xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
Benny Zavala, 34, was convicted of animal abuse for dissecting his daughter’s pet guinea pig because he said he thought it was a government spy robot (Oxnard, Calif., October).
Christopher Campbell, 42, was arrested and charged with mutilating his beloved house cats because, he said, he thought they were supernatural entities that had changed shapes (Cedar Crest, N.M., November).
Gary Damon Stephens, 28, admitted that he killed his parents five years ago but said he stands by his earlier explanation, that the deceased were not his real parents but only the pod people of his parents (Harlan, Ky., October).
Latest Christian congregationalist to sue for injuries after falling backward upon being saved but landing on the floor because the “catcher” clumsily missed breaking her fall: Loraine Daily, 40, at the Sydney (Australia) Christian Life Center, September (suing for the equivalent of $380,000).
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