Good news. Lucky, lucky boy. This could have been a sad story.Nereus wrote:Baby floating in sea saved by fisherman who thought it was a doll
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Man crushed by garbage compactor in terrifying freak accident
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-crushed-g ... 50445.html
A man has suffered serious injuries after he fell into a garbage compactor.
Scott Walsh, 22, was reaching down a garbage chute at a Denver apartment building to retrieve a friend’s phone on the weekend when he began to fall, The Denver Channel reports.
Mr Walsh’s friend Liz DiSalvo said he fell head first down the chute.
“When he fell down it activated the compactor and he was in there I would say approximately five minutes,” Ms DiSalvo said.
Matt Johnson, another friend of Mr Walsh, said no one knew there was a compactor at the bottom.
The machine partially crushed the 22-year-old’s head, torso and lower body.
Both his legs were broken and skull fractured in two places. Arteries in his neck also ruptured.
Ms Johnson said he witnessed his friend step out of the garbage compactor.
“It wasn’t a very good scene,” he said.
“He’s very lucky to be alive.”
Ms DiSalvo has started a GoFundMe page to help Mr Walsh in his recovery.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-crushed-g ... 50445.html
A man has suffered serious injuries after he fell into a garbage compactor.
Scott Walsh, 22, was reaching down a garbage chute at a Denver apartment building to retrieve a friend’s phone on the weekend when he began to fall, The Denver Channel reports.
Mr Walsh’s friend Liz DiSalvo said he fell head first down the chute.
“When he fell down it activated the compactor and he was in there I would say approximately five minutes,” Ms DiSalvo said.
Matt Johnson, another friend of Mr Walsh, said no one knew there was a compactor at the bottom.
The machine partially crushed the 22-year-old’s head, torso and lower body.
Both his legs were broken and skull fractured in two places. Arteries in his neck also ruptured.
Ms Johnson said he witnessed his friend step out of the garbage compactor.
“It wasn’t a very good scene,” he said.
“He’s very lucky to be alive.”
Ms DiSalvo has started a GoFundMe page to help Mr Walsh in his recovery.
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Massive dust cloud engulfs towns across outback NSW
https://au.news.yahoo.com/massive-dust- ... 32777.html
There were apocalyptic scenes in western NSW on Tuesday when a giant dust cloud swept across the region.
Several amazed residents took to social media to document the terrifying experience as dozens of towns succumbed to the aftermath of a thunderstorm.
Remarkable footage captured by White Cliffs resident Bradley Atkins reveals the gargantuan orange mass slowly edge towards his home in the remote mining town.
“Get inside, shut the door!” he can be heard telling family members.
The giant wall of orange creeps over the roofs of neighbouring houses as the sky begins to darken.
The thick cloud suddenly reduces visibility to just several metres amid the dark brown surroundings.
Residents reflect on rare phenomenon
The manager of White Cliffs Hotel, Olivia Probyn, told Yahoo7 News she’d never come across a phenomenon as spectacular.
“It was something I’ve never seen before. Seeing that yesterday was unbelievable!” she said.
“It looked amazing and as it got closer and closer you could see it changing colours with it picking up the dirt and rolling over town.”
While the cloud was daunting to many, she revealed several braver residents were ready to take it on.
“There were people out on the road in front of the pub watching and waiting to greet the storm, I was surprised how many people stayed outside with the strong winds!” she said.
She said the whole town was blacked out from the cloud as wind speeds surpassed 110km/h.
“That’s when I though now we are in trouble!” she said, before describing the aftermath as “a mess”.
Nearby resident Shirley Ronayne in Wilcannia said her house began shaking as the cloud took hold of the region.
“Standing there watching this big dust cloud rolling towards you and not knowing what’s was going to happen once it hit was terrifying but also exciting,” she told Yahoo7 News.
“Everything was so calm and then all of a sudden the winds picked up and myself and my three-year-old daughter were chasing our clothes around the back yard right before it.”
Thunderstorm to blame
The freak cloud was the result of a storm front which swept across NSW on Tuesday, prompting health authorities to warn the conditions could trigger serious breathing problems in some people.
Following a dry year for the state, the resulting thunderstorm whipped up the surrounding dirt and soil and transported it in a huge mass through the air.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/massive-dust- ... 32777.html
There were apocalyptic scenes in western NSW on Tuesday when a giant dust cloud swept across the region.
Several amazed residents took to social media to document the terrifying experience as dozens of towns succumbed to the aftermath of a thunderstorm.
Remarkable footage captured by White Cliffs resident Bradley Atkins reveals the gargantuan orange mass slowly edge towards his home in the remote mining town.
“Get inside, shut the door!” he can be heard telling family members.
The giant wall of orange creeps over the roofs of neighbouring houses as the sky begins to darken.
The thick cloud suddenly reduces visibility to just several metres amid the dark brown surroundings.
Residents reflect on rare phenomenon
The manager of White Cliffs Hotel, Olivia Probyn, told Yahoo7 News she’d never come across a phenomenon as spectacular.
“It was something I’ve never seen before. Seeing that yesterday was unbelievable!” she said.
“It looked amazing and as it got closer and closer you could see it changing colours with it picking up the dirt and rolling over town.”
While the cloud was daunting to many, she revealed several braver residents were ready to take it on.
“There were people out on the road in front of the pub watching and waiting to greet the storm, I was surprised how many people stayed outside with the strong winds!” she said.
She said the whole town was blacked out from the cloud as wind speeds surpassed 110km/h.
“That’s when I though now we are in trouble!” she said, before describing the aftermath as “a mess”.
Nearby resident Shirley Ronayne in Wilcannia said her house began shaking as the cloud took hold of the region.
“Standing there watching this big dust cloud rolling towards you and not knowing what’s was going to happen once it hit was terrifying but also exciting,” she told Yahoo7 News.
