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    Posted: January 27 2009 at 06:26
One of my favorite features I've seen in my local alternative newspaper, Creative Loafing, and also appears in Funny Times.  This thread is for sharing weird news that may or may not have appeared in News Of The Weird.  For the curious and those just needing a good laugh here's the link to the official site : http://www.newsoftheweird.com/

And I'm going to lead off with this one courtesy of bartcop.com:

Newspaper says thief turned into a goat

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LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat 
in an auto theft.  The Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a in Kwara State, with one 
suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.

The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, 
the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended.

Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas.



Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 13:19
Totally plausable considering where it happened.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 13:28

Malaysian twins spared death row


Malaysian identical twin brothers have escaped hanging for drug trafficking as a court failed to decide which brother was the criminal, and cleared both.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7876221.stm

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 15:27
^Not quite sure how it works over there, but it wouldn't surprise me if they had to let the guy go on a technicality like that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 16:26
I love weird news.  I had seen that goat story, absolutely hilarious.


EDIT: and there I found a great one.

Gotta love PETA


Edited by Pnoom! - February 09 2009 at 16:31
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