Angry Dwarf Jailed for Pretending to be a Dalek and Threatening to ‘Exterminate’ Carers

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Extraordinary

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Ian Salter-Bromley is quickly making himself known as the missing eighth dwarf: Angry. He was probably ostracised by Snow White and her vertically challenged septet because of his rather serious anger management issues.

Indeed, the 55-year-old dwarf makes Disney’s Grumpy seem like a bowl full of rainbows – his latest misdemeanour involves impersonating a Dalek from Doctor Who (by sticking a sucker dart to his head, obviously) and then threatening to “exterminate” two carers. The incident ended with the British man being tasered by police… twice.

Salter-Bromley, who stands at just four feet tall, had to appear in Hull Crown Court for a hearing about his anger issues. The judge heard that while the dwarf had been friendly when the carers first visited his sheltered housing complex, things soon soured, with the man aggressively threatening to kill the carers before then barricading the door to his flat and having a stand off with police.

When police did break into his home the he was found standing with a 20-centimetre knife and was apparently so angry that the “veins were sticking out of his neck”.

But this is just one of the many things Salter-Bromley has done. His escapades have been such that they have eventually landed him a nine-month jail term. He is also reported to have carried out a dirty protest – smearing poo and urine into his local council’s offices – because he was angry that the kitchen surfaces in his apartment were too high for him to reach, for which he received an ASBO.

Another time he was found guilty of possession of a knife after he threatened a woman when her children had been making fun of his height on a bus.

Recorder David Gordon told the dwarf when issuing his prison sentence: “Individually, these aren’t the most serious offences, but together they take on a different complexion.

“You would have been jailed for longer if it hadn’t been for your disabilities.

“I appreciate you are isolated and have an extremely lonely life, which makes you frustrated. But now you have time behind bars to reflect and try to keep your temper under control.”

Shocking Footage Shows the Moment a Man Poos in the Middle of a Public Arcade

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Extraordinary

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Gambling can be a dangerous, filthy habit. And if you were ever in any doubt of that, new footage has emerged that proves just how dirty this addiction can be.

CCTV cameras have captured the moment a man was so addicted to playing on slot machines that he couldn’t even tear himself away to go to the toilet.

The exact identity of the man in question or where the scene takes place is not known, but what is perfectly clear is that he has a serious gambling problem. As you can see from the video below, the man gets the call of nature while playing on the machine but chooses not to part company with the game, instead walking a solitary few paces to the corner of the public amusement arcade, dropping his trousers and ridding himself of whatever bowel movements were bothering him.

To make the already shocking scene even more startling, having returned to the slot machine the mystery gamer realises there is still more to come. Again, rather than searching out the nearest toilet or even returning back to the corner he used the first time he simply squats right next to where he is playing and plops out another bit.

Was that enough to make the man sheepishly sneak out of the arcade? No, he kept button bashing away. Watch the footage below:

Two-Headed Piglet Brings Homes the Bacon for Colombian Farmer

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Extraordinary

Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes. Well, try telling that to a little piglet in Colombia that has been born with a second, extra, surplus, auxiliary head.

The tiny little bacon-maker has two snouts and three eyes and celebrity status from the moment it was born. And while Hegel Ortega Padilla, who owns the farm says he has never come across anything like it in his life before, he is already licking his lips at what he hopes could be a real cash cow (in pig form).

Padilla, 68, says he has been inundated with offers from people who want to buy the latest addition to his farm. But the farmer has decided that he is going to use the two-headed pig as an attraction to get more people to his business.

Rather low quality images of the little snorter have gone viral online, with the adorably deformed piglet – who was the only abnormal one in a litter of 25 – winning the affections of people around the world.

Hegel’s son, Fernando Ortega, said: “Everyone began to ask about the pig, they wanted to find out about it and take pictures.

“It was a sensation. However, no one knows why it was born with two heads. There are 25 others in the group and there is no other animal with any deformity or physical problems.”

He added that some of the more superstitious members of the community in Colombia have called for the pig to be killed. In reality, however, the polycephaly animal will not last long anyway, so allowing it to live out its short life seems like the fairest thing to do.

New Horny Dinosaur Gets Scientists Very Excited

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Extraordinary

In the search for extraordinary news, you will never go far wrong with dinosaurs. And once again the pre-historic beasts have delivered up another treat from beyond the grave in the form of a new, exciting species.

The dinosaur, which was discovered by a member of the public in southeastern Alberta, had been buried along a Canadian river bank for 68 million years. But it has now been given its grand unveiling at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

Scientists have described the beast as one of the most unique dinosaurs ever discovered. It boasts an exotic set of facial horns and spines around the edge of the bony frill at the back of its skull.

