
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This guy picked the wrong species to mess with.
An Ohio K-9 cop chased down and bit a suspect wanted on dogfighting charges.
As the man ran, the police pooch grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him to the ground, where two-legged officers finished making the arrest.
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A North Carolina man stole the identity of a 3-year-old girl to sign up for telephone and gas service.
When the little girl’s grandmother started getting bills in her granddaughter’s name and a collection agency arrived at their home, she called authorities.
Cops busted Michael John Maris and charged him with identity theft.
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Ouch!
A drunken driver who led New Mexico cops on a wild chase was stopped after he toppled out of his moving car and was run over by it.
The painful end to the chase took place when the man got his vehicle stuck in a ditch, gunned it in reverse and fell out the door.
His legs were run over, but he suffered only minor injuries.
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We’ve heard of flying nuns and singing nuns, but now an Italian basketball team has a new half-time show featuring nuns dancing to disco.
Wearing traditional robes and habits, they’re trying to bring the message of God to fans.
Sometimes they’re joined on court by monks and priests.
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Whoops.
Keepers at a Japanese zoo couldn’t understand why two polar bears who have been living together since summer weren’t mating.
Only then did someone check and realize the enclosure-mates were both female.
“I have mixed feelings,” said Yoshio Yamaguchi, head of the Hokkaido zoo.


