It must be true...

I read it in the tabloids

■ A Texas woman was shocked to discover she faced federal felony charges for not returning a VHS tape of Sabrina the Teenage Witch more than 20 years ago. Caron McBride said she had no idea that she was wanted for embezzlement until she tried to update her name on her driver’s license and a clerk told her to call the district attorney’s office. When McBride was informed of the charge, “I thought I was gonna have a heart attack,” she said. McBride insists that she’s never seen the show and suspects that her ex-boyfriend rented it in her name for his tween daughters.

■ A man in a bear suit is walking from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Jesse Larios, 33, began his unusual journey on April 12 and has barely stopped, aside from sleeping near the side of the road while remaining in costume. “It was an impulsive decision for sure,” Larios said of walking 380 miles in the suit. “I didn’t plan it out.” The trek has morphed into a digital fundraiser that has generated more than $7,000 in donations. Meanwhile, he enjoys seeing the world through the eyes of a bear mask. “It fuels my creativity,” he said.

■ A massive explosion staged for a gender reveal party left terrified New Hampshire residents wondering if they were experiencing an earthquake. The windowrattling boom, caused by the detonation of 80 pounds of explosives, “shook our house so bad that we thought someone drove into our building,” said resident Amy Owen. Her kids went scrambling, yelling “Earthquake!” Police tracked the explosion—which was heard more than 20 miles away in Massachusetts—to its source, and the father-to-be surrendered.