Lawn robot helps foil thief

A lawnmower robot's electronic cries for help foiled a thief's plan to make off with the grass-cutting automaton.

Medical student found $1 million treasure chest in Rocky Mountains

 A grandson of Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found an over $1 million treasure chest that the retired art and antiquities dealer stashed in the wilds of Wyoming over a decade ago.

Florida man arrested after fatally shooting fiancée’s dogs, deputies say

He was charged with two counts of felony cruelty to animals, two counts of unlawful disposal of a dead domestic animal, child abuse, and carrying a concealed weapon in the commission of a felony. 

Man, 39, killed in freak accident at Irving car wash

Police say a man was killed in a freak accident while trying to get a car through a car wash in Irving.

Woman sells husband’s PlayStation 5 after she discovers it is not an air purifier

A man’s attempt to convince his wife that his new PlayStation 5 was an air purifier backfired when she discovered the ruse and forced him to sell the highly coveted gaming console.

New phallus sculpture appears on mountain in Germany

German news agency dpa reports that just days after a large phallus sculpture mysteriously disappeared from a Bavarian mountainside, a similar wooden carving has appeared in its place.

Visitors report mysterious Utah monolith's disappearance

A mysterious monolith found in a remote area of Utah went missing just a few days after its discovery. The Bureau of Land Management said a person or group reportedly removed it.

Instagram user says he witnessed group dismantle mysterious silver monolith in Utah

Authorities in Utah said they wouldn’t be opening a major investigation into the mysterious monolith’s disappearance — but the mystery of where it went may have been solved.

Security footage: Pair of aging birds stolen from California zoo

Security footage shows someone cutting the lock from the aviary doors, capturing the two birds and putting them into a duffel bag before leaving, authorities said. The motive for the theft is unknown.

Giant phallus statue on mountain vanishes

Police opened an investigation into the disappearance of a large wooden sculpture of a phallus from a mountainside in Germany where it appeared without explanation several years ago.

Bar applies to become church in owner's scheme to skirt UK's pandemic lockdown restrictions

Since the U.K. permits places of worship to remain open amid the pandemic, James Aspell hopes to turn 400 Rabbits Tequila and Mezcal Cocktail Bar into “The Church of The Four Hundred Rabbits.”

New York couple finds Prohibition-era booze hidden in house's walls

A couple restoring a house in Montgomery County, New York, say they were surprised to find bottles of prohibition-era booze hidden behind their walls.

Startled deer steals hunter's rifle, absconds with firearm stuck in antlers

A hunter in the Czech Republic suffered a strange encounter with a deer last Friday when the animal managed to abscond with a rifle that was slung over his shoulder.

Dead mink rise from their graves in Denmark

Danish authorities say the gases from the decaying bodies of the culled mammals are pushing them to the surface.

California can't ban vanity license plates it considers 'offensive,' judge rules

Plaintiffs included a gay man in Oakland who owns Queer Folks Records and wanted to use the word “QUEER” but was refused because the DMV said that might be considered insulting.