Bat lurking in iPad case gives rabies to pensioner
And other stories from the stranger side of life
An octogenarian is being treated for rabies after he was bitten by a bat lurking in his iPad case. Roy Syvertson, from New Hampshire in the US, said it felt like a bee sting initially. But added: “I looked, and the bat was coming out of here, between the cover and the back of the pad.”
Author says he met Marilyn Monroe after she died
An author claims he met Marilyn Monrie 22 years after her death in 1952. John Baker says: “Marilyn Monroe did not die in August of 1962. Her death was staged. She was kept in a mental institution for about 20 years then released into the general public alone. Nobody, including the staff to the institution knew who she really was.”
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Conspiracy theorist says he has seen aliens on the Moon
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