Gutamalan discovers a sinkhole under her bed
An elderly Guatemalan woman was woken up in the middle of the night by a loud bang, only to discover that a 40-foot-deep sinkhole had spontaneously opened up beneath her bed. Inocenta Hernandez, 65, says that when she first heard the noise she rushed outside to see what had exploded. When she found nothing, Hernandez searched her house and found the sinkhole, which, fortunately, was too narrow to swallow her bed.
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Collision ejects motorcylist onto van's backseat
A California motorcyclist who vanished after crashing into the back of a minivan was eventually found in the van’s backseat. Witnesses calling to report that a motorcycle had rear-ended a minivan initially told 911 dispatchers, “We don’t know where the rider is.” After the van driver returned home, he looked over his shoulder to find the biker—dazed, slightly bruised, but otherwise unhurt—lying on the backseat. “We’re calling this one a non-injury collision with a twist,” said a police spokeswoman.