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Daily Snopes

31 August 2004
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  Giant Catfish Claims Dog   (DPA)
  • A giant catfish is suspected of having eaten a dog in a German lake near the Polish border.


    •   20-Year-Old Horse, Moose Become Pals   (Associated Press)
  • A yearling female moose and a 20-year-old horse have become pals at a farm just outside Groton village in Vermont.


    •   Jet-Powered Wheelchair Surprise   (BBC News)
  • Giuseppe Cannella had a big surprise for his mother-in-law when he put a jet engine on the back of her wheelchair.


    •   Man's HIV Diagnosis Turns Out to Be Wrong   (Associated Press)
  • A California man who once tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS has learned the diagnosis made eight years ago was mistaken, and he never had the disease.


    •   Bank Robber Seeks Directions   (Associated Press)
  • Paul Michael Callahan was a bank robber in search of a bank, according to police.


    •   Porn Film Crew Captures Shootout   (Associated Press)
  • Police fired shots and foiled an armed robbery of a cash transport vehicle in downtown Oslo, as the dramatic showdown was captured on video by a crew filming a pornographic movie nearby.


    •   Owners, Agency Reach 'Bra Fence' Accord   (Associated Press)
  • Facing a fence festooned with bras, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks decided letting it all hang out was a bit too much.


    •   Man Drives Home with Headless Friend   (Reuters)
  • A Georgia man who drove home with a friend's headless body after a truck accident faces charges including vehicular homicide and drunk driving.


    •   More Than 80 Birds Found at Indiana Home   (Associated Press)
  • Animal control officers found more than 80 birds inside a home filled with bird droppings and have ordered the owner to find new homes for them.


    •   Wanted: Family for Lonely Grandfather   (Reuters)
  • "Elderly retired school teacher seeks family willing to adopt grandfather. Will pay."


    •   Woman Skydives to Celebrate 93rd Birthday   (Associated Press)
  • A woman who has six children, 35 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren and 10 great, great-grandchildren jumped from an airplane to celebrate her 93rd birthday.


    •   Bear Escapes in Zoo Breakout   (Reuters)
  • An Andean spectacled bear escaped from its enclosure in Berlin zoo and roamed around a children's playground.


    •   Farmer Creates Cornfield Maze of the U.S.   (Associated Press)
  • Ted Johnson has cut a maze in the shape of the continental United States into a 12-acre cornfield on his Autauga County farm.


    •   Mummified Man Goes Unnoticed for Two Years   (Reuters)
  • A reclusive Canadian man, who neighbors thought may have gone traveling, was found mummified in his bed, almost two years after he died.


    •   Snake Surprises Oklahoma Newspaper Carrier   (Associated Press)
  • James Fletcher was delivering newspapers when he came very close to a large Western Diamondback rattle snake.


    •   Who Gets the Gold for the Quirkiest Olympic Tale?   (Reuters)
  • From farce to tragedy, the Olympics are sporting theater, and Athens 2004 offered the perfect stage for a huge variety of plots and leading characters.


    •   Nude Photos Found on Ex-Football Team Site   (Associated Press)
  • Fans scanning the Internet for information about their high school football team are instead finding pictures of naked women after a booster club let the domain name for its Web site lapse.


    •   Sexually Frustrated Chimp Takes Up Smoking   (Reuters)
  • Sexual frustration has turned a Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors.


    •   Braves Star Names Son After Shea Stadium   (Associated Press)
  • Chipper Jones named his new son after the New York Mets' ballpark — Shea Logan Jones.


    •   Scorpion Queen Stung But Eyes Record   (Reuters)
  • A Malaysian woman holed up in a glass container with 6,000 scorpions has been stung twice, but is still determined to reclaim a world record for living with creatures.


    •   Connecticut Man, 70, Oldest to Swim English Channel   (Associated Press)
  • A retired Connecticut pilot has become the oldest person to swim the English Channel.

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