{"id":10492,"date":"2021-06-03T11:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/?p=10492"},"modified":"2021-06-03T09:56:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:56:48","slug":"gorilla-scarecrow-versus-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/2021\/06\/03\/gorilla-scarecrow-versus-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorilla Scarecrow Versus COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Residents of Chikuzen Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, in Japan, have constructed a 23-foot-tall \u201cgorilla scarecrow\u201d as a symbol of the power and strength that are needed to scare away COVID-19. Construction of the gorilla scarecrow, which is made of a steel frame covered with rice straw that resembles gorilla fur, took two months. The gorilla scarecrow\u2019s open mouth reveals terrifying fangs.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Park On My Pants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parking spots are hard to come by in the West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago. During the winter, resident Adam Selzer became the talk of the neighborhood for the novel method he used to save his spot: he froze pairs of pants and stood them up on the street as if they were traffic cones. \u201cSoak a pair; put them outside,\u201d Selzer advised. \u201cIn about 20 minutes, you can form them to shape; and in another 20 they\u2019re solid,\u201d When the cold weather returns, Selzer plans to perfect a frozen shirt. \u201cWe\u2019ll see if this works,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hair Styling With Glue\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tessica Brown of New Orleans wanted to go out. So she reached for the only spray she could find, Gorilla Glue, to shellac her hair into place. \u201cI figured … I could just wash it out,\u201d she later said. But she couldn\u2019t. Brown and her mother tried olive oil and vegetable oil to no avail. And the local hospital could offer little help. She cut off her ponytail to reduce the weight. But the hardened glue on her scalp continued to painfully tighten and harden. She eventually flew to Los Angeles to meet with plastic surgeon Michael Obeng to undergo a procedure that costs more than $12,000. But Obeng waived the fee.<\/p>\n

Framing The\u00a0Racing Pigeon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe the Pigeon was named after President Joe Biden after he was found in a Melbourne, Australia, backyard. A band around his leg suggested he was a racing pigeon from Oregon \u2014 8,000 miles away. Australian authorities declared the bird a biosecurity risk and announced they would have to euthanize him. But Joe received a last-minute reprieve when Deone Roberts of the American Racing Pigeon Union declared that the band around Joe\u2019s leg is \u201ccounterfeit and not traceable.\u201d Australia\u2019s Agriculture Department, stated that Joe \u201cis highly likely to be Australian.\u201d It said it would take no further action against him.<\/p>\n

Well, The Excavator Was Just Sitting There …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neighbors in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., called police after they saw a man take a joyride on an excavator that had been parked in the street. After he knocked it into some power lines, he made a getaway on a bicycle. The incident resulted in a power outage a half hour before the Super Bowl. Crews from Florida Power and Light attended to the problem, and the power was back on by halftime.<\/p>\n

New Things To\u00a0Worry About<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bradford Gauthier of Worcester, Mass., had a bit of trouble swallowing when he woke up one day. But he drank some water and went about his day. Later, he said, \u201cI tried to drink a glass of water and couldn\u2019t.\u201d At some point, he realized one of the AirPods he sleeps with at night was missing. He noticed that he \u201cfelt a distinct blockage in the center of [his] chest.\u201d It didn\u2019t take doctors in the emergency room long to discover the AirPod lodged in Gauthier\u2019s esophagus. It was removed in an emergency endoscopy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Not Really A Person<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jane Louise Kellahan, 49, of Wanaka, New Zealand, appeared before Judge Russell Walker in Queenstown District Court on a charge of assault. She refused to answer when she was called on. \u201cThat sounds like my name, your honor, but I want to see it in writing,\u201d she said. Kellahan, a local artist, denies being a person; rather, she says, she is just \u201ca living being on the land.\u201d The judge told her, \u201cYou are a living being, which means you are a person.\u201d The judge entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.<\/p>\n