Some people have dubbed the new discovery ‘Hellboy’ because its stubby horns above the eyes resembled the comic-book character of the same name. But ignore these troglodytes, its real, catchier name is Regaliceratops peterhewsi, which means “royal horned face” and honours the geologist who found it, Peter Hews.

The unveiling of the new species is well timed too, as dino blockbuster Jurassic World is busy trampling over the box office record books as it draws in huge crowds around the world.

The fourth film in the Jurassic saga includes an interesting twist in which Chris Pratt is able tame and train his own Raptor Squad – this in turn has given birth to a new internet craze of zookeepers recreating one of the stand-out scenes, which you can admire below or check out #JurassicZookeeper.

Man Charged after Having Sex with Wife’s Attention-Stealing Dog

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Extraordinary

A man in the United States has been charged with animal cruelty after he had sex with his wife’s dog because he was jealous of the amount of attention it was getting from his significant other.

Jonathan Edward Medley of Geneva, Alabama was suspected by his wife of having an affair with another woman when the romance dissipated from their relationship. She hid a recording device in the house and it was then that she made the startling discovery.

The recordings uncovered that Medley was actually committing an act of bestiality by having sex with Buster, his wife’s Shih Tzu.

Geneva police captain Ricky Morgan said that the 39-year-old was “mad at his wife because she paid more attention to the dog than him so he had sex with the dog”.

Morgan explained: “She actually thought he was having an affair with another woman and hid a recording device,” Geneva Police Capt. Ricky Morgan told the Eagle.

“She learned he was in fact molesting the dog.”

Medley was held on $535 after his arrest on Friday 12 June. However, he only faces a misdemeanour charge, which is all bestiality carries under Alabama law.

Best Tweets: Game of Thrones Fans Abuse ‘Olly’ Actor after Season Five Finale

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Extraordinary

Hell hath no fury like a Game of Thrones fan whose favourite character has just died. Don’t believe us? Just take a look at the reaction to the hit show’s season five finale.

So, it was traumatic viewing for anyone with even just a partial interest in the series. Stannis’ died; Sansa and Reek jumped off a wall in a bid to escape from Winterfell dead or alive; Arya brutally murdered Meryn Trant before going blind; Myrcella died in Jamie’s arms; Cersei did the ultimate walk of shame (naked, obviously) before being greeted by the mute Mountain; Daenerys comes across a giant hoard of Dothraki; and then, as if all that was not enough, Jon Snow is stabbed (a lot) by his fellow men of the Night’s Watch for being a ‘traitor’.

Even a relatively uneventful episode of Game of Thrones will trigger a mass onslaught of social media activity, so with season five episode 10 arguably being the most outrageously drama-packed 60 minutes to date, it is no surprise that Twitter almost went into a melt down.

But through all the memes and the questionable hashtags on display, our favourite form of venting was the tweets sent to Olly (Brenock O’Connor), who was responsible for luring the beloved Jon Snow (once Olly’s friend and mentor) to his death, before himself delivering the final stab wound to the chest.

As we said, hell hath no fury like a Game of Thrones fan whose favourite character has just died. And below is the evidence; take a look at some of the tweets poor Brenock received after the show aired. To be fair, the young actor took the abuse well, retweeting his favourites and laughing along with the fury his character’s betrayal had caused…

Woman Jailed for Overdue ‘Monster-in-Law’ VHS

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Extraordinary

Let’s face it, we’ve all had a slap on the wrist and a nominal fine for not taking back a rental video on time… unless you are one of those annoyingly organised people, or were born in the noughties, of course.

But little did you know that this minor misdemeanour could have landed you in far more serious trouble.

That’s exactly what happened to a woman in America, who’s had a run-in with the law all because of an overdue VHS. Yes, a VHS, you know, those fuzzy tape cassette things they used to have (see picture above).

In the defence of the police, watching the film Monster-In-Law ought to be classified as a criminal act in itself, but it’s safe to say that Kayla Michelle Finley had no idea her decision to check the movie out of Dalton Videos would land her behind bars.

Ms Finley rented the Jennifer Lopez rom-com back in 2005 but never returned it to the store, which, like virtually all other video rental firms, has since gone out of business. So when the 27-year-old-with-questionable-film-taste attended her local South Carolina police station for other matters, officers soon uncovered this decade-old warrant for her arrest.

When it transpired that her hearing could not be held until the following day, Ms Finley was forced to spend the night in a cell, CNN reported. She said after the incident: “I’m no criminal, but Pickens County Sheriff’s office sure made me feel like I was.”

Thankfully, the former business owner of Dalton Videos requested the court withdraw the charge so Ms Finley was set loose to roam the streets once again.

Man Jailed for Shooting Himself in the Foot… On Purpose… Twice

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Extraordinary

Shooting yourself in the foot: to do something without intending to which spoils a situation for yourself.

