Really Unusual Bizarre & Weird News: June Edition

When parenting fails... Photo Courtesy: Jatim Dotorg
When parenting fails… Photo Courtesy: Jatim Dotorg

By Andrew J. Hewett

ONLY COINCIDENTAL, HUH?
Galveston, TX – April 30, 2012, quote from the Associated Press: “A Houston man accused in a shooting rampage outside a Beaumont courthouse admitted Monday that he opened fire on his daughter for testifying against him in a sex assault case but denied killing a bystander.”

GOD’S POPULATION CONTROL
On May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, causing an official death toll of 84,537, with 53,836 listed as missing. What’s your problem?

MR. NO-BIG-DEAL
WFAA-TV (Channel 8), May 8, 2013, reported Kemp, Texas, Police Chief Jimmy Council was investigating a report of loose cattle in a pasture, when he fell 15-20 feet down a well. And, though he had a cell phone, and could brace himself enough to called 911, instead he elected to simply text City Hall, apparently to hide his embarrassment?