A home surveillance camera captured footage of a man fighting off a bear on his front porch in Daytona Beach, Florida. The video shows Walter Hickox on his front porch with three dachshunds when a black bear leaps through the doorway towards one of the dogs. Hickox jumps in to protect his pet and wrestles…… read more »
A 10-year-old Russian girl who went missing on the afternoon of January 13th was found, alive and well, 18 hours later thanks to a little help from a four-legged buddy. Local police were alerted to the disappearance of little Viktoria Zarubina by her mother, after the 10-year-old failed to return to her home in the…… read more »
GERRISH TOWNSHIP, MI – A police K9 rescued a man from freezing Northern Michigan woods over the weekend, police said. K9 Ghost and handler Deputy Dakota Darsow were called to a scene around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23, in Gerrish Township, according a news release from the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office. Gerrish Township officers…… read more »
There is not a more beloved person on the internet right now than Ms. Fitz. Who is Ms. Fitz? Why, it’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick, of course — a former Rutgers University hooper turned 3rd-grade teacher. And she just hit the biggest, most important jump shot in the world for her class. She promised them if she hit a…… read more »
Before dinosaurs, it was giant bugs that roamed the Earth, or at least northern England, scientists say. In a new study published on Tuesday, scientists confirmed that a fossil discovered in 2018 is that of a massive millipede “as big as a car,” measuring nearly 9 feet long. A roughly 29.5-inch piece of the…… read more »
A British gymnast broke a Guinness World Record when he did a back flip between two horizontal bars with a distance of 19 feet, 8.2 inches. Ashley Watson, 29, a professional gymnast and YouTube star, previously held the same record with a distance of 19 feet, 3.1 inches, Guinness World Records said. Watson took on the…… read more »
CNN)–A 12-year-old Boy Scout in Hawaii takes the organization’s motto “be prepared” very seriously and used his knowledge to help rescue a couple and their injured dog on a trail. David King was on the way back from a 15-mile hike near his home in Kailua with his mom, Christine, trying to earn his Hiking merit badge…… read more »
NEW YORK (AP) — A new rocket designed to launch humans to the moon, Mars and beyond will launch next year from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On board, will be a familiar fuzzy figure — Snoopy. A 5-ounce plush toy version of the daydreaming beagle — wearing a space suit designed according to NASA’s…… read more »
Nov. 10 (UPI) — A cattle farmer in Brazil said a steer that escaped slaughter and ended up on the water slide at a neighboring club will now be kept as a pet. Carlos Miguel Serante said the 2-year-old steer escaped from his cattle farm in Nova Granada and made its way to the neighboring Indaia Club de…… read more »
Good news, future Mars’ explorers! When humans set up camp on the Red Planet, they will be able to flavor their foods with a Mars-grown version of Earth’s best-selling red condiment. Heinz on Monday (Nov. 8) revealed its first bottle of “Marz Edition” ketchup, a sauce made from the same premium-quality tomatoes as used in its…… read more »
