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Entries Tagged as 'Weird'

Beckham: UK Major Who Steals Women’s Underwear ‘Sad Tosser’

February 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Rants, The Beckhams, Uncategorized, Weird

Mayor who stole women’s underwear jailed
A mayor who got his ‘’sexual kicks” by sneaking into bedrooms to steal women’s underwear has been jailed for two years after he was caught out by a secret camera.

Ian Stafford, the ex-mayor of a Lancashire village, was jailed for two years Photo: [...]

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Pacific Island Tribe Apologises For Eating British Missionaries

December 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Arts and Culture, Religion, Weird, Wonderful

Helga Hewston, roving reporter for Hewdge, writes in from the tiny Pacific island of Erromango, now part of Vanuatu, where recently, the descendants of a British missionary have received a personal apology from the islanders, for having killed and eaten their ancestor, John Williams, as well as fellow missionary, John Harris. Read the full story [...]

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Ministry Of Defence In Denial Over Alien Sighting

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Weird, X-files, politics

Shortly after Hewdge decided to publish the crop circle story (see full story below), we received an open letter from the British Ministry of Defence addressed to the lowly Police Officer who happened upon a group of tall ‘blond aliens’ in the wilds of Wiltshire. Because he was off duty at the time of the [...]

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The Policeman, The Crop Circle & The Blond Aliens

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Arts and Culture, Weird, X-files

A police officer contacted British UFO experts after seeing three aliens examining a freshly made crop circle near Avebury, Wiltshire.

By Alastair Jamieson via www.telegraph.co.uk

Many crop circles, including this one in May 2009, have appeared near Silbury Hill, Wiltshire

The sergeant, who has not been named, was off-duty when he saw the figures standing [...]

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A Japanese Suit That Fights Flu

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Arts and Culture, Weird

A Japanese company, Haruyama Trading Co., has developed a suit that it claims protects the wearer from the deadly H1N1 strain of influenza.
Julian Ryall via www.telegraph.co.uk

The anti-flu suit which is on sale in Japan

The company has produced 50,000 of the suits and will start selling them on Thursday, according [...]

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Swami Baba Gives Advice On How To Curb Commuter Gropers

September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Rants, Religion, Uncategorized, Weird

The latest article posted by Hewdge, about commuter gropers on Tokyo’s subway system, has prompted a piece of advice by Swami Baba Ramdev, an Indian guru who believes that all ailments, including acne and ‘gayness’ can be cured by Pranayama Yoga.
In Tokyo, being groped on the subway has become such a problem for young women, [...]

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Japanese Crack Down On Commuter Gropers

September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized, Weird

Undercover operation to target nine railway lines
Justin McCurry www. guardian.co.uk,

The introduction of female-only carriages has failed to end Tokyo’s chikan menace. Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images
It is one of the safest cities in the world, but for teenage girls and young women, travelling on Tokyo’s vast train and subway system comes with the ever-present risk of [...]

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French 007 Tells Of Great Escape From Dubai Wearing Wetsuit Under Burka

August 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Middle East, Weird

Via www.dailymail.co.uk
A former spy convicted of fraud in the United Arab Emirates has told how he made a bid for freedom by donning a wetsuit disguised under a burka before diving into the ocean.
Frenchman Herve Jaugbert, an ex-naval officer, alleges the Dubai secret police had threatened to insert needles up his nose and that he [...]

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