Now this was a s-s-s-special delivery.

A New Hampshire woman got the fright of her life when she reached into her mailbox and found a 3-foot-long snake.

Experts said it was a nonpoisonous corn snake, not normally find in the wild in the Northeast, that likely was an abandoned pet.

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Maybe his intentions were good, but his execution was oh-so-dumb.

Marcus George of Pine Bluff, Ark., did his duty by reporting to his parole officer upon being released from jail, but – duh! – he drove to the appointment in a stolen car.

George’s taste of freedom quickly ended when he was arrested at the parole office.

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As if flying wasn’t agonizing enough.

An American Airlines flight from Miami to Bogota, Colombia, was delayed for hours when a skunk climbed into the cargo bay and the craft filled with that most unpleasant of wildlife odors.

“It smelled real bad in there,” airline spokesman Tim Wagner confirmed.

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Man, can this dude shred!

A one-armed musician nearly bested 750 two-handed rivals in the International Guitar Idol competition in London.

Marc Playle, 22, made it to the final 12, and was named best up-and-coming player.

He had been born without his lower left arm and uses an artificial limb with a guitar pick attached.

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Any woman who reads this will never want to burn her bra again.

A hiker who fell off a ledge in the Austrian Alps had almost been abandoned for dead when she managed to fling her bra onto a cable car, alerting rescuers to her location.

American Jessica Brown, 24, had been stranded injured for nearly 70 hours in freezing temperatures when rescuers finally got to her.