Cops seek ‘Captain America’ in beauty store robbery
A man dressed as Marvel superhero Captain America was involved in a beauty store robbery in Texas along with a sidekick. Security camera photos shared by Plano police crime stoppers showed the two suspects and their vehicle at the scene of a robbery at an UlTA retail store. One man can be seen wearing a black and yellow hoodie while the other is dressed in a Captain America costume.
Police said the men may be connected to a string of similar robberies in the area, although it is unclear what was stolen from this location. The suspects escaped in a silver four-door SUV, believed to be a Dodge Durango or Chrysler Aspen.
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100 pairs of shoes found on US interstate highway
State Department of Ecology officials say a crew picking up litter found 100 pairs of shoes in boxes along Interstate 90 east of North Bend. KIRO-TV reports an Ecology Youth Corps crew found the white, flat-heeled shoes Tuesday morning. State officials say the shoes, which appear new, have been donated to a Seattle organisation that helps homeless women, children and families in need.
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It’s ‘raining fish’ amid drought here
A family in Australia were excited to see the end of a drought in the area, but got more than they bargained for when fish began falling from the sky. Tahnee Oakhill shared video of the phenomenon to her Facebook page as her daughter excitedly placed the tiny fish into a nearby puddle.
“The kids got a good little catch today five or so,” Oakhill wrote in a comment. “It was pretty surreal watching them walk around on a once droughted property in the guts of the [Queensland] bush and scoop living fish out of mud puddles on the dirt road.”
The Oakhill’s Winton property had received about three inches of rain prior to the appearance of the fish. “It’s pretty crazy, getting that much rain was pretty shocking and then that happening after that...it’s been a weird week,” said Oakhill.
As for the fish, ecologist Dr Peter Unmack said the spangled perch which are “pretty much everywhere” in central Australia likely did not fall from the sky. He explained that the tiny fish can quickly travel long distances in small amounts of water, but added that this tendency did allow a small possibility for them to get caught in rainclouds.
“The other key point is if you did get massive updrafts of water and fish that got carried up into the clouds, everything up there is frozen because it’s too cold,” he said. “So it is theoretically possible, but it’s difficult to see many situations where fish get picked up by strong winds and can survive.”
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UK cathedral moves statue to avoid texting mishaps
A British cathedral sought to reassure visitors that they could still view a massive sculpture following a Facebook post by the statue’s creator saying the church had moved it because people kept bumping into it while texting.
The Salisbury Cathedral, located about 90 miles outside of london, said in a tweet under the Twitter handle @SalisburyCath: “Don’t worry, you can still see ‘The Kiss’ at the Cathedral. We’ve moved the sculpture onto the lawn #Relationships.”
‘The Kiss’ is a 20-foot sculpture of clasping hands by artist Sophie Ryder. Recently, Ryder posted a video on Facebook of a crane moving the statue, with the comment “We had to move ‘The Kiss’ because people were walking through texting and said they bumped their heads! Oh well!!”
The Cathedral did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on why it moved the sculpture.
Social media users poked fun at the statue’s relocation to the lawn. Visitors were originally meant to follow a path through the clasped hands. @GRumpGitRant tweeted: “It’s safe now to visit #salisbury cathedral. The kiss statue better known as the #claspedhands is no longer a danger.”
“I think it is crazy it was moved,” wrote Karin Muir on Ryder’s Facebook page. “Maybe if more people bumped their heads whilst walking and texting, they’d stop doing it sooner.”
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Man’s cellphone flooded with Chewbacca impersonators
A Virginia man unknowingly became the judge of a Chewbacca impersonator contest after his friends posted his phone number on Craigslist. Blake Webb’s friends posted his number to the online classified site and encouraged people to call Webb’s phone with their best Chewbacca impression in order to win a prize of $50.
The fraudulent contest was set to run through May 4, a day commonly associated with Star Wars due to a twist on the Jedi saying, “May the force be with you,” “May the 4th be with you.” “Most of the time they would just go, ‘Hey is this the guy from CraigslistIJ’ And I was like, ‘WhatIJ’” said Webb. “[After they do the impersonation] I was like, ‘Hello!’ They’d be like, ‘Is that goodIJ And I’d be like, ‘Yeah, that was pretty good.” Webb said that he’s actually had some lengthy conversations with the callers after the initial confusion.
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