Hefty wind blows terrier off 11th-floor terrace
A freak gust of wind blew a terrier off the 11th-floor terrace of his owners’ Manhattan apartment, but the dog somehow survived the fall. Alfie, a 10-pound toy terrier, was sucked off the terrace by a freak thunderstorm, landing on another building five stories below. He emerged from the ordeal with just cuts and bruises. “It was like The Wizard of Oz, and he was Toto,” said a neighbor who saw the fluffy dog spinning through the air.
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Females report harassment by male kangaroo
Police in Australia’s Northern Territory are on the lookout for a large, male kangaroo that has been harassing human females. One woman reports that the kangaroo approached her at a car race in a state of obvious sexual arousal, and another says that he followed her during her morning walk. “I hastened my steps,” said the anonymous woman. “There was no doubt what he wanted, the randy old thing.”