Weird News

Monk just can't fine alone time
Portsmouth, R.I. ------------------   A Benedictine monk who works at a private Rhode Island school has discovered that finding solitude is no easy feat, even 175 feet in the air.
                                                         Brother Joseph Byron was recently relaxing atop the Portsmouth Abbey School's wind turbine ---- as he often does ----- when a drone zoomed in.
                                                         Video taken by the drone, owned by a Californian on vacation, shows Bryon sprawled across the turbine's flat surface, with views of Narragansett Bay in the background.  The footage was posted online this week.
                                                          Byron said he found the drone interesting at first but was annoyed after it zoomed by a second time.
                                                          He says he climbs the turbine, which was installed in 2006, because he enjoys the view.

Remain calm, girls
Indiana, Pa. -----------------------     If female students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania are going wild this weekend, they won't be doing it at the local Elks Club.
                                                         The bar manager of the club tells the Indiana Gazette that there is no event scheduled at the club despite fliers advertising "Girls Gone Wild: IUP Edition.
                                                         The fliers say the event is being run by a disc jockey named DJ Danger, whose real name is Chris Waters.  A Twitter account in his name says the event won't be held, but claims the club canceled it.  He hasn't returned calls from the newspaper.

Cops scope out the situation
Fargo, N.D. -----------------------      Two North Dakota State University students got a scare when armed police officers mistook their telescope for a rifle.
                                                          WDAY-TV reports that Levi Joraanstad and Colin Waldera were blinded by a bright light and told to stop moving.
                                                          They couldn't see who was shining the light and presumed it was a prank by other students.
                                                          An officer on patrol had spotted the two and thought the telescope was a rifle.  He also thought Joraanstad's dark sweater with white lettering on the back looked like a tactical vest.  He called for backup and the officers confronted the students.

Too tired to make a run for it
New Castle, Pa. ------------------      Police in Pennsylvania say officers found a couple asleep in a garage with the light on after a homeowner reported a burglary.
                                                          New Castle police tell the New Castle News that they found the couple shortly after the homeowner called them.
                                                          Police say the homeowner had gone downstairs and found a glass jar containing cash missing, some furniture moved and cabinets opened.  She also found her safe on the back porch , her purse missing and her basement door forced open.
                                                          Police say they found the sleeping intruders after noticing the garage light was on.
                                                          The woman found with Peak hasn't been charged.