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2ND DEC 2008
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Tales of the Weird, Bizarre and Apparently True IX
Bulldozer gets wrong house
A bulldozer began to demolish a house while the occupant were still inside. The workman in Hollywood had got the wrong house. Yesenia Reyes and her husband were sitting down to dinner when the machine came through the wall. Mrs Reyes told the Sun-Sentinel: "We were eating in the kitchen when a bulldozer came in. He came in through the back, and he just took the ceiling down. He almost came through my son's bedroom." The couple, whose children were not at home, escaped through the front door. "I started yelling at him, 'What the hell are you guys doing?'" said Mrs Reyes. The bulldozer operator should have targeted a house two doors down. George Zaragozi, president of contractors Zara Inc, said: "My operator by mistake lifted the roof a little. It's minor. I can fix it in two days. He made a mistake and thought it was supposed to be demolished."
Judge orders detective to do 25 press-ups
A judge has ordered a detective to do 25 press-ups because evidence wasn't handed in on time. Judge John Prevas, of the Baltimore Circuit Court, cut short the punishment when a defence lawyer intervened. The Baltimore Sun reports Michael Baier had already taken off his gun and done one press-up. Lawyer Ronald Kurland said: "I said to the judge, 'This really isn't necessary'. Judge Prevas said, 'Officer, stand up. Mr Kurland has granted you a reprieve'." The order was given during pretrial motions in the case of Nehemiah Johnson, who is charged with attempted murder. Baier was a police witness. Prevas was annoyed over a police lab report which was delayed. Gary McLhinney, of the Fraternal Order of Police, said the incident was "outrageous".
Surgeons remove 10-kilo tumour to cure 'hunchback'
An elderly "hunchback" has been cured after doctors cut a giant tumour weighing 10 kilos out of his back. Neculai Eftimie had avoided going to the doctors for 13 years because he was frightened of needles. As a result the benign tumour grew to its enormous size, leaving the Romanian bent over double and with a giant lump on his back. Me Eftimie said: "The tumour was growing every day and it made me look like I was carrying a sack over my back. "Children used to run away from me." Dr Sergiu Paduraru, who performed the surgery at Iasi County Hospital, said: "He told us the swelling on his back has been getting bigger for 13 years. "He hadn't come to the hospital until now because he is afraid of injections." Mr Eftimie is said to be recovering well after the operation.
Provided by The Student Zone (United Kingdom)
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