New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Natalie Musumeci, Wires

A Canadian 19-year-old with a real need for speed was busted going nearly 200

mph in his dad’s Mercedes — more than three times the posted limit, authoritie­s said.

“This is the fastest speed that I’ve ever heard of,” said Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of Burlington. “This could have turned into the most devastatin­g fatal crash ever.”

A sleeping family was shocked when a deer crashed through the roof of their home in Mumbai, India.

One of the residents called the Forest Department, which took the deer to a rescue center.

It apparently was fleeing from a leopard when it jumped onto the roof.

A wanted German criminal is in the midst of one heck of a layover in India.

Edgard Ziebat, 40, was on his way from Hanoi to Istanbul when he became stuck at a New Delhi airport on March 18, the day the country suspended all flights to Europe.

So Ziebat has been sleeping at the airport for 55 days because the German Embassy refuses to provide him refuge due to assault charges pending against him and India won’t grant him a visa.

A contestant appearing on “Britain’s Got Talent” broke a Guinness World Record when he made five balloon sculptures in 44.25 seconds — all while blindfolde­d.

Ryan Tracey, 38, of Northern Ireland, appeared in Saturday night’s episode alongside his son Matthew, 7.

“It was just an amazing experience,” Tracey said.

A hungry and thirsty bear broke into a Tennessee cabin where vacationer­s were staying over the weekend, and made off with candy, beer and allergy pills.

Michelle Eberhart, who was at the Gatlinburg home at the time with some pals, said the animal ransacked the cabin as three of his bruin buddies hung out on the porch.

Police were called to the home and chased the creature out.

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