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A British artist known as Mr. Doodle (real name: Sam Cox) has doodled throughout his entire mansion in Tenterden, Kent, United Press Inter- national reported on Oct. 4. Everything is covered: walls, furniture, kitchen appliances,
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textiles, floors, ceilings.
Cox shared The Doodle House with the world on a YouTube video, taking view- ers through the process from stark white to completely doodled. It took him two years, 240 gallons of white paint, 401 cans of black spray paint and almost 2,300 black pens to complete the project. His wife, Alena, is all in
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theft and admitted to stealing the lights. Each is valued at $5,000.
Stuck In Concrete
An unnamed 32-year-old woman didn’t get far in the Mini Cooper she stole in Lakewood, Washington, on Sept. 19, Fox News report- ed. The driver, who had her 4-year-old son in the back seat and a bottle of whiskey in her hand, steered the car right into a section of wet cement that had just been poured by city crews. When she emerged from the car, she threw a television and an In- stant Pot out of the car before trying to walk away. All items were stolen from the sus- pect’s mother’s home. After her arrest, crews went back to work on the pavement.
A Hot Mess
with the doodle decor.
In other Weird reports:
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about 50 years old asked to see Pope Francis at the Vati- can in Rome, CNN reported. When he was told that would not be possible, he hurled a Roman bust to the floor in the Museo Chiaramonti, then up- set a second one as he rushed out.
men told villagers they had sailed over 300 miles from Egvekinot in northeastern Russia and were trying to escape the Russian military draft. Sen. Dan Sullivan con- ferred with the Department of Homeland Security, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy said they were transported to Anchor- age, where federal authorities were sorting out their status.
Neighbors of Mercedes New (aka Shawty Dred) in Atlanta have taken to walk- ing in front of their building with umbrellas raised, rain or shine. Why? Because New was allegedly in the habit of strolling around on his high- rise balcony naked and uri- nating through the bars onto the street below.
The man was detained by Vatican police and turned over to Italian authorities. Both statues were around 2,000 years old. Press office director Matteo Alessandrini said the busts were “affixed to the shelves with a nail, but if you pull them down with force they will come off.”
The Bay County, Florida, Sheriff’s Department has declared it’s “officially out of the bonfire business” after an incident at A. Crawford Mosley High School in Lynn Haven on Oct. 5, the Panama City News Herald reported. Although the agency has as- sisted with bonfires for many years, the 2022 homecoming event blew up when the bon- fire literally exploded. No one was injured, and firefighters were already on hand as a precaution.
New, a rapper who sports distinctive yellow dread- locks, was arrested on Sept. 21; neighbors shared video of him in the act with WSB-TV. But New insisted it wasn’t him.
“We don’t anticipate a con- tinual stream of individuals or a flotilla,” Dunleavy said.
“I’m famous! I’m on TV, bruh. I didn’t do this, man,” he claimed. “No. I’m inno- cent. I promise I didn’t do this.”
He said restoration work had already begun.
Turn Out The Lights
Time to decorate the man cave? Three men were ar- rested on Sept. 24 in Her- nando County, Florida, after an off-duty detective spied them using saws to cut traffic lights off the poles, WFTV reported. By the time dep- uties arrived at the scene, the men had put three lights into their van. Aaron Wood, James Donnelly and Oleksiy Naumenko were arrested for
Sheriff Tommy Ford said it was unclear what had caused the explosion, but his agency would take responsibility for the incident. The district also announced that they would no longer host bonfire events.
He was held at the Fulton County jail.
KTUU-TV reported that on Oct. 4, a small boat car- rying two men landed near the community of Gambell on northern St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. According to town clerk Curtis Silook, the
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On Oct. 5, an American man who appeared to be
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