Weird News

Grandmother wins $13 million from slot machine

Josephine Crawford was almost out of quarters when she hit the jackpot at Harrah’s casino in New Jersey.
“I’m going to take care of my family,” Crawford said. “I have five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. We are going to have a good time with it.”
Harrah’s spokesman Alyce Parker said Crawford, a widow, had received four marriage proposals at the casino.
“She said she wasn’t interested,” he said. “She is very energetic, and she doesn’t look a day over 65.”

Croatian wrecks 33 cars in 23 years

Croatian Franjo Pozgaj, a 39-year-old mailman has finally learned how to ride a bicycle after crashing 33 cars in 23 years.
Pozgai crashed his first car when he was 16 and has wrecked at least one a year since.
“The first car I crashed was my father’s Audi when I was 16, and I once totally wrote off a new Renault just 20 minutes after I had bought it,” he said. “I just seem to have bad luck with cars.”
Pozgaj, who claims he has never suffered more than a few bruises from his crashes, has finally decided to take up biking.

Young boy steals teacher’s car

Akos Szabo, an eight-year-old boy from Hungary, recently stole his teacher’s car and drove a mile home.
The boy broke into the car, adjusted the mirrors and drove home to his parents, who did not know he could drive.
Szabo said he stole the car because he did not want to walk home.
No charges have been placed but he has been expelled from school.

– Compiled from wire reports