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As Braiden Lankford, 20, and her mother, 50, argued about the “cleanliness of the house” on Oct. 23 in their home near Tampa Bay, Lankford struck her mother in the head with two tacos, The Smoking Gun reported. When police arrived, “the victim had food debris all around her on the couch and on the back of her shirt,” police re- ported.
Mom Assaulted With Tacos In Dirty House
The mother was not injured, but Lankford was charged with domestic battery.
Admission is free to view the 250 cubic yards of soil, but people are not allowed to take photographs or touch the dirt.
Hocus Pocus
For his part, the Wizard called the council “a bunch of bureaucrats who have no imag- ination. I am the original im- age of Christchurch. They will have to kill me to stop me.”
In other Weird reports:
Sleeping On The Job
More Dirt
In Winnipeg, Manitoba, a heist didn’t go as planned on Oct. 31 when thieves broke into a vacant house to steal a
The New York Earth Room was created in 1977 by artist
Disappearing Act
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
Walter De Maria and consists of a second-floor apartment at 141 Wooster St. that is filled with ... dirt. The room’s care- taker, Bill Dilworth, waters and rakes the dirt regularly, Oddity Central reported, and wel- comes up to 100 visitors a day.
furnace. The Winnipeg Po- lice Service told the CBC that neighbors reported smelling natural gas, and when offi- cers responded, they saw two unconscious people inside the home. The thieves, who had been “overcome by the noxious gas fumes” after the gas line became dislodged, regained consciousness out- side and were questioned, but, because it’s Canada, were later released without charges.
The city council of Christ- church, New Zealand, has officially ended its contract with The Wizard of New Zealand (also known as Ian
Brackenbury Channell) after 23 years of service. Over his tenure, the Wizard cast spells and entertained tourists to the tune of $16,000 per year, but the city no longer believes his services are necessary, Odd- ee.com reported. Officially, Christchurch’s “promotional landscape is changing,” said the council’s assistant chief executive Lynn McClelland, with “programs that will ... showcase a vibrant, diverse, modern city.”
“The artist never attached any meaning to it,” Dilworth said.
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