Lost & Found

Between August 2007 and August 2008, four disembodied feet washed up on the shores of British Columbia. Then another right foot washed up, but that turned out to be a joke (an animal foot in a shoe). But while I was busy paying attention to other things,  a couple more feet floated in and now number seven just washed up in Richmond, B.C., on the banks of the Frasier River. This latest model is a left foot, casually clad in a New Balance sneaker, and it might be a match for one of the previous pieces of human flotsam. Or is that jetsam? Until more information comes in about how the feet are entering the river, I'll say 'flotsam'.

The Middle-Earth Hand Grenade

Man Used Hedgehog As Weapon

The Associated Press: 04/06/08, 09:07:30 PM PDT

Wellington, New Zealand - A New Zealand man has been accused of assault with a prickly weapon - a hedgehog.

Police allege that William Singalargh, 27,  picked up the hedgehog and threw it several yards to hit a 15-year-old boy in the North Island east coast town of Whakatane on February 9.

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," police Senior Sgt. Bruce Jenkins said Monday. The teen did not need medical treatment, he added.

It was not known whether the hedgehog was dead or alive at the time of the attack, but that it was dead when it was collected as evidence.

Singalargh was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with assault with a weapon. His lawyer, Rebecca Plunket, said Singalargh intends to plead innocent when he appears in court on April 17. The maximum penalty for the charge is five years in prison.

Freddie Mercury Should Be Ashamed of Himself

QUEENS
Cops are looking for the man pictured above and a second flimflam artist who ripped off an elderly Richmond Hill man for more than $40,000 in cash after offering to fix his chimney.
The duo, posing as father-and-son laborers, knocked on the door of the 85-year-old victim Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. and offered to make the repairs for a fee, police said.
The victim agreed and the con men made their way to the roof.
Later, when they came back for their pay, one of the suspects allegedly distracted the victim while the other went into his room and swiped the cash.
The crooks, both described as 5-foot-6 white men, fled the scene in a white pickup truck.
The older suspect, described as about 50 years old and weighing 190 pounds, sports a mustache, while his younger accomplice was described as 25 years old and clean-shaven, authorities said.