The guy we’re looking for looks just like you
A man got drunk with his friends and wandered into a forest in the Bursa province of Turkey, and, after they lost touch with him for several hours, they reported him missing, prompting authorities to launch a search and rescue operation for him. He later walked out of the woods and joined in the search until he was told that it was him that they were looking for.
NOW DON’T TELL ME YOU HAVE TO WORK: A 33-year-old woman called in two bomb threats to her boyfriend’s place of employment in Pittsfield, Maine, because she wanted to spend more time with him.
CAN YOU GUYS KEEP A SECRET? A New York Transit Authority official evaded tolls on bridges and tunnels for 10 years by using a cloudy plastic cover over his license plate. Investigators determined that he now owes $9,000 in tolls and $92,000 in fines. He was caught because he bragged about it at work.
I’VE DECIDED TO ADOPT: A wild monkey kidnapped a two-week-old pet puppy and held it hostage on top of a utility pole in Taman Lestari Putra, Malaysia, as residents repeatedly attempted to rescue the dog. One witness said, “‘It looked like it was treating the puppy as a friend or its baby.” The onlookers finally threw things at the monkey causing it to drop the puppy into the bushes and flee.
HONEY, IS THAT YOUR MOTHER? A couple was enjoying a romantic anniversary dinner at a waterside café next to the Exe Estuary in Devon, England, when a boatload of stark-naked passengers waved to them from their vessel as they passed. Their anniversary occurred on the same day an annual cruise where nudists socialize with like-minded people while they travel on board in nothing but their birthday suits.
IN THAT CASE, MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE ARTIST: A resident of a high-rise apartment building in Vancouver, British Columbia, called police to report that he encountered a large alligator in a hallway. The cops informed him that it was just a sculpture.
IT’S FIRE! WHY AREN’T YOU SCARED!? A man tried to rob a convenience store in Sapporo, Japan, using a flaming cigarette lighter as a weapon, which he pointed it at the manager, saying: “Out with the money or I’ll light you up!” The manager ran into the back and called the police. When the cops arrived, the would-be robber tried the same thing on them to no avail.
OH, NO! KA-BOOM! Two men, who spent the entire evening doing drugs in an apartment in Seattle, noticed that they had left a large firework on the counter close to a hot stove, which lit the fuse and caused the men to scramble and cover it with towels to prevent it from exploding. The effort failed.
HE DIDN’T THINK THEY COULD FOLLOW THE MONEY: An 18-year-old man forced his way into a man’s car in Chicago, threatened him, forced him out of the vehicle and drove away. Investigators were able to track him down because he used Cash App, a mobile payment service, to transfer money from the victim’s bank account to his.