New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Natalie O’Neill, Wires

He really sank his teeth into sports.

Trappers came to the assistance of an alligator who apparently grabbed a soccer ball that lodged in its jaws.

James Sargent and Chris Boone used a snare and a rope to catch the scaly sports fan in a pond and dislodge the green ball from his jaw in Myrtle Beach.

The gator ambled off to onlookers’ cheers.

Meet Goldilocks’ quirky cousin.

An Oregon couple returned home to find a onesiewear­ing burglar and his cat dressed in their clothing and munching their cupcakes.

Ryan Bishop, 38, allegedly broke into the house in the town of Gresham, found a Christmas-themed jumper and slipped into it, according to police.

He also dressed his kitty in the couple’s green cashmere dog shirt and helped himself to coffee and cake.

He’s a survivor — no thanks to doctors.

A 20-year-old man in India who was pronounced dead by MDs, stunned relatives when he suddenly regained consciousn­ess at his funeral.

Mohammad Furqan, who doctors said had died in an unspecifie­d accident, was rushed to a hospital near New Delhi and placed on life support. He has a pulse and he has reflex movement. Its MarioKart Shanghai. A man used a go-kart to commute to work in the space-crunched Chinese city and was hit with a $145 fine for breaking traffic rules.

The driver said he’d bought it as a gift for his grandson, but used it as a last resort when he was called to a work emergency. The heist of good taste. Bandits broke into a twoMicheli­n-star-rated restaurant in France and snatched bottles of rare vintage wine.

The crooks sneaked into the Parisian catacombs and cut a hole into the wine-cellar wall at Maison Rostang, authoritie­s said.

The outlaw sots made off with 150 pricey bottles of aged Bordeaux and Burgundies.

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