Odd News At A Glance
Golden retriever digs up heroin in Oregon backyard
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — An Oregon family’s golden retriever has been honored by a sheriff for digging up $85,000 worth of black tar heroin in a family’s backyard.
KATU-TV reported Friday that the owners of the 18-month-old dog named Kenyon thought he had dug up a time capsule in their backyard, so they decided to film themselves opening it.
As they did, they realized Kenyon had found drugs.
Yamhill County Sheriff Tim Svenson identified the substance as more than 15 ounces of black tar heroin.
Svenson presented Kenyon with an official ribbon and named him an honorary narcotics dog for life.
Are you for real? Police check out man looking for dentures
BERLIN — A wary woman in southern Germany alerted police after a man buzzed on the door and asked for permission to search her balcony for his false teeth.
Police in Rheinfelden near the Swiss border reported Thursday that an interrogation of the 56-yearold man soon showed that his unusual request was sincere. He said he had visited a friend living a few floors above the woman and lost his dentures while sitting on the friend’s balcony.
Police say the man’s dentures had fallen off the balcony and he was simply trying to track down his much-needed teeth.
The man’s name was not given in line with German privacy laws. Police wrote they don’t know if he ever found his dentures.