Friday, January 25, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Weird news - Men on Motorcycle Steal Woman's Hair
The Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Two men on a motorcycle grabbed a woman as she walked to church, pulled out a machete and cut off the waist-length hair she had been growing for two decades, police in Brazil said Thursday.
The woman, a homemaker whose name was not released, told police she was walking to church when she was assaulted late Tuesday, police officer Antonio Williams da Silva said by telephone from the northeastern city of Aracaju.
Da Silva said the woman told authorities she hadn't cut her hair for 20 years.
"It must have been nearly a meter and half (more than four feet) long," da Silva said.
The robbers cut the woman's hair above her shoulders, he said, apparently with the idea of selling it to be fashioned into a wig.
"A hairpiece that size could cost you as much" as $550, da Silva said.
The woman was not injured, but her assailants could be charged with battery if caught.
Da Silva said it was the second recent case of hair robbery in Aracaju.
Similar attacks have occurred in other Brazilian cities, where the demand for human hair is high.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Two men on a motorcycle grabbed a woman as she walked to church, pulled out a machete and cut off the waist-length hair she had been growing for two decades, police in Brazil said Thursday.
The woman, a homemaker whose name was not released, told police she was walking to church when she was assaulted late Tuesday, police officer Antonio Williams da Silva said by telephone from the northeastern city of Aracaju.
Da Silva said the woman told authorities she hadn't cut her hair for 20 years.
"It must have been nearly a meter and half (more than four feet) long," da Silva said.
The robbers cut the woman's hair above her shoulders, he said, apparently with the idea of selling it to be fashioned into a wig.
"A hairpiece that size could cost you as much" as $550, da Silva said.
The woman was not injured, but her assailants could be charged with battery if caught.
Da Silva said it was the second recent case of hair robbery in Aracaju.
Similar attacks have occurred in other Brazilian cities, where the demand for human hair is high.
Weird news - Bracelet Found in Chicken after 25 Years
The Associated Press
FAIRMONT, Minn. (Nov. 29) -- More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone number engraved on it.
I've heard of livestock swallowing unusual objects, but this situation stands out," Mark Olson, who owns the meat locker, told the Sentinel of Fairmont.
Giles had lived in Fairmont as a child and played hide-and-seek and other games with his brothers in their grandfather's barn near Sherburn.
"I would spend most of my time out at his farm, and that's the only place I can think of that I would have lost it," Giles said about his bracelet on Thursday. The 31-year-old said he thinks the bracelet was lost when he was 4 or 5.
The barn was dismantled a few years ago, and Giles thinks his bracelet was imbedded in materials used to construct another barn in Elmore, about 45 miles away.
The bracelet was found in a chicken that came from an Elmore farm.
Olson was able to track down Giles' father, who had moved to Arizona. Giles, who now lives in Gloucester, Mass., said he received his old bracelet in September.
"It was in pretty immaculate shape. Everything was working on it, and all the engravings on it were still legible," Giles said. "It was quite the surprise.
"Giles said he expects the bracelet to stay in his family for many years to come. "I have no plans on trying to lose it again," he said.
FAIRMONT, Minn. (Nov. 29) -- More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone number engraved on it.
I've heard of livestock swallowing unusual objects, but this situation stands out," Mark Olson, who owns the meat locker, told the Sentinel of Fairmont.
Giles had lived in Fairmont as a child and played hide-and-seek and other games with his brothers in their grandfather's barn near Sherburn.
"I would spend most of my time out at his farm, and that's the only place I can think of that I would have lost it," Giles said about his bracelet on Thursday. The 31-year-old said he thinks the bracelet was lost when he was 4 or 5.
The barn was dismantled a few years ago, and Giles thinks his bracelet was imbedded in materials used to construct another barn in Elmore, about 45 miles away.
The bracelet was found in a chicken that came from an Elmore farm.
Olson was able to track down Giles' father, who had moved to Arizona. Giles, who now lives in Gloucester, Mass., said he received his old bracelet in September.
"It was in pretty immaculate shape. Everything was working on it, and all the engravings on it were still legible," Giles said. "It was quite the surprise.
"Giles said he expects the bracelet to stay in his family for many years to come. "I have no plans on trying to lose it again," he said.
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