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An Argentinian soc- cer superfan be- came alarmed on Dec. 13 as he headed home to watch his team’s match with Croatia in the World Cup semifinals, Oddity Cen- tral reported.
World Cup Game Drives Superfan To ExtremesN
But police officers caught
up with him and took him into custody — and he missed the whole game.
that was on his bird feeder; as he put it, “Well, that’s war.”
fig stand a chance at beatingse traffic in the HOV lane. Atfa
In other Weird happen- ings:
Powers was aiming from his own bedroom window, and said it wasn’t the first time he’ d shot at squirrels. He offered to go talk to “the other guy” and make it right, but officers had something different in mind: They ar- rested him for reckless dis- charge of a firearm.
least, that’s what one driverfic in Arizona was hoping onon Dec. 13 as he cruised alongan Interstate 10 with an inflat-th able Grinch in the passenger seat, CNN reported. M
The 53-year-old was frus- trated at the slow progress of the bus he was riding, so when the driver stopped and stepped out to buy some- thing at a kiosk, the soccer fan allegedly hopped into the driver’s seat and took off toward his home. He drove about 4 miles, then abandoned the bus and its occupants and continued on foot.
A homeowner in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, was puzzled when he dis- covered five bullet holes in the siding of his house, along with another in his son’s bedroom window, ac- cording to the Grand Forks Herald.
When Powers told his wife he was being arrested, she responded, “Well, I told you.”
“While we appreciate thepi festive flair, this is illegal &o n the driver received a cita-th tion for the HOV violation,”La the Arizona Department ofof Public Safety explained onbe Twitter. ca
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