Government In Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

The San Diego City Council recently blocked funding for its controversial smart streetlights program, which features not only streetlights but also a video surveillance system that has been used by the San Diego Police Dept. Last fall, Mayor Kevin Faulconer ordered the cameras turned off. But the cameras and the streetlights are connected to the same power supply. Turning off the cameras would have left the city in the dark. The Florida-based Ubicquia company, which owns the technology, has been reluctant to work with the city because of unpaid bills amounting to $771,000. Meanwhile, the cameras are still recording and storing footage for five days.<\/p>\n

Suspect Leads Police On Low-Speed Chase<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the middle of the night, police in Bellevue, Wash., spotted a car running a red light. They ran the tag and discovered the car had been reported stolen. The driver failed to yield when officers attempted a traffic stop. But a mechanical problem in his vehicle prevented him from going faster than 25 mph. In addition to driving slowly, the driver observed all traffic laws. The pursuit continued for a mile and a half until the vehicle burst into flames. The male suspect fled into a nearby nature park and escaped.<\/p>\n

I Love Me A\u00a0<\/span>Cardigan Sweater<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s RR Auction continues to sell off presidential artifacts. Recent items were locks of George and Martha Washington\u2019s hair, John F. Kennedy\u2019s Harvard cardigan sweater and the pen Warren G. Harding used to end U.S. involvement in World War I. A total of 300 such items have been sold this year. Last year, the company sold a lock of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s hair wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination for $81,000.<\/p>\n

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Andrea Belcher of Surrey, England, was looking for a way to have a little fun during COVID-19 lockdowns last year. She hit upon the idea of dressing up in a ball gown to take out the trash. Since then, she has dressed up each week as a famous personality or fictional character. So far she\u2019s appeared as Darth Vader, Marge Simpson, Wilma Flintstone and others. She\u2019s even recruited the family dog to play Toto to her Dorothy. \u201cEverything is a bit miserable at the moment,\u201d Belcher said. \u201cSo it\u2019s nice to have a little bit of silliness, a little bit of craziness, and to make people smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Life At The Top<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert, whose real name is Symere Woods, revealed on Instagram that he has had a $24-million 10-carat pink diamond implanted in his forehead. According to Simon Babaev, spokesman for the New York-based jeweler Eliantte & Co., Uzi fell in love with the marquise-shaped diamond when he saw it in 2017 and has been making payments on it as he determined what he wanted to do with it. \u201cWe didn\u2019t think he was serious about it,\u201d said Babaev. But as it became clear that he was, \u201cwe engineered a specific mounting that clips and locks in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

I Thought I Forgot\u00a0<\/span>My Finger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputies of the Anderson, Tenn., County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a report of a stolen log splitter. They discovered a severed finger among the items at the scene. Hugh Seeber, 50, later appeared at a local medical center with a missing finger. Seeber was charged with felony theft.<\/p>\n

Those Hot Springs\u00a0<\/span>Aren\u2019t For Cooking<\/strong><\/p>\n

A man from Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty in a Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo., court to walking in restricted areas of Yellowstone National Park. Park rangers had found him near a hot spring with a cooking pot and a burlap sack containing two whole chickens. He was accompanied by a group of 10 people; they were also carrying cooking pots. The man was ordered to pay fines and has been banned from Yellowstone for two years.<\/p>\n

Officer, I Have No Idea How That Money Got In My Underwear<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police in Boa Vista, Brazil, raided the home of Sen. Chico Rodrigues as part of an ongoing investigation into government corruption. They found that the senator was hiding $5,400 in his underwear. Rodrigues had no explanation for the money in his briefs and claimed innocence.<\/p>\n

Even Floridians\u00a0<\/span>Don\u2019t Like It<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instagrammer Matt Shirley recently conducted an informal survey of his more than 300,000 followers, asking them which state they hate most. From the 2,500 responses he determined that the state the residents of Florida most hate is … Florida. The Sunshine State was the only one to choose itself as most-hated, with four-fifths of respondents taking that stand. \u201cI live in Florida, have my whole life, and would not hesitate to unironically put that as my answer,\u201d one survey participant wrote.<\/p>\n

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