Christian liberty than any governing document ever devised by man. The problem in America today is that we have allowed our political leaders to violate their oaths of office and to ignore, and blatantly disobey, the "supreme Law of the Land," the U.S. Constitution. Therefore, if we truly believe Romans Chapter 13, we will insist and demand that our civil magistrates submit to the U.S. Constitution." Anywayy, to get back to what else you wrote: "Did the people have receipts for the weapons they were carrying?" Do you have the receipt for every single thing you've ever owned, including something that may have been handed down from your grandmother? I suppose some of them did, not that that would have made any difference to the police. I got the impression that they were not taking firearms off people because they suspected them of being stolen, but because they wanted to deprive the people of them. And: "when you are told to do something by police, and all of a sudden a GUN shows up, the first thing that should happen is their guns be drawn... not a good idea when you have a gun to NOT LET THEM KNOW....protocall, during emergency and non-emergency situations..... DO NOT FLASH A GUN AT POLICE.....(accidental or other)" Hindsight is a great thing, I'm sure these people realise NOW that they should have hidden their firearms from police, but at the time maybe they thought they could trust police, guess they found out the hard way that the police were NOT there to help them! Then: "as with Katrina, there are people with Gustov that DID NOT DEPART.... there were people that decided to stay during Gustov just as there were during Katrina....WHY????? no different then the man that decided to stay in his house when Mt St. Helens blew..... nope, he aint with us no more either..... People ignore the warnings for all types of dangerous situations, even the warning signs posted on glaciers and scenic overlooks, and in zoo's, crossing the bars to get closer to the tigers and polar bears. The People that did not leave are taking their lives in their own hands.... no different then around here when we have flash flooding, the authorities post 'ROAD CLOSED' signs and yet, every time we have flooding, there are emergency service people going out having to rescue some one that decided to go past the signs and place themselves in danger, they end up placing others in danger (they should be charged with careless endangerment of others)" In a great many of these cases the people that elected to stay put did so because their homes were not in imminent danger, often they were on dry land and had enough provisions, and needed the firearms to defend their property - as is their God given right!!! In a lot of other instances homes that were absolutely secure and locked were broken into by police who ransacked the home and stole the firearms. I read of more than one case where a person was inside, or the neighbours reported, that police kicked in the door or broke windows to gain entry. It seems that the storm missed these properties, but the police got them instead. Surely if people decide to stay put during a storm, not evacuate, and stay with their property to defend it, that is their right!!! And the police have no right to arrogantly go round dragging people from their homes and tell them that it is "for their own protection" and then blame them for it. As for your bit about people "deliberately placing themselves in danger and others having to go out and rescue them, and the person being charged with reckless endangerment" - well a lot of these people did not ask to be "rescued", did not have to be "rescued" and were exercising their basic human right to be "left alone". You can only be charged with "reckless endangerment" if you actually put someone in danger, not if they put themselves in danger and blame it on you. Its rather like someone going up to a bear in the zoo and getting hurt and blaming the bear for "causing reckless endangerment" because "I had to get close to him to poke a stick at him". "as like the Rodney King thing, Rodney had been pursuing illegal activities prior to the video being shot, and he had a list as long as your arm he done that day prior to the video and then he would not abide by the police instructions, all that is seen is what the media or other people want you to see...." So are you saying that because Rodney King had done what you said he'd done, he deserved to be beaten up by police? That's a good test for your idea of Romans 13 "...unless what they do goes against God's word". "again, during Marshal law, things change, the laws change for that time frame....." Martial law does not in any way legalise theft by police!!! Police are not exempt from the laws against theft and assault because of martial law! "if an officer of the law is violating the law, then that officer needs to be the one that is held responsible, not the entire police force..... just like any organization, there are good and evil in all... even in our own house holds, is everyone treated the same when one person errors? should 500 people suffer the penalties of one mans actions?" Likewise if someone uses their firearm to violate the law, why should 500 people have their own firearms stolen from them, the first person needs to be held responsible - not everybody in the district.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../i132714D07.DTL A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday. Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot (10-meter) fall because his diaper snagged on a security spike embedded in the concrete wall around his apartment building in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife. The boy dangled from the spike for a moment, then "the diaper opened and the baby fell to the ground, but at a much slower speed," a police officer said. "The diaper obviously lessened the impact of the fall and saved the baby's life." "It was a miracle," said the officer who declined to be identified because she was not authorized to speak to the press. "He could also have been killed by one of the spikes." The child was treated for minor fractures at the Hospital Memorial Sao Jose, where spokesman Gilberto Tenorio said he was in stable condition. Police have opened an investigation to determine how the toddler fell out the window and "if parental negligence was one of the causes," the police officer said. The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper quoted Caua's father, 23-year-old Alexandre Cesar Massaneiro as saying that his son climbed onto a sofa underneath the window he fell from - "something he had never done before." "It wasn't the diaper that saved him," Massaneiro told the newspaper. "It was God."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../i020941D18.DTL Police were trying to determine Tuesday whether they were the victim of a hoax after the body they thought they found at a seaside resort was actually a life-sized doll. Investigators found what seemed like a body wrapped in a sleeping bag in a forest in Izu City, a seaside resort in central Japan, after an anonymous caller reported seeing it, a Shizuoka prefecture spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy. Investigators never actually looked inside the sleeping bag and brought it back to the city police station for a post-mortem examination, the spokeswoman said. Apparently no one doubted a human body was inside until a medical examiner unwrapped it and found the doll, she said. The Asahi newspaper said the doll was sophisticated and life-sized and wore a brown wig, a blouse and a skirt.

http://news.aol.com/weird-news/article/8-f...r/158250?cid=46 EAST MACHIAS, Maine -An 8-foot mechanical gorilla standing outside a flea market store could move its arms but not much else, and it was heavy. Now it's disappeared

http://news.aol.com/weird-news Bella the cat went for a 70-mile ride, precariously perched on the spare tire under owner Gil Smith's truck. Smith drove for 2 1/2 hours before he stopped and heard her frantic meows. Bella was shaky and tired, but otherwise fine.