A Louisiana man was attacked by an alligator after fleeing Louisiana State Police troopers during a DWI stop. Victor Rivas, 40, was allegedly driving recklessly on Interstate 10 in Jefferson Parish. He had also struck a concrete barrier, causing a tire blowout. Troopers initiated a traffic stop, and observed “signs of impairment.” Mr. Rivas then…
An armed bank robber brought his dog along on the job. Officials say Calvin Eklund entered a Phoenix Chase Bank with a rifle – and a small dog. He yelled, “This is a robbery!” and fired his rifle once into the ceiling. No one was hurt. He made off with a little over $2,000, driving…
A Spanish toreador was in “very serious” condition after a bull’s horn reportedly perforated his rectum during a bullfight. Jose Antonio Morante Camacho, better known for his ring name as Morante de la Puebla, was competing with the fourth bull of the afternoon, named ‘Clandestino’, at La Maestranza bullring in Seville. He was reportedly trying…
An 18-month-old slipped under the wolf pen fence at ZooAmerica, part of the Hershey Park amusement park in Hershey, Pennsylvania. She crawled under the outer fence and went up to the wolf habitat’s main barrier and put her hand through the metal fencing, where a wolf, as zoo officials said, “instinctively latched on.” Bystanders stepped…
A 69-year-old Japanese man was hiking with a female companion on snow-Iwakamiyama mountain. They wandered off of the hiking trail, and while trying to find their way back to it, the man stepped into a hole that was hidden by the snow. But he only went in up to his waist, because he fell on…
A Canadian tourist faces charges after Las Vegas police said he stole a flamingo from the Flamingo hotel and took the bird back to his room, injuring it. Mitchell Fairbarn, 33, of Ontario, Canada, faces four counts of felony animal abuse. Police reviewed surveillance footage, which showed Fairbarn entering the flamingo habitat around 5 a.m….
The Garland, Texas Fire Department found the cause of a recent kitchen fire – the family cat. The fire in the kitchen last Wednesday was quickly extinguished and there was no damage to the rest of the home. Investigators found video showing the cause of the fire. The footage shows a cat jump onto a…
A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction on Monday was Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs the popular Sushi Zanmai chain. The fish was caught off the coast…