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Bigfoot found in Ingushetia

Bigfoot found in Ingushetia

December 29 2011 05:00

In the woods of Ingushetia in the North Caucasus, border guards caught a strange creature resembling the legendary Bigfoot. The animal resembles a two-meter tall gorilla but unlike it stands upright and does not rely on its front paws. The beast is scared and is growling and making strange sounds, it eats mostly meat and vegetation. →

Italian cat inherits €10m

December 11 2011 13:25

Roman 4-year-old cat named Tommaso has inherited €10m from his late 94-year-old mistress Maria Assunta. Now Tomasso, one-time stray, is the world`s richest cat. He inherited flats and houses in Rome, Milan and in Calabria. Under Italian law, animals cannot inherit directly. But they can be beneficiaries if a suitable trustee is found. →

American goes astray in Ukraine - looking for Yulia

November 15 2011 16:44

A former candidate for governor of U.S. Arizona State, Cary Dolego, has been found at a railway station in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in the company of hobos. Local media say the man failed to seize an opportunity to return home at the U.S. embassy’s request and preferred drifting around in search for his sweetheart. →

Dentist in Canada buys Lennon’s tooth

November 6 2011 01:39

Canadian dentist Michael Zuk has just bought ex-Beatles’ leader John Lennon’s tooth at an auction for over 31 000 U.S. dollars. This was reported on Saturday by the BBC. →

Hong Kong pilot asleep at 11,000 m

October 16 2011 19:56

Hong Kong’s largest Cathay Pacific airline has launched a disciplinary hearing over a photo of a pilot asleep on an Airbus at 11,000 meters. The photo was taken by the co-pilot on the Dubai-Hong Kong flight. →

Giant mushroom found in the Urals

October 13 2011 17:20

A giant 12-kg puffball mushroom has been found 20 km of Russia’s city Perm (the Urals). Its cap reaches 172 cm in diameter and the fungus is 50 cm high. Such giants are not rare in the region especially in autumn when it’s warm and humid. (TASS) →

Romania bans silly baby names

October 3 2011 17:16

Romania’s government has amended the country’s Civil Code banning silly baby names. Now registry office staff have a right not to register bad baby names that sound funny, obscene or insulting. The local media write that the decree was adopted after some parents had named their kids Emperor, Police, Tarzan and even  TV-set. (TASS, IF →

Nepal police seize 15 leopard-eaters

September 28 2011 17:32

Nepalese police have arrested 14 villagers for eating a rare leopard, local media report. They caught the animal thinking its meat has healing properties to cure all their illnesses. The eaters claim that they didn’t kill the cat and found it already dead. Leopards in Nepal are endangered species as these snow animals are hunted by poachers.  →

Mouse alarm aboard aircraft

September 5 2011 20:25

A mouse became the reason for a cancelled flight Katmandu - Bangkok of the Nepal Airlines. The airline’s representative reported that a Boeing-757 with 133 passengers aboard was ready for the flight when an airline hostess suddenly noticed a mouse jumping out of a tea and coffee trolley. →

10,000 euros for dog

September 4 2011 05:04

A Russian family has promised to pay a record sum of 10,000 euros for those who find their missing dog. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Saturday that a dwarf Doberman pinscher named Johnny disappeared a month ago from a hotel in the heart of Genoa, where the owners left him sleeping in their room. →

Fake rhino horns stolen in London

August 28 2011 06:37

Two rhinoceros horns were stolen from a British museum on Saturday but the thieves will surely be disappointed to find out that both are fake and worthless. The horns were stolen from the Natural History Museum's site in Tring, northwest of London, the France Presse reports. →

Russian students discover meteorite fragment

August 26 2011 17:28

Students from the Russian Urals Federal University have discovered a fragment of Meteorite Dronino, which fell on Earth several thousand years ago.  The 15-kg fragment was found in Russia’s Ryazan region, the University’s press service said on Friday, adding that the piece will be meticulously studied by scientists. →

French man superlucky jackpot hitter

August 24 2011 18:51

A man in southern France has hit a lottery jackpot of 3 million euros. Remarkably, this comes 15 years after he won an equivalent of 2.8 million euros. Experts say the odds of such luck are one in almost 400 million. →

Shanghai not averse to UFO visits

August 24 2011 16:53

People in Shanghai, including airliner pilots, have reported sightings of an unidentified flying object some 11 kilometres above ground. The UFO was in the form of a rapidly expanding luminescent sphere, which did not go away for 20 minutes. It did not appear on radars, allowing boffins to speculate about an atmospheric phenomenon.   →

Car for tomato

August 22 2011 21:18

A resident of the Siberian city of Minusinsk has won a Lada car for the tomato whose weight is 2kg 146g. The vegetable was weighed by the panel of judges and then a chemical analysis was carried out. The rules of the competition were strict. →

Arnold Schwarzenegger fined for puffing

August 9 2011 15:41

Ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been fined 400 euros for puffing his cigar at two Austrian airports. He did this in no-smoking zones of Graz and Salzburg airports during a visit to his motherland in June, local media report. →

Indian official trains running backwards

August 8 2011 17:07

An official of the Indian Interior Ministry has been training in running backwards for six years, the RIA Novosti news agency reports. For this time Puran Chand has covered the total of 1,500km and is aiming for more. The official believes that he can have claims to a gold medal if this sport is included in the Olympic programme. →

Dog jumps into ocean to escape heat

July 28 2011 14:06

New York policemen have pulled a dog out of the ocean where it sought shelter from the blistering heat, the New York Post newspaper reports. The shepherd dog named Charlie jumped out of its owners’ car and threw itself into the water. The owners began calling it back but it just didn’t pay attention. →

Italian man spends weeks in woods escaping his bride`s friends

July 28 2011 11:29

The 34-year-old Italian, Marcello Pau, spent three weeks in the woods after arriving in Moldova to marry a girl whom he had met through the Internet. Having a poor command of Moldavian language, Pau escaped into the woods after overhearing his bride`s friends allegedly saying they were going to kill him. →

African crocodile caught in Khakassia

July 27 2011 13:35

Russian rescuers have caught a two-meter-long crocodile in the republic of Khakassia’s Lake Shira, Southern Siberia. The reptile tore off the rope and escaped from its master, a local photographer. →

 
 
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