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Three goats and a dog wander to Massachusetts fire station
(UPI) Firefighters in Massachusetts spotted three goats and a dog wandering loose near their station and brought the animals inside.
The New Bedford Fire Department said members of the Engine 5 crew spotted a mother goat, two baby goats and a dog walking past their station on Acushnet Avenue without a human escort.
"The firefighters were ...Read more
Maryland man's $2 Powerball prize leads to $50,000 win
(UPI) A Maryland Lottery player won $2 from a Powerball drawing and decided to use it to buy another ticket, which earned him $50,000.
The Garrett County man told Maryland Lottery officials he stopped at Luke's Liquors on North Third Street in Oakland and used the $2 prize from his Powerball ticket to buy a ticket for the Oct. 21 drawing.
The ...Read more
Oregon man paddles pumpkin 45.67 miles to break world record
(UPI) An Oregon man hollowed out his prized 1,214-pound pumpkin and plunged it into a Washington river for a record-breaking 45.67-mile paddling journey.
Gary Kristensen, a Happy Valley man who has been growing giant pumpkins since 2011, started converting his gargantuan gourds into boats into 2013 to compete in the West Coast Giant Pumpkin ...Read more
England mall attempting ghostly world record for Halloween
(UPI) A shopping mall in Dorchester, England, is attempting to break a spooky world record by gathering at least 1,025 people in ghost costumes.
The event, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. local time Thursday, is the second attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as ghosts at Brewery Square, after last year...Read more
Firefighters rescue horse stuck in river
(UPI) Firefighters in England responded to the River Trent to rescue a horse that wandered into the water and became stuck in silt.
The Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said multiple crews were dispatched Wednesday when the horse was reported trapped 4 feet down a river embankment off Trent Lane in Ingestre, near Stafford.
"On arrival, we...Read more
Burglar bear destroys pickup truck from the inside out
(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
Police warn of plastic pumpkin dangers to deer in Ohio
(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
Idaho woman wins the lottery for second time in 10 years
(UPI) An Idaho woman won a $70,000 lottery prize almost exactly 10 years after winning $100,000.
The Idaho Lottery said Caldwell resident Sandy Pickrel bought a Big Spin ticket from the Maverik store in Caldwell and won the chance to spin the lottery's Big Spin wheel.
"I hadn't played Big Spin in a while, so I thought I'd give it a try again,"...Read more
New Zealand city bids farewell to 'disturbing' hand sculpture
(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.
...Read more
Maryland historical society seeks to identify mystery machine
(UPI) Historians in Maryland are seeking the public's help to identify a mysterious machine donated to a museum in the 1990s.
The Dorchester County Historical Society posted photos to social media showing a machine composed of a flat ceramic counter top and two spinning objects that resemble rolling pins.
The contraption was donated to the ...Read more
Romanian pianist hits piano key 500 times in 30 seconds
(UPI) A fast-fingered concert pianist from Romania unofficially broke a Guinness World Record by hitting a piano key 500 times in 30 seconds.
Thurzó Zoltán, a renowned concert pianist, took on the record in Biharia village on Oct. 23 as a tribute to his mother, Thurzó Margit Terézia, who died on the same date in 2023 at the age of 77.
The ...Read more
Birthday present from aunt earns Ky. woman a $36,000 lottery prize
(UPI) A Kentucky woman won a $36,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket she received as a birthday gift from her aunt.
Salyersville resident Brianna Vanhoose told Kentucky Lottery officials she is not a regular lottery player, but she received a $50 Millionaire Club scratch-off ticket as a birthday gift from her aunt.
Vanhoose's aunt also...Read more
Large alligator wanders the tarmac at Florida airport
(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
Idaho man breaks world record for sorting Peanut M&M's
(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
Security camera catches bear rolling trash can like a human
(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
'Halloween crab' stows away on plane from Costa Rica to Denver
(UPI) A "Halloween crab" that stowed away on a flight from Costa Rica to Denver International Airport has a new home at the Denver Zoo.
The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance said on social media that a flight crew discovered the blackback land crab -- also known as a Halloween crab, moon crab and Bermuda land crab -- was found by a flight crew ...Read more
Man reunited after 54 years with ring lost on golf course
(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
N.C. man finds $20 on the ground, uses it to win $1M lottery prize
(UPI) A North Carolina man found a $20 bill on the ground and used it to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $1 million prize.
Banner Elk resident Jerry Hicks told North Carolina Education Lottery officials his road to lottery luck started with a fortuitous discovery.
"I found $20 in the parking lot outside the Speedway," Hicks ...Read more
Georgia police urge couples who 'reconcile' to 'get a room' after incident
(UPI) A Georgia police department urged couples seeking to "reconcile" to kindly get a room, rather than copulating in the grass between businesses.
The Lavonia Police Department said officers responded to a public indecency complaint reported in the grass between McDonald's and Raceway, near exit 173 of Interstate 85.
"Well, the ...Read more
Zoo's escaped parrots found 60 miles from home
(UPI) A duo of parrots who escaped from the London Zoo during a free-flight exercise were found six days later after flying about 60 miles.
The zoo said on social media that blue-throated macaw sisters Lily and Margot failed to return to their enclosure after a routine free-flying exercise on Oct. 21.
Members of the public were urged to report...Read more
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