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Aturf war of sorts broke out late on Nov. 19 in down- town San Diego, CBS8-TV reported. Interloper hot dog vendors from Los Angeles had set up outside Petco Park stadium, where English DJ Duke Dumont was playing, and the San Diego vendors weren’t having it. A brawl involving 10 to 15 people ensued, with one 35-year- old man being stabbed in the back during the fray.
The War Of Weiners
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Police arrested Yoni Yates, 21, in the assault, which re- sulted in non-life-threaten- ing injuries. No buns were injured in the incident.
Pretty In Pink
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
lasting more than two weeks, dozens of sheep were seen walking clockwise in a large circle. Other animals could be seen staring at the circle from outside it, or standing motionless in the middle of it. Only sheep from one pen (out of 34) were acting strangely, according to Ms. Miao, the owner. Some viewers of the video theorized that the sheep are suffering from listeriosis, or “circles disease,” but that condition usually causes a rapid death.
Fish Story
Bluewater Lakes in Cham- pagne, France, is the home of the Carrot, a hybrid leather carp and koi fish that was released into the fishing lake 20 years ago and has been eluding fishers ever since, the Daily Mail reported. That is, until Nov. 3, when Andy Hackett from Worces- tershire, England, landed the 67-pound beauty. Hackett spent about 25 minutes haul-
In other Weird happenings:
Color Them Pink
Farmer Richard Nichol- son of Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, England, wondered why his sheep were gradual- ly turning pink, the BBC re- ported on Nov. 5. He thought farm workers were using spray markers “too enthusi- astically,” but eventually re- alized the ewes were rubbing against a new, red feeder, and the color was bleeding onto them.
ing in the Carrot.
“I always knew the Carrot
“Visitors to the farm cer- tainly do a double take when walking past,” Nicholson said. “They’re starting to look like a bunch of old ladies who’ve had the same hairdo.”
Tesla Comes With Home
With home prices in New Zealand taking their biggest drop in 30 years, one home- owner who’s looking to sell is trying to sweeten the offer. The owner of 22 Dungloe Av- enue in Flat Bush is offering a free Tesla with the purchase of their $1.8 million home, Sky News reported. The new own- er will be asked to choose the color of the electric car, which will be ordered new and de- livered to the home from the manufacturer. And with six parking spots, they can park it sideways if they want.
Send your weird news items to weirdnewstips@ amuniversal.com.
His sheep get sheared only twice a year, so they’ ll be “pink ladies” for a while.
Sheep Walking
On a sheep farm in the In- ner Mongolia region of Chi- na, a strange phenomenon has been caught on surveillance video, Oddity Central report- ed.
Starting on Nov. 4 and
was in there but never thought I would catch it,” Hackett said.
He released the famous fish back into the lake and cele- brated with a cup of tea.