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Kevin Johnson was arrested in Marico- pa County, Arizona, after he left behind an obvi- ous bit of evidence when he slashed two of his neighbor’s tires, Maricopa Monitor re- ported.
Tire Slasher Leaves Severed Finger Behind
weekend in the fight to keep our rhinos alive” as rangers arrested five suspects, carry- ing hunting rifles and an ax, in a continuing crackdown on poaching, reported The Wash- ington Post.
out. She reached into her purse for eye drops but grabbed the nail glue she uses to fix broken fingernails — and immediately recognized her mistake.
a wall made of cow dung. In Lodi Township, Michigan, one farmer did just that, construct- ing a 250-foot-long wall of ma- nure after disputing a property line with Wayne Lambarth. The wall generates an unpleas- ant stench, Lambarth told Fox News, but the anonymous farmer who built it denies it’s a “poop wall.”
Francesca Wikoff found her flat tires on April 15, along with a severed finger lying on the driveway, and police said a trail of blood led to a nearby home. The night before, Johnson had allegedly become drunk and belligerent at a neighborhood get-together, where he shoved and threat- ened Wikoff and her husband before being asked to leave.
(Bonus: A skull and a pair of pants were all that remained of a suspected poacher killed by an elephant and eaten by lions in the park in 2019.)
“I was trying to pull my eyes apart, but I couldn’t,” Williams said.
He was charged with crimi- nal damage and assault, along
A man suspected of poach- ing rhinos in South Africa’s
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with other offenses.
In other Weird happenings:
Kruger National Park was trampled to death by a herd of elephants on April 17, accord- ing to park authorities. Manag- ing executive Gareth Coleman praised the park’s “successful
Eyes Glued Shut
Michigander Yacedrah Wil- liams got into sticky trouble in late April when she mistook a bottle of nail glue for eye drops, Fox News reported. Williams fell asleep with her contact lenses in, and when she woke up, she wanted to take them
Dr. George Williams noted, “If it’s any comfort to her, she’s not the first person to make this mistake.”
Officials in the area have said nothing can be done about it because it is on private prop- erty.
Poacher’s Demise
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Her husband rushed her to the ER, where doctors opened her eyes and removed her con- tacts — which they believe saved her vision. She did lose her eyelashes, though.
“It’s a compost fence,” he said.
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