OFFBEAT NEWS:

Rhino Horn Stolen

The University of Vermont has been home to a black rhino horn since around 1900. That is, until someone stole it. Whoever took the item used a drill to break into Torrey Hall, where the horn had been hanging for decades.

Authorities believe the horn is heading for the black market, where it’s worth a pretty penny. To try and keep that from happening, the Fish and Wildlife Service are offering a $3,000 reward to solve the theft.

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Airline Offers Gluten-Free Man A Banana

Gluten free seems to be a trend nowadays, but for Martin Pavelka, it’s medical necessity. So when the London man was flying from Tokyo to Sydney on All Nippon Airways, he ordered the gluten free breakfast option.

While his fellow passengers were enjoying eggs, sausage, mushrooms, bread, and yogurt, he was given a banana and a package that contained a fork, knife, and salt and pepper packages.

“This was a nine-hour flight,” Pavelka explains of his $15-hundred trip. “Although definitely gluten-free, the banana did not keep me full for very long.”

He adds that fellow passengers chuckled as he complained to a flight attendant, who agreed it was a problem. Pavelka has complained to All Nippon Airways but hasn’t heard anything yet.

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Funeral Home Mix-Up Ends With A Mystery Body In The Casket

The family of Alice Dunn not only had to deal with her death, but with an incredibly unorganized funeral home. When they showed up to Swanson Funeral Home in Flint, Michigan, they discovered the wrong body was in the casket.

“I told them ‘that ain’t our mama,’” Maurice Dunn explains. “It was a total stranger dressed in the clothing that my brother Joey picked out.”

Perhaps the craziest part? At first, the funeral home denied they made a mistake insisting the woman in the casket was Alice. Eventually, Swanson Funeral Home brought out the right body. Maurice said he didn’t get a “heartfelt” apology, though.

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Drunk driver says her name is Hillary Clinton:

Regardless of politics, cops are not likely to enjoy a joke from someone accused of driving under the influence. Police began chasing Holly Lynn Donahoo in Maryland before spike strips were used to stop her in Chalkhill, Pennsyvlania. That’s when she told authorities her name was Hillary Clinton. It’s unclear why she decided to lie, but Donahoo was taken to a hospital, where she allegedly refused drugs and alcohol testing. Donahoo’s since been jailed on charges including driving under the influence and fleeing or eluding police.

Underwear-clad carjacking suspect arrested:

Sharnett Burton didn’t feel the need to dress up before committing a crime. The 30-year-old Florida woman was the suspect in a carjacking case and when police found her, she had crashed into a pole near the entrance of a Walmart and ran into the store…wearing only a bra and underwear. When police tried to arrest Burton, she continually tried to flee. In the end, she was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with damage and one count of resisting arrest without violence. Oh, and a charge in a nearby town for that pesky old carjacking.

Man breaks into his neighbor’s house…to eat:

Joel Puglia really didn’t want to go grocery shopping. The 55-year-old man told cops he broke into his neighbor’s Rock Hill, South Carolina home because he didn’t have anything to eat in his house. The neighbor’s security camera caught Puglia walking into the house, where he admits he made a pimento cheese sandwich and had a pickle. Puglia’s now facing burglary and petty larceny charges.