xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
A 27-year-old man, fishing with three friends, choked to death on a 4-inch bream that he had put into his mouth, possibly to imitate a stunt he had seen on television (Palatka, Fla., October).
A man commandeered a fire department rescue boat but then drowned when he leaped overboard while being pursued by police; trained rescue personnel were late arriving at the scene because, after all, their boat had been stolen (Nashville, Tenn., August).
Hearing jeers during a curtain call after his version of the Richard Wagner opera “Tristan und Isolde,” director Gerald Thomas dropped his trousers and mooned the audience (Rio de Janeiro).
Lyon, France, bought 10,000 plastic dog droppings to place on the city’s sidewalks, hoping they would shock dog owners’ consciences into cleaning up after their own dogs.
Naked Lunch, believed to be the country’s first stand-alone (not located in a nudist camp) clothing-optional restaurant, opened in downtown Key West.
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