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Ladies love: Full suit of bacon

Raffael Agustus Smickles — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:02:45 +0000

We don’t know how this one would work. But the photo suggests the lady likes it. The wearer looks confident. Rasta. (more…)

Americans that interfere with birds, feathered ones

Raffael Agustus Smickles — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:48:05 +0000

What if this were serious? “When a group of fellow orniphiles sat down in a sweaty boardroom outside LaCrosse, Wisconsin in August of 2004, they didn’t know their little “perversion” would soon become a tri-statewide movement.” (more…)

Werewolf Boy!

Raffael Agustus Smickles — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:27:14 +0000

An 11-year-old boy whose face and body are covered with hair is baffling medical experts. (more…)

Indian baby dropping

Raffael Agustus Smickles — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:36:31 +0000

Muslims in western India have been observing a bizarre ritual - they’ve been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health. (more…)

Soviet theme park introduces ‘Gulag tourism’

Raffael Agustus Smickles — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:41:59 +0000

Mickey Mouse, roller coasters, and cotton candy typify the average theme park. But in one Lithuanian town, those amenities are exchanged for belt whippings and some good old fashioned KGB interrogation. (more…)

Man sees ‘mark,’ cuts off hand

Raffael Agustus Smickles — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:09:16 +0000

HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) — A man who believed he bore the biblical “mark of the beast” used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said.

The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies arrived Saturday. He was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center.

“It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived,” sheriff’s Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. “He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn’t bleed to death. That kind of mental illness is just sad.”

It was not immediately clear whether the man has a history of mental illness. Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Johnson would not say whether an attempt was made to reattach the hand, citing patient confidentiality.

The Book of Revelation in the New Testament contains a passage in which an angel is quoted as saying: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury.”

The book of Matthew also contains the passage: “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for you whole body to go into hell.”

Wolfinger said he didn’t know which hand was amputated.