The Strange News Thread

[TitoFan]

I always wondered what the actual U.S.-Mexico border looked like at the beach.... so I thought this was interesting. Couple of years old, but still interesting.





Ok, so a few questions/comments come to mind:


1. Who decided how far to extend the wall into the water?

2. Maintenance on that section of the wall must be hell. I wonder how many times it's needed a complete rebuild. Saltwater and wave action will do a number on that steel.

3. If a surfer plows right into the edge of the wall and dies... did he die in the U.S. or Mexico?


It's just kind of surreal seeing a video of that and listening to people who actually surf there.

[SlimTrae]

THANKS! Gr8 topic, I used to keep up with strange news stories when i read this some years ago.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/flamin...own-mans-house

Flaming Mouse Burns Down Man's House
Published January 8, 2006

A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it.

"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.


Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.

No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed.




"I've seen numerous house fires," village Fire Department Capt. Jim Lyssy said, "but nothing as unique as this one."

[Master]

Mouse helps keep shed squeaky clean

When screws and bits of metal started appearing in a bird feed container an infrared camera helped solve the mystery.

Steve Mckears, who lives in Severn Beach, near Bristol, said the problem started mid February when he found a screw in among the peanuts he was preparing for the birds.

He said he removed the screw but the next day there was "a load more in there".

After the objects kept returning he enlisted the help of a photographer who installed a motion-operated night vision camera.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...-squeaky-clean