NEWS OF THE WEIRD

Czech This Out

Czechoslovakian president Milos Zeman called a press conference in Prague, where Zeman instructed two firefighters in protective gear to incinerate a huge pair of red underpants as reporters watched.

The underwear had been hoisted during a 2015 protest at Prague Castle, replacing the presidential flag and symbolizing Zeman’s close relationship with Russia and China. Zeman told reporters, according to the Associated Press: “I’m sorry to make you look like little idiots, you really don’t deserve it.”

Zeman’s longstanding difficulties with the press include an incident last year when he waved a fake machine gun at them.

O.M.G.

Wa Tiba, 54, disappeared while tending her vegetable garden on Muna Island in the Southeast Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Her family found only her sandals, a machete and a flashlight in the garden, but just 50 yards away, villagers located a 23-foot-long python with a severely bloated midsection.

Fox News reported that when the snake’s belly was cut open, it revealed the woman’s fully intact body inside, still wearing all her clothes. Villager Ayu Kartika said, “Everyone cried and was in shock . ... It looked like a horror movie.”

Least Competent Criminal

In Youngstown, Ohio, police responding to a call about multiple gunshots spotted Dai’ryon Mitchell, 21, speeding away from the scene in an SUV.

He refused to pull over but finally left the vehicle and ran into a home, where he climbed through a window and hung from the ledge.

Mitchell tried to climb back in, The Youngstown Vindicator reported, but lost his grip and fell directly into the arms of officers below, who handcuffed him.