The weird news thread

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You have to admit the MyPillow guy does seem pretty creepy.

Police called on potential 'deranged person.' It was a cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO.
USA TODAY, Mar 2 2019 11:36 AM

Minnesota police responded to a welfare check request only to find a cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO and inventor Michael Lindell, police said Thursday. The Jordan Police Department received a call saying a man was standing motionless outside in the cold. Reportedly, the man was not wearing a coat and was hugging a pillow. The caller may have thought he was witnessing a "deranged person," the department said on Facebook.

When police responded, they found the large cardboard cutout of Lindell. "Those cardboard cutouts sure can look real from a distance. Always better to call the police," the post said. Lindell is a Minnesota native and MyPillow is headquartered in Chaska, located about 15 miles north of Jordan.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ce/3039257002/

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Money can't buy happiness. And in this case, money couldn't even buy a.......

Billionaire diamond trader dies during penis enlargement procedure

https://nypost.com/2019/03/06/billio...gement-report/

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I feel bad for this boy. I also feel bad for the school custodian who had to empty the trash can.

Mother claims 8-year-old son was forced to urinate in trash can in front of class, wear a garbage bag to cover his wet clothes
The Los Angeles Unified School District said an investigation was underway.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...506837201.html

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A ghost is supposedly the disembodied soul of a dead person -- so why did this dummy think a ghost would be afraid of fire? And has he not read Matthew 10:28, which says man "cannot kill the soul"?

California man tried to burn down neighbor's house to get rid of a ghost

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...ops/ar-BBUA05y

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This Flintstones house was built in 1976 in Hillsborough, California and has been designated a historical landmark. In 2017, the owner erected giant sculptures of dinosaurs, a giraffe, a mastodon and Fred Flintstone. Neighbors are no longer amused.

Lame killjoys want California's Flintstones house declared a public nuisance

https://mashable.com/article/flintst.../#UvbYtrg0ZZqN

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I hope she never tries to iron her skirt. It would melt!

Woman makes an entire outfit out of 300 Wegmans plastic bags

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/...-it/ar-BBV6yi3

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This analysis tells me that we here in California just aren't trying hard enough to be number one.

Googling 'Florida man' is the latest internet fad. Let's explore why so many crazy stories come out of the state.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/...rnd/index.html

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Memo to Josh Goodman: This squirrel should be featured on an episode of Animals Gone Wild:

Florida man attacked by a 'crazy squirrel' gone nuts – and it was raised by a neighbor

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/sta...228166959.html

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When KFI midday hosts Gary Hoffmann and Shannon Farren shared the details of this "human pup" two days ago, they swore the story is true -- and indeed it is. This dum-dum barks, eats from a dog bowl and bites and licks people. What's scary is that there are others like him.

Man who 'never felt human' now lives his life as a dog in £2,000 fur suit

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...-felt-14235958

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This Russian man with a debilitating muscle-wasting disease was going to have his head surgically removed and fused to the body of someone who had recently died and whose head would also be surgically removed. I don't understand why he changed his mind. The surgery would have been a safe, simple procedure with absolutely no risks or complications, right?

Man set to undergo world's first head transplant backs out after finding love and becoming a dad

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/oth...dad/ar-BBVOkvX