By LUKAS I. ALPERT, WIRE SERVICES
Last updated: 3:37 am
April 16, 2009
Posted: 2:55 am
April 16, 2009
Clean freaks need not apply.
"We need someone to be the new 'Wolfman,' " said a rep for Clark's Trading Post, a longtime roadside sideshow attraction in Lincoln, NH.
The old Wolfie is retiring and cleaning up his act after 15 years. The job description says applicants must grow a beard and eschew soap, and work up to 48 hours a week at $12/hr.
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A good Samaritan got Neanderthal on this thief.
A robber who tried to hold up an Acworth, Ga., convenience store at knifepoint was thwarted when a customer -- whose nickname is "Caveman" -- gave him a shot over the head with a stepladder.
The thief dropped the cash and fled with one big headache.
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Look up "angry old coot" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of this guy.
Bruce Armstrong has filed numerous complaints against his neighbor -- a San Antonio elementary school -- claiming the kids are just too loud.
Armstrong says he doesn't mind noisy firetrucks, ambulances or even fighter jets from a nearby base, but the kids are just "unreasonable."
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Holy flying feces!
Thieves sneaked onto the property of an English businessman who subsequently set up a giant catapult to hurl dung at intruders trying to break in.
Joe Weston-Webb's unorthodox precaution caught the attention of authorities who said it was illegal, so he disabled it.
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It was snakes on the African plain.
A Kenyan man battled for his life for three hours after a python wrapped itself around him and pulled him up into a tree.
Ben Nyaumbe finally bit down as hard as he could on the snake's tail, allowing him to free his hand long enough to call rescuers on his cellphone.
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