[Dryerase] The Alarm!--Can You Believe It?

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Can You Believe It?
(Weekly digest of wierd news)

Stunning Burglary Performed by Circus Troupe
August 06, 2002 CHILE—The next time you’re attending the Circus in 
Concepción, Chile don’t forget to tip the performers. A circus troupe 
performing at traffic lights used their skills to make a little extra 
cash performing for pedestrians and motorists. As a women rolled her car 
window down to toss them change, the unexpected happened. A juggler 
tossed a spear, puncturing her tire. An acrobat somersaulted over the 
hood and snatched the woman’s gold necklace. Another smashed her 
passenger window and snatched her bag while a fire-eater threatened to 
blow flames in her face. Police captured one of the acrobats, but the 
stolen property was not recovered.

Now That’s What I Call Road Rage
July 29, 2002 - MINNESOTA—Gregory Peter Carr was annoyed by speeding 
vehicles and heavy traffic in front of his home, by County Roads 29 and 
164 in Minnesota. So he took matters into his own hands. Armed with a 
twelve-gauge shotgun and approximately fourteen rounds of ammunition, 
Carr aimed at vehicles passing in front of his house and several were 
hit by his six shotgun blasts. There were no injuries, but the road 
rager immediately went into hiding. Police found Carr in a nearby 
soybean field and he remains in jail until his first court appearance. 
He told authorities that all he wanted was the drivers to simply slow 
down and take alternate routes.

Toddler Hits the Road at 4 AM to Search for Parents
August 07, 2002 SAN JOSE, California--—Little 3-year-old Lupita woke up 
in the middle of the night to a dark, quiet house. Instead of panicking 
when she couldn’t locate her parents, she put on her backpack, and 
wearing only pajamas, hit the road in search of her loved ones. 
Tow-truck driver Ken Pinkham was returning home at 4:00 am when he saw 
the toddler walking on the side of the road all by herself. As he passed 
her, Pinkham says Lupita shot him dirty looks. Trying not to frighten 
her, he quietly went back to his truck and called the police, keeping an 
eye on her all the while. When officers arrived at the scene, Lupita 
kicked one of them in the genitals, yelling in Spanish. They found her 
address in the girl’s backpack and took her home. That’s when the real 
story unfolded—Lupita’s mother was pregnant, and her parents had to 
suddenly leave for the hospital. But they didn’t leave the girl 
unsupervised. They told a roommate that they were leaving, but the 
roommate promptly went back to bed.

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