We’ve all shot ourselves in the foot at time or another, in the metaphorical sense. But one man has taken the expression a little too literally and quite literally blasted a hole in his foot with a gun.

Why? Because he wanted to know what it would feel like, obviously.

Adam Hirtle is the inquisitive man in question. When investigators quizzed the 30-year-old about where his gunshot wound had come from – as they do when such a patient enters a hospital with an injury like this – he nonchalantly told them he did it because he was curious how it would feel.

Wanting to know what it feels like to be shot ranks right up there alongside ‘I wonder what cyanide tastes like’ and ‘Do you think I could fit my whole head in a tiger’s mouth?’ as a question it’s just best not to know the answer to.

The police were not sure what to do when it turned out that the reported ‘accidental gun discharge’ was anything but an accident. However, 9News.com said that the Colorado resident has been arrested on suspicion of a prohibited use of weapons, reckless endangerment and child abuse, because one or more kids may have been in the vicinity when he fired the gun.

Another news network, Fox News, revealed that Hirtle used a .22 caliber, semi-automatic handgun. He reportedly stood in his garage, took his boot off, shot himself in the foot, put his boot back on, and shot himself in the same foot again. All because of a morbid fascination with how it would feel.

His injuries were not life-threatening but his foot, one would safely assume, is looking a little worse for wear. So there’s your lesson kids – don’t try this at home!

Sometimes Adam, ignorance is bliss. So is the ability to walk and not being in prison. So maybe don’t shoot yourself in the foot, yeah?

The End is Nigh! Toothed Fish Fall from the Sky onto Alaskan Town

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Extraordinary

It might not have been one of the signs of the apocalypse or even one of Moses’ 10 plagues of Egypt, but it probably should have been – eels with rows of sharp, jagged teeth have literally been falling from the sky on to an Alaskan town.

Residents of Fairbanks have been left scratching their heads, bewildered (and slightly terrified) by the fact that it is raining lamprey eels. The slender fish have been found on people’s lawns and in car parks, but where are they coming from?

The lamprey eel is not easily caught in Alaska, nor is it commercially sold, so these are not easy fish to get your hands on. Not that you would want to get your hands on them either; as you can see from the picture, these are more like something you would find in a science fiction film rather than a character from Finding Nemo.

Dubbed “vampire fish” and “fish monsters” by locals, there have been numerous theories as to how the eels have ended up on land. One theory is that waterspouts or tornadoes crossing over a lake or river can pick up debris, including light aquatic animals, and carry them for miles before they rain down. But no such weather system has been recorded, so this seems more likely to just be a load of hot air.

Others have said it is a practical joke. But no one person or group has been targeted, nor has anyone claimed credit for this weird prank, so that seems unlikely.

The most credible theory is that birds have begun preying on the lamprey eel – they can sometimes be seen picking the fish out of water and flying away with them in their beak. Occasionally they will drop their meal (or realise how unappetising the creature is) leaving them flopping on the earth.

Whatever the theory, it’s probably best for you to go right ahead and scratch Fairbanks off your list of potential holiday destinations this summer.

Gnome Sweet Gnome: Mystery as 107 Gnomes Make Themselves at Home on Woman’s Lawn

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Extraordinary

If you suffer from gnomophobia (the fear of gnomes, obviously) we advise you look away now – perhaps you should go and read this story about the man who was evicted from his home by his own cat, because this bit of extraordinary news is probably not for you.

A woman awoke this week to find an army of gnomes set out in and orderly fashion in her front garden – one hundred and seven of the scary little fellas, to be precise. How they got there remains a mystery but needless to say the homeowner was in a state of shock when confronted with the 30 rows of gnomes lined up in front of her three abreast down the garden path.

Marcela Telehanicova, who lives in her home in Devon, UK with her son, took to Facebook to ask: “Ok, who the f*** has put 100 gnomes outside my front door?!?!”

However, her anger quickly subsided when she realised it was nothing more than a harmless lampoon… albeit a really, really strange one.

The 30-year-old later told her local newspaper, the Plymouth Herald: “I was in hysterics, I found it really funny.

“It’s the best, most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me. I don’t know who did it but I would love to know, I would love to shake their hand and say ‘Well done, you made me laugh’.”

Sure, it’s all fun and games now Marcela, but lest we forget that as well your expletive social media post, you did also call the police immediately after it happened. And someone think of the poor gnomes, dragged from their normal resting spots and forced to attend a mass meeting in the middle of the night on a stranger’s lawn – gnomenapping is no laughing matter folks!

Police officers say that no gnomes were stolen from any local garden centres, meaning they were either taken from people’s homes in the area or, perhaps most disturbingly, the unknown mastermind behind the prank has shelled out their own hard earned cash on the garden accessories just for the love of good old-fashioned practical jokes.