Littering fine
A herd of cats got loose and led police on a highway chase in Iowa.
Sioux City police pulled over a woman driving on Interstate 29 because 20 uncaged cats were roaming her Dodge Neon and creating a driving hazard.
“She can barely see out the back of the car,” Sioux City Police Sgt. David Bishop told the Sioux City Journal.
While police questioned Edwards outside the vehicle, four felines dashed to freedom.
Officers chased the cats around the grassy median, and had to crawl on their hands and knees to drag one from underneath the car. The furry fugitives were eventually apprehended.
Undertaker tries to get a leg up
Authorities in South Carolina exhumed the body of a tall man believed to have had his legs cut off to fit in a coffin.
Since 6-foot-7 James Hines died in 2004, rumors have circulated in Allendale County that the undertaker chopped off Hines’ legs between the calf and ankle and placed them alongside his body in lieu of using a larger casket. Hines’ widow didn’t question the size of the coffin at the time, she said, but later reportedly contacted the funeral home to question staff about the size discrepancy. The investigation continues.
