Oddly Enough
by Charlotte Coyle
Latest news on the strange, quirky and just plain odd.
Biker fails to notice missing leg
A Japanese biker rode for 2km before realising his leg had been severed at the knee after hitting a safety barrier.
His friend was left to pick up the missing limb.
The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday when he collided with the barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.
He didn’t realise his leg was gone until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.
The man was taken to hospital but his limb was crushed in the collision.
-NZ Herald
‘Fake cocaine’ receiver calls police
An American woman unhappy with the quality of her recently purchased cocaine rang the police to complain.
According to police reports, Juanita Marie Jones, 53, from Georgia bought a $20 crack of cocaine and later realised it was fake.
She called police on late Thursday night in a bid to get her money back.
She was quickly arrested for cocaine possession.
-Cordele Dispatch
Woman smoked ‘P’ to loose weight
A Tauranga woman told the Tauranga district court yesterday she had only smoked ‘P’ to loose weight.
Maree Alice Ginders, a 40-year-old beneficiary, pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing methamphetamine and one of possessing utensils used for the drug.
Ginders told the court she had only started smoking that week because she felt increasing pressure to lose weight.
She was fined $150 for possessing methamphetamine.
On the utensils charge she was convicted and ordered to come up for sentencing if called upon within 12 months.
-NZ Herald
Cat castration lands man in jail
An Oregon man annoyed at his ex-girlfriend, took his anger out on her cat by castrating it, Eugene Police said.
Erry Caswell, 31, was arrested on Friday night for several counts related to the episode.
According to police reports, Caswell was angry at the woman for not coming to his house, so he drugged her cat “Romeo” and then castrated it with a box cutter.
The cat was transported to the Springfield Emergency Veterinary Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
-The Register-Guard