“Gator in the attic!” A North Carolina man who was inspecting a home discovered a live alligator in the attic. Dean Brown, a code enforcement official, said at first he thought it was a joke. “I thought it was a stuffed animal that someone threw up there,” Brown said. While Brown was inspecting the three-storey house, he noticed a large figure near the air conditioner in the attic. Upon taking a closer look, Brown realized it was a 2.4-metre long alligator. Brown immediately reported his discovery to the construction crew close by, but they laughed at him. “They thought I was crazy,” Brown

“Flight attendants fight” Passengers on a recent SkyWest flight from Los Angeles to Houston were delayed for over an hour after the flight attendants got into an argument and refused to work with each other. Ashley Brewer, a TV newsreader said via Twitter last Sunday that her flight was delayed because of a fight between a male and female flight attendant. “Now we’re delayed. We’re sitting here waiting for them to talk it out, but nope! Lady won’t budge,” she wrote.  SkyWest said they were aware of the incident and regret the delay. “We are conducting an internal investigation related to this

“Thai is world’s oldest director” A 91-year-old Thai man was dubbed the world’s oldest TV director by Guinness World after completing his most recent TV series. Chalong Pakdeevijit, a film and TV director known as the “King of Action” in Thailand, became the world’s oldest TV director when his 18-episode miniseries, Skyraider, completed airing last year, Guinness World Records announced. Pakdeevijit, born March 18, 1931, began his film career as a cameraman in 1950, and directed his first movie, Jao Insee, in 1968. The director gained prominence in the 1970s with his Thong series of action films. Pakdeevijit is currently working on his next TV miniseries, titled Kan Song

“Cremated man is still alive” A Chinese family is in complete shock after discovering their grandfather, who was cremated nine years ago, is still alive. Zhuo Kangluo was confirmed dead following a car accident in 2014. Both family and friends identified a body at the scene of the crash as being him. Following the accident, Zhuo’s nephew decided to have the body cremated without an autopsy. But the surprise appearance of a man acting ‘strangely’ in a village nine years later led to a DNA test on the man. The test proved he was Zhuo. His grandson was able to

“Man asks to be eaten at funeral” A man wanted his family to eat his body at his funeral, but the request was turned down. The cannibal request was revealed in a survey of odd demands made to funeral directors in the past year. As cannibalism is illegal in the UK, the family were told in no uncertain terms that they could not eat their loved one. But among other bizarre requests – which were all granted – one man asked to be dressed as Santa in his coffin. Another said they wanted candy to be thrown on their coffin

“Original iPhone sells for 2.2 million baht” An American woman has just sold her iPhone for more than 100 times its original cost. That’s because it was an iPhone from 2007 that hadn’t been unpacked from its box. Karen Green said when she got a new job in that year, some of her friends pitched in to buy her a brand-new iPhone. But Karen already had a phone and she didn’t want to stop using it, so she put the iPhone in a drawer — and forgot about it. This week she put the phone up for auction online —

“Bike sells for nearly $1m” A rare Harley-Davidson motorcycle built in 1908 has become the most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction. The Strap Tank Harley-Davidson was sold for $935,000 last month in Las Vegas. The bike was named Strap Tank because its oil and fuel tanks are attached to the frame with nickel straps. The bike is one of only 12 such models in the world. The record-breaking bike had many of its original parts, making it even more rare, said Greg Arnold, Motorcycle Division Manager at Mecum Auctions. “We marketed the bike well and Harley is by far

“This Valentine’s Day, hug a cow” India’s government has asked citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not by hugging your partner, but by hugging a cow. The Animal Welfare Board of India said Wednesday that “hugging cows will bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective happiness.” Hindu people worship cows as holy, and devout followers say the Western holiday goes against traditional Indian values. Young educated Indians of all religions usually spend Valentine’s Day in parks and restaurants, exchanging gifts and holding parties to celebrate like any other Indian festival. The current government has been promoting Hindu values.

“Dead woman starts breathing again” An investigation has been launched after an 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home — only to be found breathing three hours later at a funeral home. The incident occurred last Saturday morning at Water’s Edge Rehab and Nursing Centre. Police said the woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to the OB Davis Funeral Homes in Miller Place at 1.30 pm. She was discovered breathing at 2.09 pm and taken to a hospital. It comes just weeks after a similar incident where another nursing home said a 66-year-old

“Man takes bath in bottled water every day” A man has revealed that he will only bathe in bottled water — and that costs him about 150,000 baht per year. John Junior, 34, claims his anxiety, migraines and eczema has improved greatly after he cut out tap water five months ago. He spends nearly 500 baht a day buying supermarket water to wash with and Fiji water to drink. John, 34, said: “I’m not a scientist but it’s genuinely changed my life. I don’t know why it works for me. Maybe I’m allergic to the chlorine that they use to disinfect