Weird BUT true

Rescuers rushed to save a “woman” dangling from the side of a cliff in California — only to learn “she” was a movie-set mannequin filmmakers had failed to remove, officials said.

A passerby called 911 to report a lady clinging to a rock face high above Hope Ranch Beach in Santa Barbara Wednesday, but the Fire Department soon learned “she” was a prop.

It was a grizzly crime. A tourist visiting Yellowstone National Park was sentenced to jail time for getting too close to a grizzly bear, according to a report.

Samantha Dehring, 25, of Carol Stream, Ill., was caught on camera taking footage with her phone just feet from the bruin in May.

She pleaded guilty to remaining “within 100 yards” of wildlife and was sentenced to four days in jail with one year of probation.

He should have branched out.

A brainless bandit in California was busted when he returned to the bank branch he allegedly robbed the day before — and tried to do it again, according to cops.

The 33-year-old thief is accused of swiping a “large amount of cash” from a Chase branch in Fountain Valley Monday after demanding cash from a teller. He was arrested when he allegedly failed at pulling the same move Tuesday.

He was a garden-variety crook.

A massive refrigerated trailer used to haul flowers was swiped from a trucking company in Florida.

The 53-foot flower shop on wheels was set to make a delivery when it went missing from outside the Andy Stieva Trucking Company near Miami Tuesday night.

Un-reel! A West Virginia angler caught a stunning 64.8pound catfish on the Ohio River — among the biggest ever reported in the region.

The large-scale catch, about 30 years old, was hooked by Joe Granata, who released it.