It might be a dog’s life in much of our latest round-up of weird news making the headlines, but it was much more than a game of fetch in our most spectacular story about an NFL star…
Did you catch this story?
OK, so Devin Hester isn’t a dog – actually, he’s a bear… a Chicago Bear, to be exact. Hester’s amazing one-handed catch for a touchdown played a big part in his side’s victory over NFL rivals the Dallas Cowboys, and you can hear what Devin had to say on the game on his Twitter feed, along with other Red Bull athletes, in this week’s Red Bull Messenger – and watch his TD here, which we think you’ll agree is pretty special.
Surf dogs
We’re big fans of surfing around these parts – and why wouldn’t we be with the likes of Mick Fanning and Jordy Smith doing the rounds? – but this story takes the biscuit… the dog biscuit, in fact. The animals in question were at Huntington Beach, California, for the second annual Surf City Dog Tournament. All kinds of breeds were suited up in lifejackets and placed on boards for the contest. In a weekend-long extravaganza on the beach, other events included a ‘High Maintenance Bitch’ fashion show (also with dogs, in case you were wondering). It was all in a good cause, raising money for a local rehoming charity.
Is it art, or just a crap idea?
Previously on Crazy Talk, we reported that a man hired to clean up a pile of dog mess found a load of money in it, but now it seems that other people in the USA are finding value in the stuff. Now you can get a warm glow (other than the one you get from your pooch’s poo on the other side of the plastic bag you’re using to scoop it up with) from the Park Spark in Boston, Massachusetts, using the methane produced from otherwise wasted turds for a delightfully environmentally-friendly way to power a streetlight. All you have to do with artist’s Matthew Mazzott’s invention is pop the poop in a steel tank, whizz it around with a wheel to create the gas to burn and, hallelujah! let there be light. At least you’ll be able to see your way in the dark so that you don’t step in any dogshit. We hate that.
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A marrow escape
Another bear causing a stir now, and yet more dogs. When an unnamed woman from Missoula County, in the US state of Montana, heard a kerfuffle involving her three barking mutts, she discovered that one of them was being attacked by a huge black bear that had been feasting on nearby apples. After going to the rescue of her pet, the woman herself was then attacked as she tried to flee, grabbing the first thing she could find from her garden – a courgette from her vegetable patch, which she threw at the bear. Not expecting to be confronted with a small marrow-like legume, the beast turned and ran, leaving the victim with a torn pair of jeans and her dog unharmed. The authorities are still hunting for the animal, presumably armed with a large pan of ratatouille and a serving spoon.
Wall of shame
From a load of dogs to one very special cat – this was another pet rescue with an altogether tamer and slightly embarrassing outcome than the one in our previous story. Mike Wall climbed a tree in his garden in Surrey, UK, to retrieve his cat Jadis, only for the ladder to move. Unwilling to jump 9m (30ft) back down, as Jadis might have attempted, Mike had to wait while his wife Chris called the local fire brigade. They duly turned up and rescued the pair in an incident the Surrey Fire Service described as ‘a bit out of the ordinary’, though perhaps what they meant was unusual was that Mrs Wall repaid the firemen’s heroism in cat biscuits as she hadn’t any wine. “I kissed the fireman when he came down,” said Mrs Wall, “and then burst into tears.” We’re sure he wasn’t offended, and at least he had a treat for his own cats.
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