New York Post

WEIRD BUT TRUE

- Natalie O’Neill, Wires

This one’s a headscratc­her.

A California man has been busted for allegedly snatching wigs off of the heads of three Orthodox Jewish women.

The 30-something man, who has not been identified, was caught on camera in North Hollywood creeping up behind an 80-year-old woman and yanking off her hairpiece. He then smiles bizarrely and hands it back to her.

Worst. Date. Ever. A Florida man’s Tinder hookup ended with him tied up and robbed when a gunman showed up instead of a woman.

The poor guy had arranged for the gal to meet him at his Ponte Vedra pad.

But Michael Eric Wheeler, 26, showed up and bound him with bed sheets, gagged him and stole his bank-account informatio­n, police said.

A 95-year-old Indian man “woke up” at his own funeral, and explained he’d simply been napping.

Budh Ram was pronounced dead by a doctor after collapsing at his home in Rajasthan on Saturday. Relatives were bathing him during a prefuneral ritual when he suddenly sat up.

Forget about Pinocchio — your nose actually shrinks when you lie, a study claims.

When a person is fibbing, his or her schnoz temperatur­e drops roughly 2 degrees, causing it to decrease in size, according to University of Granada researcher­s.

He robbed 13 banks so, naturally, became a politician.

A Michigan man who was busted for an armed-robbery spree in the ’80s is now a city councilman.

Kent Hall, 72, of Williamsto­n, who served more than six years in federal prison, has since undergone treatment for posttrauma­tic stress disorder, which he said triggered his life of crime.

As an elected official, he has earned praise for working with war vets.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States