A man on vacation in Australia recently decided to swim at sunset. He waded out to waist deep water and plunged into a wave.
He said the sensation was like diving and then hitting rocks, but that this rock was moving. He was drink at the time, and knows he got off lucky. The croc let him go.
He went to his campsite and slept for 7 hours, then woke up and got to a hospital. He received 40 stitches around his eye and cheek.
I think he has a new lease on life and recognizes it.
These guys rescued a deer that was swimming 1 and a half miles from the shore. What on earth was a deer doing out there?? They think he was swimming all night.
At first they mistook it for a seal and wondered what a seal was doing out that way, after watching it for a time they recognized it for what it was and the deer made a beeline for the boat, presuming it was a bit of land. Once it got close and recognized there was humans there it shied away. But one of the men tossed a lasso on him and reeled him in the boat where the deer collapsed from exhaustion.
They made for the shore and deposited the deer there, with a promise to come see him on “opening day” .
Jacob Allen the autistic man who wandered away from his family during a camping trip in the West Virginia wilderness was found. He was missing for four long days. His family has been terribly worried, and many many people searched for him.
The problem was compounded by the fact he does not speak, so searchers were told he would not likely call out to them, and they worried they may walk past him. The searchers called out “Come out Jay, we have ice cream for you” in the hope he may come out of anywhere where he may be hiding.
He is 18, but has the faculties of a 4 year old. His mom felt bad they promised
ice cream, but obviously they didnt have ice cream in a remote location. So shes throwing him an ice cream party when they get home.
He was found in a clearing, asleep. He was hungry and weak, but seemed okay other than that.
Rescuers gave him peanut butter sandwiches and candy bars before heading back down the mountain.
Some oddities.
A pair of Chinese parents tried to name their baby “@”. How ingenious! I wonder what possessed them, and of course, the Chinese government did not allow this nonsense.
In South Africa a man who has been shot cannot get a doctor to remove the bullet. He was shot through the elbow where the bullet entered his body above the waist, missing vital organs and is lodged opposite of its entry under the skin yet.
He originally went to a private hospital which turned him down because he did not have enough money. He then went to a public hospital which patched him up and sent him home with painkillers. When he returned to the hospital complaining the bullet was causing pain he was told to “walk it off”.
I read something insanely interesting on cnn.com. Seems that Barack Obama is related to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Thats not from a tabloid. That is something told by Dick’s wife. SHe has been doing genealogy research for his book. Seems that Obama and Cheney share an ancestor 8 generations ago.
Fascinating.
She says the Cheney camp does not support Obama, regardless of this news.
For more interesting reading try here and here. Have fun and happy reading!
Ah, but seems that Obama is also related to Bush! Obama is an 11th cousin of him. They share a relative in Massachusetts in the 17th century.
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