OFFBEAT NEWS:

Flying Mattress Causes Four Car Accident

There are plenty of causes of a car accident, but a flying mattress? That’s new. Someone was driving down the I-41 in Suamico, Wisconsin when the mattress on top of their car get loose.

The bed ended up causing a four car accident but luckily, no one was seriously injured. Two cars were seriously damaged, though, causing a traffic jam.

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Evel Knievel’s Jumpsuit Can Be Yours

You may not be as gutsy as Evel Knievel, but at least you can dress like him. The daredevil’s iconic red, white and blue jumpsuit is going up for sale.

A decade after Knievel’s death, his family is putting decided to put some of his most iconic items up for auction, including his red, white, and blue jumpsuit and his bedazzled walking stick. The daredevil’s jumpsuit is expected to pull in somewhere around $80-thousand. His cane, which doubled as a flask, is already at $19-thousand.

You have until February 27th to place your bid.

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Couple Has A 25-Hundred Pound Pet Buffalo

Forget your cats and dogs, Ronnie and Sherron Bridges prefer their pets massive. The Texas couple has been living with a pet buffalo for the last decade, who now weighs in at over 25-hundred pounds.

“He is the real life bull in a china shop although I’m surprised he doesn’t do more damage with his 400lbs head when he comes and goes as he pleases,” Ronnie says of the animal, dubbed Wild Thing. “It’s like a car coming through the house, he has his own room where he watches TV but his favourite room requires a bit of furniture moving to get him in each time.”

The Bridges admit Wild Thing has almost killed them simply because of his size, but they have no plans to get rid of him.

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Hitler lookalike arrested walking around Hitler’s hometown:

If you’re a Adolph Hitler lookalike and you’re walking around the former dictator’s Austrian hometown, people are going to take notice. The 25-year-old, who goes by “Harald Hitler,” was arrested under a 1947 Austrian law which made it illegal to promote Nazi ideology. It’s unclear what kind of punishment he’s looking at.

Someone stole a penguin from a German zoo:

The Luisenpark zoo in Germany is on the hunt for whoever stole a penguin from its exhibit. Police searched the area and couldn’t find the animal, which makes the zoo think the penguin was stolen. It’ll be hard to sell, however, because it has a microchip implanted and the number 53 on its wing. Trying to appeal to the animal lovers out there, Luisenpark says the penguin’s health could suffer from being away from its special diet and controlled environment.

ICYMI: Drunk driver hits six cars before hitting a home:

There are many signs a person is driving drunk, but hitting six cars before eventually landing at a house? It doesn’t seem like a sobriety test is necessary after that. What’s more, the unnamed 28-year-old from Green Bay, Wisconsin who left that trail of wreckage behind then fled from police. In case you missed it, authorities sent out a K-9 unit who tracked down the man and arrested him at his own apartment. He’s been booked into the local jail and is facing a drunk driving charge and other traffic violations.