Crestline, Calif., resident Claudia Ackley, 46, has teamed with Discovering Bigfoot filmmaker Todd Standing to sue the state of California, requesting that state agencies acknowledge the existence of a Sasquatch species. Ackley and her daughters, 11 and 14, say they were hiking a trail at Lake Arrowhead in March, 2017, when they spotted a large figure braced in a pine tree. \u201cI ran into a Sasquatch \u2014 a Bigfoot. We were face to face,\u201d Ackley told the San Bernardino Sun. Forest rangers insisted at the time that Ackley and her daughters had seen a bear, and Ackley fears that by not acknowledging the presence of the legendary creatures, the state is putting the public at risk. \u201cPeople have to be warned about these things,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are big.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hit Him With Your Beer!<\/strong><\/p>\n Washington State University senior Logan Tago, a football linebacker, received WSU\u2019s Center for Civic Engagement Fall 2017 Community Involvement award for 240 hours of service to the local community \u2014 service he was ordered to provide as a stipulation of his sentencing for third-degree assault. In June, 2016, Tago allegedly hit a man with a six-pack of beer and later agreed to a plea deal that called for 30 days in the Whitman County jail, $800 in fines and exactly 240 hours of community service. Tago managed to play the final two games of the 2016 season and in all of 2017\u2019s 13 games, despite a WSU athletic department policy that prohibits players who are facing a felony charge from playing.<\/p>\n Mannequins And Cars Don\u2019t Mix<\/strong><\/p>\n Police in Mainz, Germany, responded to an apartment building after cries were heard from a unit. When they arrived, officers found two men, the 58-year-old tenant and a 61-year-old visitor, \u201chopelessly locked up\u201d with a mannequin dressed as a knight and a large remote-controlled car. The men were too drunk to explain how they had become entangled, and one officer remarked that \u201cthe whole thing would have remained a funny episode\u201d if the younger man had not become \u201cmore than impolite.\u201d He now faces a charge of insulting officers.<\/p>\n The Law Discrimates Against Drunks<\/strong><\/p>\n On Feb. 9, the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals upheld the four-year prison sentence of Ralph Alfred Friesenhahn, 65, received after his fourth DWI conviction in 2016. The court rejected arguments from his lawyer, Gina Jones of New Braunfels, that the state\u2019s legal limit for alcohol concentration discriminates against alcoholics, who have a higher tolerance for liquor. \u201cYou\u2019re not being punished for being an alcoholic,\u201d Sammy McCrary, chief of the felony division for the Comal County criminal district attorney\u2019s office told the Austin American-Statesman. \u201cIt\u2019s the driving that\u2019s the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Compelling Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n A woman claiming to be on a mission from God led a Kentucky State Police trooper on a chase at speeds up to 120 mph, stopping only when another trooper pulled in front of her car. Connie Lynn Allen, 52, of Goodlettsville, Tenn., told officers that she was Mother Mary en route to pick up baby Jesus and that God had given her permission to speed. She also said that she had died six years ago. She was charged with several offenses and is being held in Hardin County.<\/p>\n Inexplicable<\/strong><\/p>\n When Firefighter Constantinos \u201cDanny\u201d Filippidis, 49, from Toronto, disappeared from the Whiteface Mountain ski resort in New York\u2019s Adirondacks, he was the subject of a weeklong search by more than 250 people, who used drones, dogs and helicopters. When he finally turned up in California at the Sacramento International Airport on Feb. 13, he was still dressed in his ski pants and ski boots, and still had his helmet, along with a new iPhone and a recent haircut. But, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard, Filippidis couldn\u2019t tell officers anything about how he had traveled across the country, other than he rode in a \u201cbig-rig-style truck\u201d and \u201cslept a lot.\u201d The truck dropped him off in downtown Sacramento, but he was unable to explain how he got to the airport. He was taken to an area hospital.<\/p>\n Drying Underwear On A Flight<\/strong><\/p>\n Metro News reported on Feb. 20 that travelers \u201cremained silent\u201d for 20 minutes while a fellow passenger on a Ural Airlines flight from Antalya, Turkey, to Moscow used the air vent above her seat to dry a pair of underwear. Witnesses reported that the woman showed no shame and that \u201ceverybody was looking with interest and confusion.\u201d Debate raged later, however, after video of the woman was posted online, with one commenter speculating that \u201cmaybe the take-off was sort of extreme, so now she has to dry those.\u201d<\/p>\n So, No More Cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n Staffers at a Bangor, Maine, day care called Watch Me Shine were happy to receive Valentine\u2019s cookies made by a parent; they were happy, that is, until those who had eaten the cookies started to feel high. \u201cWithin 15 minutes, teachers were reporting they had concerns about those cookies,\u201d Tiffany Nowicki, director of the center, told the Bangor Daily News. Twelve staff members felt the effects of the treats, which were confiscated by the police and are being tested. \u201cIf they find something that shouldn\u2019t be in those cookies,\u201d Nowicki said, \u201cthat\u2019s a big problem and we\u2019ll make sure it\u2019s addressed.\u201d The day care has instituted a new policy that no outside food can be brought in for the children or staff.<\/p>\n Least Competent Criminals<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Shanghai, China, police posted a video on social media of two men trying to break into a business on Feb. 14 by using bricks to shatter the glass storefront. But as United Press International reported, when Suspect A\u2019s brick bounced off the glass, he bent to retrieve it and ended up squarely in the path of Suspect B\u2019s brick, which struck him in the head and apparently knocked him out. In the video, Suspect B can be seen dragging Suspect A away from the store. Police remarked: \u201cIf all burglars were like this, we wouldn\u2019t need to work overtime.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 A drug smuggler from Brazil apparently didn\u2019t know he was under investigation by the National Anti-Narcotics Trafficking Unit in Portugal when he arrived on a flight Feb. 12 wearing a set of false butt cheeks filled with 2.2 pounds of cocaine. The 32-year-old unidentified man was detained at the Tax and Customs Authority and searched. His unusual derriere aroused suspicion. An accomplice, waiting for him at a Lisbon train station, was also arrested and charged with drug trafficking.<\/p>\n Olympic Streaking<\/strong><\/p>\n As the medal ceremony for the men\u2019s 1,000-meter speedskating competition concluded on Feb. 23 at the Gangneung Oval in Pyeongchang, South Korea, \u201cserial streaker\u201d Mark Roberts, 55, of Liverpool, England, jumped the wall and took to the ice. Roberts peeled off his tracksuit to reveal a pink tutu, a \u201cpenis pouch\u201d with a monkey face on it, and \u201cPeace + Love\u201d scrawled on his torso. Although he might have lost points for an initial fall, he jumped up and continued performing a dance routine. Metro News recounts that Roberts has streaked at Wimbledon, the French Open and soccer matches, along with dog shows and other large events. He \u201cretired\u201d in 2013, saying \u201cgravity\u2019s against me.\u201d But apparently he couldn\u2019t resist the global exposure of the Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crestline, Calif., resident Claudia Ackley, 46, has teamed with Discovering Bigfoot filmmaker Todd Standing to sue the state of California, requesting that state agencies acknowledge the existence of a Sasquatch species. 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