Weird BUT true

Don’t tie a yellow (or blue) ribbon around that ol’ oak tree.

Residents in Spring, Texas, have been tying blue ribbons on trees to honor the police officers slain in Dallas. But now their homeowners association is telling them to take the memorials down.

Cypresswood subdivision homeowners said the ribbons get easily tattered and become an eyesore. Locals aren’t so sure.

“There is no time limit on grieving,” said resident Margie Akers.

It was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Chad Horowitz’s wedding ring slipped off at a beach in Southern California, so wife Joanna went on Craigslist and hired a man with a metal detector.

She directed him to the area where the ring might have been lost, and the meticulous beachcomber found it hours later.

Officials could bearly believe it.

A black bear was spotted wandering near Corydon, Ind., in what’s believed to be just the second bruin sighting in the state in a century.

“We do believe this bear possibly came from Kentucky, swam across the Ohio [River],” Indiana conservation officer Jim Schreck said.

Officials in Johns Creek, Ga., have agreed to move a Dumpster used to discard roadkill — after complaints about the deathly smell.

Local business owners and residents said the stench was “overwhelming,” especially during the summer.

The city said it has found a more remote location to dump the deceased animals.

A Ventura, Calif., man heard noises from his back yard and went outside to find a prowler using his hot tub, police said.

He confronted the wet intruder, who took off but was later found hiding on a neighbor’s roof, authorities said.

Travis Jones, a 47-year-old transient, was booked for alleged prowling, violating parole and being under the influence of a controlled substance.