OFFBEAT NEWS:

Win A Six-Bedroom House For $2.50

Strapped for cash but in the market for a new house? Dunstan Low may be your man. The 37-year-old is struggling to find a buyer for his six-bedroom manor house in Lancashire, England so now he’s raffling it off.

“After lovingly renovating our house between 2011 and 2012 we have struggled to pay the mortgage,” Low explains, “and have tried but failed to sell the property through traditional routes and we would like to avoid repossession.”

The house is currently on the market for around $810-thousand, but a raffle ticket only costs $2.50 a pop. If the house sells prior to August 1st, all the money raised will become the prize money for the winning raffle ticket.

The best part? It seems like the contest is open US citizens.

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Two Of The Same Exact Cars, Down To The License Plate, End Up Parked Next To Each Other

A driver walked back to her car in a Warwickshire, England parking lot and found an identical vehicle parked right next to hers. The model, color, and even license plate were exactly the same.

The unidentified driver called police who explained the other Ford Kuga had been stolen last year and in order to mask the crime, a fake plate copying a genuine one was made. It was coincidence the cars ended up next to each other, though.

The stolen car also had several items connected with recent burglaries inside and now authorities are investigating further.

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French Presidential Candidate Is Using A Hologram At Some Of His Campaign Stops

Jean-Luc Melenchon is looking to the future when it comes to his presidential campaign in France. This weekend, he managed to be in two places at once thanks to hologram technology.

While he appeared at a rally in Lyon, his image was projected by satellite to crowds in Paris. Not everyone approved of the politician’s stunt. Critics called it a “headline-grabbing gimmick.”

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Woman tries to buy a house with a forged $1.2-million check:

If you’re going to forge a check, it’s best to start small. Katherine Kempson decided to dive right in when she forged a $1.2-million check to try and buy a Dillsburg, Pennsylvania house. The 49-year-old is also accused of writing a bad check for $60,000 to a real estate agency as part of the intended purchase. Kempson is now facing forgery and bad check charges.

Man had smoked so much pot in his car that police could smell it on the highway:

Police didn’t have to do much work to find Jeffrey Chandler. The 48-year-old British man had allegedly smoked so much marijuana in his car that as he cruised down the highway, a nearby cop car smelled the weed through their car’s vents. Once Chandler was pulled over, roadside testsalso allegedly showed a “staggeringly high level of cocaine use.” Ultimately, Chandler was given a four-month jail sentence,  a rehabilitation requirement, a three-month night-time curfew and a 30-month driving ban.

Barbie bandit is on the loose:

A woman says she’s in shock after discovering thieves broke into her Calgary, Canada and stole her international Barbie collection. All in all, Brandi Boothman says her 36 dolls were worth somewhere near $2-thousand. She’s hoping someone will see the Barbies up for sale and contact police.