OFFBEAT NEWS:

Craigslist Ad Calls For A “Barbecue Dad”

What says “backyard barbecue” more than a dad grilling meat and talking about Jimmy Buffett? Nothing, according to Dane Anderson and his friends. He and his pals are throwing a barbecue but realized they didn’t have a dad on hand in Spokane, Washington, so they put an ad on Craigslist looking for one.

The ads requires the perfect candidate to grill the meat, bring their own grill, refer to attendee as “Big Guy, Chief, Sport, Champ, etc.” and talk about “dad things” including “lawnmowers, building your own deck, and Jimmy Buffet.” Oh, and bonus points will be awarded to anyone named Bill, Randy or Dave.

The craziest part? Dane says he’s gotten multiple responses. “[One guy’s] name is Jerry but he said we can call him Dave or Bill,” Dane notes. “There was one guy Stan who sent us a message but then he stopped replying.”

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Disgruntled Man Unleashes Bed Bugs In City Building

Most of us have experienced the headache of dealing with local government. One man in Augusta, Maine took his frustrations out in a creative, but very disgusting, way. When the unidentified man was told he didn’t qualify for government assistance, he took a cup containing more than 100 bed bugs out of his pocket and slammed it on the counter.

The bugs started spreading and City Hall had to be shut down while pest control came in and got rid of the bugs. City Manager William Bridgeo, who’seworked in various communities since 1976, said he’s “never had anything as yucky as this” happen on his watch.

Police are investigating and it hasn’t been determined if the disgruntled resident will face criminal charges.

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Woman Has Broken Her Neck Twice In The Same Place

Monique Jeffrey has bad, bad luck. Back in 2012, the mother of two was laying in her bed when she suddenly sneezed, jolting her neck forward causing the vertebrae in her neck to collapse.

She was able to text her husband for help, who came home and called an ambulance. Jeffrey had to spent nearly four months in a halo brace, which is drilled into the skull while the patient is awake and used to realign the vertebrae. She made a full recovery, or so everyone thought.

Five years later, she was at work laughing with a colleague when it happened again. “I knew exactly what I had done, the pain was really bad and work called an ambulance,” Jeffrey says. “I had a CT scan and an MRI to confirm it was the same two vertebrae.”

Jeffrey’s sister has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover Monique’s medical costs, calling it the “oops I did it again” fund.

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ICYMI: Man shoots up heroin while driving:

Doing heroin is always, always a stupid idea. Doing heroin while driving is next level dumb. In case you missed it, Chadwick Smith did just that, admitting to Muncie, Indiana police that he shot up heroin while behind the wheel and nodded off. Smith ended up crashing into a a U-haul trailer before hitting a tree and ending up in a person’s yard. Smith is now facing charges of possession of a narcotic drug, unlawful possession of a syringe, driving while intoxicated and public intoxication.

Man arrested after flashing money on Facebook Live:

Pro-tip: if you’re going to be a criminal, don’t be a flashy one. Breon Hollings found that out the hard way after he flashed wads of money on Facebook Live…and ended up getting picked up on drug charges. The best part? The 22-year-old can be seen on video hearing a warning Jacksonville, Florida officers sent over a loudspeaker they are about to raid the house. Hollings runs out the room, police bust in, and he’s arrested off camera. Hollings is now facing multiple drug charges.

Security camera thief caught on…security camera:

If you’re going to steal security cameras, make sure you steal all of them. Police in Warwick, Rhode Island are looking for the man who walked into the local Wal-Mart and stole three surveillance cameras by hiding them in his jacket. The problem? The store’s actual, working camera caught him in the act.