From forced reincarnation to two counts of criminal stupidity, here’s this week’s five crazy headlines!
All he needed was a snack.
69-year-old John Dalton was arrested Wednesday morning for breaking and entering. Allegedly, he woke the homeowner up after making a ruckus in the kitchen. The homeowner said he found the intruder cooking corn on the cob.
Dalton forced his way through a side door according to police, who said he was intoxicated when he was arrested.
Source: ABC
After spending a week in a coma following a car accident, Australian Ben McMahon woke up speaking in tongues – in this case, fluent Mandarin Chinese.
Though McMahon had taken Mandarin in high school, he said he’d never done very well in the language. In the first few days after he woke up, he had to be re-taught English.
McMahon now studies in Shanghai. The Rosetta Stone software just got a run for its money.
Source: People Magazine
As a protest against the Chinese government currently controlling Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama announced he won’t be reincarnating in Tibet, making him the last Dalai Lama.
China has other plans. In a statement released last week, they said there would, in fact be a 15th Dalai Lama and that the current one is using his position to distort history.
No news yet on how China would force the current Dalai Lama to reincarnate. It probably won’t be pleasant.
Source: The Wire
An avid “Twilight” fan, Laura Adkins took her devotion to the next level when she married a cardboard cutout of “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson.
Inviting 50 guests to her wedding, Adkins hosted the reception at an art gallery. She said she’s happier than most newlyweds would be.
She got the idea the first time she saw Pattinson on screen. Short of marrying Pattinson himself, she probably got the next best thing.
Source: News Everyday
After finding a would-be burglar asleep on a bed Tuesday next to a bag of stolen jewelry, Florida cops decided to post pictures on their Facebook page before arresting him.
Dion Davis faces charges of burglary to an unoccupied dwelling. He was found by a maid who then called the police.
Source: Mediaite
