Weird News
Watch – Elephant rescued by crane after it fell 45ft into an empty WELL
The ten-year-old elephant is thought to have wandered into the village in search of water and fallen down the deep farming hole. Locals said the male elephant "kept trumpeting for help the entire night" but villagers were scared to approach for fear of being attcked by the rest of the herd. The farmer who owns the well called in the government forest department on Wednesday 22nd March 2017. The rangers teamed up with the forest service to winch the elephant...
Watch – Manual discovered after 125 years was written by a real-life ‘Mary Poppins’
A fascinating book written by a real-life 'Mary Poppins' when she opened the world famous Norland College in Bath has been found - after 125 YEARS. The notebook was penned by Emily Ward in 1892 as a 'spoonful of advise' to the new starters at Norland College. Norland went on to become an elite training school for nannies hired by the wealthy, royalty and oligarchs. She created the school for nursery nurses in distinctive uniforms to be employed by wealthy families...
Watch – Dozy driver mounts two parked cars!
A dozy driver ended up in a whole world of trouble after smashing into two parked cars - and leaving her motor suspended in mid-air. The lady, thought to be in her 30s, then had to be stopped by passers-by from getting back into her car and trying to drive off, a witness claimed. This moment was captured on the dashcam of a 22-year-old student, who could not believe that the woman's Vauxhall ended up stopped on the bonnet and...
Watch – Lamb Born With Five Legs!
A five-legged lamb has been born at a farm in Derbyshire and named after a Tom Hanks character. The Texel Mule cross was born on Thursday morning and farm owner Mark Bayley said he was totally healthy. The Bayley family nicknamed the young male Forrest in the hope his extra limb gives him the same love of running as film character Forrest Gump. Mr Bayley said although it was tempting to sell Forrest for meat, he would probably be kept...
Firm sets up “alien insurance waiting list” following NASA announcement
A budget insurance firm has created a waiting list for customers looking to protect themselves – against alien damage. Following NASA’s recent announcement about the discovery of seven exoplanets, three of which could potentially support life, speculation has arisen over how we might protect our homes and possessions should damage be caused by life entering our planet. Despite there currently been no insurance products out there to protect us from extraterrestrial life forms one firm has created a waiting list...
Incredible pictures show lorry carrying 560 tonne load
A huge lorry took 14 hours to travel 35 miles as it transported one of the heaviest loads ever to be taken on a British road - weighing a whopping 560 tonnes. The giant coils of steel cabling were transported on a truck which measured 6m (20ft) wide and 82m (269ft) long - which together weighed more than a space shuttle. The enormous vehicle brought traffic to a standstill as it crawled along roads at a maximum speed of just...
GP who had “sixth sense” for diagnosing illness dies after failing to spot he had life-threatening sepsis
A tragic GP who had a "sixth sense" for diagnosing illness has died suddenly after failing to spot he had life-threatening sepsis. Shiv Sekaran, 48, passed away after the immune system attacking infection led his kidneys to fail last Saturday (March 11). His death from sepsis comes just a week after the government issued new NHS guidelines on treating the condition within one hour of symptoms being spotted. The weekend before his death Shiv had arrived home from a holiday...
Finding Nemo: Goldfish survives 20 minutes out of water
Nemo the world's luckiest goldfish was saved after it escaped the jaws of a cat and survived 20 minutes out of water on a doorstep - close to a vets. The 12cm-long fish is thought to have been snatched from a garden pond by a cat who fancied it for its supper and left it outside a house. But he was found still barely damp and carried in a shoebox to a nearby branch of City Vets in Exeter, Devon...
Watch – Super fit man lifts friend in a bench press totalling same weight as a baby elephant!
Luis Young, 28, lifted friend Max Smith in the hilarious viral video, filmed at Underground Gym in Portslade, East Sussex. The video, which has had almost 4,000 views, shows model Luis lifting personal trainer Max, 33, holding a weight - totalling the same as a baby elephant. Luis, who is also a dancer and acrobat, lives in Brighton and runs Urban Arts Academy, where he holds 'creative training' classes. He said: "We just got bored in the gym and thought...