Weird BUT true

The forecast should have called for a dusting of . . . chocolate.

A malfunction in the ventilation system of the Lindt & Spruengli candy factory in Olten, Switzerland, caused cocoa powder to spread through neighborhoods near the plant.

The company offered to pay for any cleaning needed — but so far has no takers. The malfunction was fixed.

Gnarly!

A surfboard lost at sea by a Hawaiian man more than two years ago has turned up 5,200 miles away in the Philippines.

Doug Falter, 35, wrote in a Facebook post that he was surfing in Hawaii in February 2018 when he lost control of the board that got carried away in the current.

Falter said that two weeks ago he was contacted by the maker of the board, who said a man had found it in the Philippines.

Well, don’t that bleat all! A flock of sheep has been mysteriously meandering around a South Carolina town.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook Monday that its deputies found several sheep “running loose” in the area of Piedmont — and the office is trying to track down the owner.

Oh, deer!

A fawn got trapped in a drainpipe in Massachusetts — and was rescued by a firefighter.

It had been seen wandering around for a few days before it was discovered stuck in the pipe on Monday, the Ashland Fire Department said.

A lieutenant rescued it with a six-foot-long hook.

A Utah resident tossed his wife into a river in a fit of rage over dinner plans, police said.

Douglas Harold Green of Pleasant Grove was charged with aggravated kidnaping and assault after Provo River Resort workers rescued the alleged spousal victim and reported the attack, police said.