An arrow armed with pot
A Washington state man was arrested after he allegedly strapped a bag of marijuana to an arrow and shot it into a prison. Authorities said that David Wayne Jordan tried to shoot the arrow into an exercise yard at the Whatcom County Jail, but overshot the target, with his special delivery landing on a roof. When Jordan, 36, was arrested, he claimed he’d been trying to hit a squirrel. “He had no explanation as to why squirrel hunting requires attaching marijuana to an arrow,” said Sheriff Bill Elfo.
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A wheelchair that spits fire
An Arizona inventor has built a customized wheelchair fitted with a flamethrower. Lance Greathouse, an engineer who makes “pimped” scooters for disabled people, spent $1,000 assembling the wheelchair out of spare parts. Its flamethrower spits out a blast of fire that extends 35 feet. “I love fire and wheelchairs, so I thought, why not put them together?” said Greathouse, 52. “I would like to see some street gang member mess with someone in one of my chairs.”
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