Weird News

Robber wrapped up too well

A robber almost bungled a hold-up when he wrapped up his face so tightly that his victim couldn’t tell what he wanted.

The man walked in to a store in Cologne, Germany, and mumbled something at cashier Michaela Sobor.

But the 24-year-old said she couldn’t understand a word he was saying and asked him to repeat himself.

“I didn’t realize it was a robbery, I just thought he had wrapped himself up warm because of the cold weather,” she said.

She added it was only when he pushed his way behind the counter and pointed a gun at her that she realized what he wanted.

The man was able to make off with over $1700 in cash. Police are now asking for witnesses to come forward to help in their investigation.

Haunting experience at Lenin Museum

The director of Russia’s Lenin Museum says the ghost of the former soviet dictator is haunting the building.

Maja Obraszowa, head of the museum located in Lenin’s former house in Samara, says staff often hear footsteps and see furniture moving, as well as other inexplicable phenomena.

Obraszowa said: “We walked into the master bedroom one morning and saw the bed had been slept in, even though the door was locked all night.

“And we can often smell apple cake, which was his favorite food, even though there is no bakery near here.”

The ghost story emerged after a group of school children visiting the museum said they smelled fresh coffee while looking at the former revolutionary’s ancient coffee machine.

Lenin studied law in Samara from 1887 to 1891. His body is on display in the red square though many Russians feel it should be removed and given a Christian burial.

Woman buys third coffin

An elderly Romanian woman, who bought her first coffin a decade ago to prepare for her death, is now on her third.

Mariana Stangescu, 72, from the eastern Romanian city of Botosani outlived the first two wooden caskets.

She said: “I have no family. I am alone. When my time comes to die, I want everything to be ready for my funeral. I went out and bought everything I need, including a coffin, 10 years ago.”

But she explained her first coffin warped after being left on her balcony in the sun and its replacement rotted after being forgotten in her garden during heavy rain, local media reported.

She added: “But I put this one in my wardrobe and I’m sure it will last longer than I do.”

‘Simpsons’ on trial in European Court of Human Rights

A Russian lawyer plans to take his case against “The Simpsons” to the European Court of Human Rights.

It comes after a Moscow Court rejected Igor Smykov’s appeal to have the show banned from Russian TV.

Smykov wanted to have the cartoon series taken off the air in Russia, or at least shown at a later time, claiming it promoted drugs, violence and homosexuality.

He also demanded more than $10,000 in compensation from a local TV channel saying the show had morally damaged his nine-year-old son.

But the Moscow City Court rejected his appeal and Smykov says he now plans to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.