Weird News

A foot-lickin’ good time at Wal-Mart

In Perry, Ga., Wal-Mart workers recently encountered a strange incident when a man claiming to be performing a religious ritual sat in the middle of one of the aisles of the store. When an elderly woman encountered him, he asked her to assist him in his ritual, making the woman stand on his hands and spit. He then proceeded to lick her feet. After a Wal-Mart employee approached the man, he quickly fled. Though police suspect that the man is responsible for similar bizarre stunts at other Wal-Mart locations in Georgia, they are still attempting to find a law that covers the crime.

Ex-med student takes things into his own hands

Last week, Ahmed Rashed, 26, turned himself into the South Plainfield, N.J., Police Department for severing and stealing the left hand from a cadaver in 2002. While a medical student at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rashed had allegedly given the severed hand to 31-year-old Linda E. Kay, an exotic dancer. Though police had not discovered the hand until they were called to Kay’s home for other reasons, upon searching they found the hand preserved in a Mason jar in the basement, along with six human skulls in a bedroom. Kay has also been charged with improperly disposing of human remains and could face up to five years in prison if convicted.

Postal worker’s urine surprise sends him to court

In Akron, Ohio, postal worker Thomas Shaheen recently admitted to putting urine in the break room coffee pot at the Wolf Ledges post office where he worked.

According to his former co-workers, who rented a video camera to catch him in the act, Shaheen was jealous of some of the other employees about work privileges that he did not have. It is suspected that Shaheen continually poured urine in the coffee pot over a four- to six-month period, for which he has been sentenced to six months in a jail work-release program.

McDonald’s: We love to see you bleed

In Branford, Conn., a woman stopping by a rest area’s McDonald’s was attacked last week by a coyote as her and her boyfriend approached the restaurant. Maria Gicana, a nurse from New York City, claims that she was attacked from behind, suffering from bites to the back of the knee. McDonald’s employees are now confessing to feeding the animal upon several occasions. Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist at the state Department of Environmental Protection, says though coyote attacks on humans are rare, by feeding the coyote, employees had essentially trained it not to fear humans.

Police discover backyard baby

New homeowner Mic Sweene, had a strange surprise in his backyard. Lakeland, Fla., police were on the search for the remains of Tracy McHugh’s baby buried eight years ago. They were first tipped off by McHugh’s daughters. After a full confession by McHugh, who is currently being held on child abuse charges in the Polk County Jail, the woman led them to the baby’s body. McHugh claims that the baby had stopped breathing shortly after birth and “she panicked.” Though McHugh has not been charged yet, new charges are pending upon results from the medical examiner.