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News That Sounds Like a Joke

News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published Nov. 11, 2020

News That Sounds Like a Joke

Larry Stothers, 41, and Jayson Rappa, 31, were arrested on Sept. 26 in Largo, Florida, and charged with strong-arm robbery after allegedly stealing a prosthetic leg, according to The Smoking Gun. Police say they were called by the victim after Stothers and Rappa confronted him over a stolen backpack, "and in the course of the fight, a prosthetic leg was taken from the victim." Court records did not reveal the whereabouts of the leg. [The Smoking Gun, 9/28/2020]

An aggressive Muscovy duck named Bob in Mansfield, England, has terrorized postman Steve Hinds to the point that Hinds has refused to deliver mail to the duck's owners until they contain him, The Scottish Sun reported. Hinds told the Sun that on Oct. 3, "The duck started hissing at me and ... it ran me up the path snapping its beak."

The apologetic owners left a Crunchie candy bar as a peace offering for Hinds and a note reading, "He used to be lovely and cuddly.

Now he is a vicious sex-maniac! We have fenced him in and hopefully he won't escape."

But two days later, Bob escaped the fence and came after Hinds again. At press time, the standoff continues. [The Scottish Sun, 10/7/2020]