Weird News

Halloween decorations or murder scene?
Detroit -------------------------------------------  A dummy placed face down in a Detroit woman's front yard as a Halloween prank has prompted repeated visits by police.
                                                                         Larethia Haddon says police showed up the first day she put the dummy out.  Officer Jennifer Moreno told the Detroit News that officers arrived again the next two days.
                                                                         Haddon says she puts the dummy face down in a different location in her yard every morning and watches the reactions from passers-by as she sips coffee.  She says some have attempted CPR and "once they find out it's a dummy, it's so hilarious."

Department fighting fires, domestic violence
Altoona, Pa. ------------------------------------- A central Pennsylvania volunteer fire company is using a purple fire truck to raise awareness of domestic violence.
                                                                        The Newburg Fire Company in Logan Township uses the truck in parades and other public events, but it's no longer uses to fight fires.  Although many people know October is a month when pink objects call attention to breast cancer, it's also the month designated to raise awareness of domestic violence.
                                                                        Tory Schwarze, a Newburg EMT, says that other fire departments in the country have purple trucks, but officials believe the Newburg vehicle is the only one painted that color for domestic violence.

Elvis' height measures in at 8-10
Orlando, Fla. -----------------------------------  Elvis the king cobra put up a fight, even briefly escaping, as animal control officers tried to lure it from underneath a dryer in an Orlando woman's garage.
                                                                        The snake had been missing from its owner's home since Sept. 1 and was found this week in the garage about a half-mile away.  Three animal control officers went there to capture Elvis.
                                                                        The Orlando Sentinel reports that the snake suddenly escaped their grasp, extending his body as tall as officer Jenifer Porter ----- 5-6.
                                                                        Porter backed away.  Kirsten Smith stepped on Elvis' tail, and Billy Ledford grabbed the head with snake tongs.  The box that usually holds snakes was too small, so officers put Elvis in a cat cage.
                                                                        A report says the snake is 8-10.

Mountainous Mac gets a name update
Soldotna, Alaska -----------------------------   The name change of North America's tallest mountain is rippling down to a fast-food chain.
                                                                        The extra-large sized McKinley Mac available at Alaska McDonald's restaurants will now be marketed as the Denali Mac.
                                                                        The change comes after President Obama in August renamed Mount McKinley to its traditional Athabascan name of Denali ahead of his three-day visit to the state.
                                                                         A local McDonald's owner, Scott Cunningham, tells Soldotna, Alaska, radio station KSRM that new promotional materials are being created for the Denali Mac, which has two quarter-pounders between the buns instead of regular hamburgers.