It must be true...

I read it in the tabloids

■ A pair of sisters trying to locate a manta ray tour on Hawaii’s Big Island followed their GPS directions and drove straight into the water. “It was so confidently done,” said a witness who saw the tourists drive their Dodge Caravan down a boat ramp and into the harbor. “They were still smiling.” The passenger escaped out a window, while onlookers jumped in to help the driver out of the van and back to shore. GPS-induced mishaps at the harbor had occurred before, said a state spokesperson, adding, “If you see a body of water, don’t drive towards it.”

■ Residents of Old Bridge, N.J., were flummoxed after about 500 pounds of spaghetti, ziti, and elbows were found dumped next to a creek in a residential area. The pasta had been dry when discarded, but turned soggy in the rain. Soon the internet was abuzz with speculation about the source and pasta puns (“Sounds like the work of Rig-a-Tony!”). Footage from a doorbell camera eventually revealed the dumper: a man cleaning out the home of his deceased mother, who evidently hoarded boxes of pasta. “There was so much of it, he was probably overwhelmed,” said a neighbor.

■ A Minnesota man who lost his iPhone 200 yards offshore while kayaking in Hawaii was stunned when a diver who found it 33 days later returned it in working condition. The finder stored it in a bag with salt and rice to extract the moisture, then charged it up. After managing to unlock it (the passcode was a series of 1s), he found the owner’s email. “I was in shock,” said phone owner Zach Siggelkow.