This sounds fishy.
Two crooks posing as maintenance workers stole 400 fish from a koi pond in a Fairfax Va., park. They scooped the multicolored carp into coolers and told passers-by they were taking sick fish for treatment.
Koi are sold on the black market for up to $130 each.
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A Virginia woman cleaning her backyard shed discovered anti-tank missiles.
Her find caused cops and firefighters in Leesburg to spend almost an entire day removing the ordnance.
It’s not clear how the missiles got into the shed, but they are believed to be more than 20 years old.
It was the first time the woman had bothered to clean out the shed since buying the property.
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A Texas minister is seeking donations from his congregation — to fix his helicopter.
Bishop I.V. Hilliard asked his flock to raise $50,000 to buy new blades for his personal chopper in a letter that said, “We have an urgent transportation need.”
He said anyone who donated at least $52 would be blessed with a “breakthrough favor” from God.
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Some mummies in Chile have passed a drug test with flying colors.
The well-preserved, 1,600-year-old mummies, were given hair-follicle tests to determine if those in their ancient society smoked hallucinogens.
The tests came back negative for any wacky weed.
But the mummies did have a habit that would get them in trouble with Mayor Bloomberg — their hair showed signs of tobacco use.
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In one Sumatran village, it’s the people who are the Dumbos.
The villagers are holding a baby elephant hostage in hopes that the island’s government will pay a ransom to compensate them for damage that other elephants did to their huts.
They’ve been holding the poor pachyderm for weeks.