Weird News

Game of hide and speak ruffles feathers
Fairfield, Conn. ---------------------Police say a Connecticut woman became concerned when she heard someone calling "Daddy" repeatedly near a school.  But when she began looking for a child, she instead found a large green parrot up in a tree.
                                                     Fairfield police Lt. James Perez says the fire department used a long pole to remove the bird from the tree at Holland Hill School.  The parrot then flew onto a bamboo stand.  Firefighters chased it out and an animal control officer caught it in a net and brought it to a shelter.
                                                    The bird was found about one mile from its home.  It was later reunited with its owner, who had reported it missing.

No bull tolerated in downtown Baltimore
Baltimore -------------------------- Baltimore police shot and killed a cow that escaped from a city slaughterhouse on a downtown street yesterday morning, a spokeswoman said.
                                                   Police believe it escaped from a slaughterhouse in west Baltimore, Sgt. Sarah Connolly said.
                                                   The animal was "increasingly aggressive," and officers made several attempts to trap it before killing it, police said on the department's Facebook page.
                                                   Sam Wirtz, who lives three blocks away, said he was walking to visit a friend when he saw the animal running down the street.
                                                   "This is normal for me, just not in Baltimore city," said Wirtz, who was used to seeing livestock growing up in Texas.

Juneau where the flashlights are?
Juneau, Alaska ------------------ Squirrels and birds are turning the lights out on customers in Alaska's capital.
                                                  Wildlife has knocked out power to Juneau customers seven times this year, the Juneau Empire reported.
                                                   In the latest incident, a bald eagle dropped trash from a city landfill onto a line.  The fallen eagle fodder caused a loud bang and knocked out power to 10,020 customers, said Debbie Driscoll, spokeswoman for Alaska Electric Light and Power Co.
                                                   Wildlife disrupts power in communities around the country but Juneau, a commercial fishing community off the road system on Alaska's Panhandle, gets power interruptions from a large eagle population and sometimes even fish dropped onto power lines.

Big fortune was all just smoke and mirrors
Colebrook, N.H. ------------------ Three people, including a daughter, are accused of ransacking the grave of a New Hampshire businessman in search of his "real will," only to find a pack of cigarettes in his hand.
                                                    The businessman, Eddie Nash, died of a heart attack in 2004 at age 68.  His cement vault at the Colebrook Village Cemetery was found cracked last month, the casket opened and his remains searched through.  The body was left intact.
                                                     An arrest affidavit names Ginette Dowse, of Clarkesville, 71; Michael Day, of Columbia, 37; and Nash's daughter, Melanie Lynch, of Merrimack, 52, who also goes by Melanie Nash.
                                                     Lynch had made comments about her father being buried with "the real will," a police affidavit said.