(UPI) A Montana woman getting ready for work went out to her pickup truck and discovered it had been torn apart from the inside out by a black bear.

Amy Truett said she woke at about 3:30 a.m. recently to the sound of her dogs barking at something outside her Potomac home.

She got up for work a few hours later and went outside to discover her ...Read more

(UPI) Police in Ohio are warning Halloween revelers about the dangers posed by plastic pumpkin buckets after multiple deer were spotted with the containers stuck over their heads.

The Westlake Police Department said on social media that officers have responded to "several calls" in recent days about deer with plastic Halloween buckets stuck on ...Read more

(UPI) A controversial sculpture of a giant hand with a human face is being removed from atop a gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, after overlooking the city for five years.

Quasi, a sculpture by Ronnie van Hout, was originally commissioned by the Christchurch Art Gallery in 2016, and was moved to the top of City Gallery Wellington in 2019.

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(UPI) A passenger on a plane at a Florida airport captured video of the moment a large alligator wandered among the planes on the tarmac.

The video, posted to TikTok by user alidrake1, shows the gator making its way past planes and heading toward a grassy area next to the tarmac at Orlando Executive Airport.

Witnesses can be heard in the ...Read more

(UPI) An Idaho man put his color-coding skills to the test and broke a world record by sorting 17.6 ounces of Peanut M&M's by color in 57.78 seconds.

David Rush, who holds the most concurrent Guinness World Records titles, previously set the Peanut M&M-sorting record at 1 minute and 14 seconds, but his title was later taken by someone ...Read more

(UPI) An Alabama couple's home security camera captured the moment a bear stood up on its hind legs to roll their trash can out toward -- but not quite to -- the road.

Saraland residents Bryce and Breanna Hoven shared video that showed the bear standing on its back legs, putting its front paws on the handle of the wheelie bin, and pushing and ...Read more

(UPI) A Florida man who lost his U.S. Naval Academy class ring on a Pennsylvania golf course was reunited with the prized item by a fellow golfer 54 years later.

David Lorenzo, 82, said he lost his Class of 1964 ring while golfing with his father at Uniontown Country Club, near Pittsburgh.

"It survived combat, but it couldn't survive my golf ...Read more

(UPI) A search and rescue team was called to a bay in England, where two sheep became stuck in a large patch of quicksand.

The Bay Search and Rescue team said on social media that crews responded to Morecambe Bay with amphibious rescue vehicle The Sherp when a local hunter spotted stuck sheep.

The rescuers soon determined two sheep were stuck ...Read more

(UPI) An Alabama couple may have broken a Guinness World Record by growing an okra plant that reached a height of 16 feet, 10 inches.

Mobile residents Terry and Candace Stevens said this was their first year planting okra in their garden, and they were shocked to see one of their plants reach for the sky.

"Actually, this is our first year ...Read more

(UPI) Firefighters in California came to the rescue of a parrot stuck in a tree -- as well as a teenager who become stranded trying to reach the bird.

Buena Park resident Safiya Hashimi said her pet cockatiel, Tweedy, was a birthday gift 6 months ago, and the bird flew the coop when startled this week.

"I dropped something and he just flew off...Read more