Laura Hurst was found Wednesday evening in a house owned by a local sheriff that contained 140 snakes An Indiana woman has died after she was found with an 8ft python wrapped around her neck in a house owned by a local sheriff that accommodates a collection of snakes. Laura Hurst, 36, …
In the early morning light, dust from hooves creates a fog at Silvies Valley Ranch in remote eastern Oregon. Cowboys whistle and talk low to their eager herding dogs. They’re moving the cattle from one vast, sage-studded range to another. Five young purebred bulls mysteriously showed up dead on the …
RACHEL, Nev. — Jebb McAfee drove down the narrow desert road as far as he could and parked near some other cars alongside the scrub brush. In front of him and his two friends was a barricade, a stop sign and a dream. The three had traveled all the way …
Burglars have reportedly stolen a solid gold toilet worth £1m from Blenheim Palace, just two days after it went on display. The 18ct lavatory, designed by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was part of a new exhibition at the country home where Winston Churchill was born and was apparently removed in the early hours of …
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Commissioners in Nevada’s rural Lincoln County have voted to pre-sign an emergency declaration ahead of the “Storm Area 51” raid event that’s so far drawn more than 2 million RSVPs on Facebook. On Monday, the county board unanimously voted, 4-0, to approve the declaration in preparation for a mysterious affair that could draw thousands of curious visitors to …
URIEN, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state trooper who pulled over to help what he thought was a disabled vehicle found something else instead: The driver had eight phones simultaneously playing the video game Pokemon Go. The driver was stopped on the shoulder of Highway 518 in Burien, south of …
LONDON (Reuters) – Guiness World Records has named a meandering street in northwest Wales the steepest in the world, knocking a road in New Zealand off the top spot. Ffordd Pen Llech in the historic coastal town of Harlech, which is famed for its mediaeval castle, has a gradient of …
SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) – A Lithuanian couple won the World Wife-Carrying Championship for a second time in a row in the Finnish town of Sonkajarvi on Saturday, triumphing in a contest where men complete an obstacle course with their wives slung over their shoulders. Each year, the championship draws thousands …
Ever had a nightmare in which you wake up at night, alone, strapped in a seat in a completely dark and freezing cold room with no means to contact anyone? That’s the story Air Canada passenger Deanna Noel-Dale told about what was supposed to be a simple 90-minute flight from Quebec City …
No badge, no gun, no handcuffs — and no clothes. None of that stopped an off-duty Swedish police officer from making an arrest last week after recognizing the man sitting next to him in a sauna as a fugitive, according to local news reports. “It’s easier to take action when …
Dec. 21 (UPI) — A 16-year-old girl who had a bad haircut 10 years ago has been growing out her hair ever since and now has a Guinness World Record. Nilanshi Patel, of Gujarat, India, was awarded the Guinness World Record for longest hair on a teenager after her brown …