“Everything was so calm and then all of a sudden the winds picked up and myself and my three-year-old daughter were chasing our clothes around the back yard right before it.”
Thunderstorm to blame
The freak cloud was the result of a storm front which swept across NSW on Tuesday, prompting health authorities to warn the conditions could trigger serious breathing problems in some people.
Following a dry year for the state, the resulting thunderstorm whipped up the surrounding dirt and soil and transported it in a huge mass through the air.
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A 94-year-old German is being tried in Germany for being involved in the killing of Jews in a Nazi Concentration camp in 1944. Because he was a teenager at the time he is being tried as a juvenile.
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Man wearing just Crocs and undies jumps into crocodile pit, gets mauled
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-wearing-j ... 17070.html
A man wearing plastic ‘Crocs’ shoes was bitten after jumping into a crocodile pit.
The 23-year-old man was injured after breaking into an alligator farm in Florida, US and jumping into a pond full of crocodiles, police said.
Police officers responding to reports of vandalism early on Tuesday at the Alligator Farm Zoological Park found the underwear-clad man with an injured leg crawling across a nearby yard.
Officers found two rubber Croc shoes and a pair of shorts inside the newly-opened Nile crocodile enclosure, St Augustine police spokeswoman Cecilia Aiple told The Florida Times-Union.
They also saw a bloody trail leading to the top of a nearby structure. Outside, in a neighboring yard, officers found Brandon Keith Hatfield.
He was arrested, charged with vandalism and taken to a hospital where he tried to escape before getting caught in a retention pond lined with barbed wire, police said.
Mr Hatfield told investigators he had been bitten by an alligator. They pieced together the details based on the evidence and the call reporting the suspicious man crawling in the yard.
“He… took a jump into a pond infested with big crocodiles,” Ms Aiple said.
John Brueggen, director of the alligator farm, told the newspaper that Mr Hatfield apparently got inside the park on Monday night and damaged the snack bar before going into the crocodile enclosure, called “Oasis on the Nile.”
Mr Brueggen said that based on a bloody trail, the man jumped off a 1.5 to 1.8m structure, into less than a metre of water and then climbed up the 6m structure later.
“In our 125-year history, this is the first time anyone has tried to go swimming with the crocodiles.”
According to the arrest report, security video showed a 2 metre crocodile lunging at the man who escaped to the edge of the pool.
When he sits on the bank of the pool, the “crocodile locks onto his left foot.”
Mr Hatfield caused almost $7,000 in damage, authorities said. He was arrested and is being held without bond. Records don’t list an attorney for him.(some of his ancestors were also a bit suspect!)
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Man wearing just Crocs and undies jumps into crocodile pit, gets mauled
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-wearing-j ... 17070.html
A man wearing plastic ‘Crocs’ shoes was bitten after jumping into a crocodile pit.
The 23-year-old man was injured after breaking into an alligator farm in Florida, US and jumping into a pond full of crocodiles, police said.
Police officers responding to reports of vandalism early on Tuesday at the Alligator Farm Zoological Park found the underwear-clad man with an injured leg crawling across a nearby yard.
Officers found two rubber Croc shoes and a pair of shorts inside the newly-opened Nile crocodile enclosure, St Augustine police spokeswoman Cecilia Aiple told The Florida Times-Union.
They also saw a bloody trail leading to the top of a nearby structure. Outside, in a neighboring yard, officers found Brandon Keith Hatfield.
He was arrested, charged with vandalism and taken to a hospital where he tried to escape before getting caught in a retention pond lined with barbed wire, police said.
Mr Hatfield told investigators he had been bitten by an alligator. They pieced together the details based on the evidence and the call reporting the suspicious man crawling in the yard.
“He… took a jump into a pond infested with big crocodiles,” Ms Aiple said.
John Brueggen, director of the alligator farm, told the newspaper that Mr Hatfield apparently got inside the park on Monday night and damaged the snack bar before going into the crocodile enclosure, called “Oasis on the Nile.”
Mr Brueggen said that based on a bloody trail, the man jumped off a 1.5 to 1.8m structure, into less than a metre of water and then climbed up the 6m structure later.
“In our 125-year history, this is the first time anyone has tried to go swimming with the crocodiles.”
According to the arrest report, security video showed a 2 metre crocodile lunging at the man who escaped to the edge of the pool.
When he sits on the bank of the pool, the “crocodile locks onto his left foot.”
Mr Hatfield caused almost $7,000 in damage, authorities said. He was arrested and is being held without bond. Records don’t list an attorney for him.(some of his ancestors were also a bit suspect!)
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At least his Crocs were indestructible 
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Don't mess with this old guy:
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Man survives bear attack after punching it in the nose
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-survives- ... 10533.html
A 78-year-old man has survived a bear attack after continuously punching the creature in the nose.
Sonny Pumphrey, was in his driveway when he realised that there was a mother black bear and two cubs next to him in North Carolina, US,
The young bears ran off and Mr Pumphrey was left to face off with the protective mother bear.
“I had nowhere to run. I could not go right and I couldn’t go left,” Mr Pumphrey told ABC News.
“I guess I just went with my natural instinct and just tried to protect myself.
“I hit her right dead on the point of the nose the first shot, and when I did, she went down and started trying to bite me.”
The elderly man continuously hit the bear in the scuffle, which saw the bear swiping at him and biting his hip.
His wife Betty Pumphrey, 72, heard the kerfuffle and ran outside with her dog to her husband and rang emergency services.
The bear eventually lumbered off and Mr Pumphrey escaped with a bite to his hip and several bruises. He will undergo a course of anti-rabies injections, Fox5 Sandiego reported.
“I could have been dead. I could have been really cut up bad,” Mr Pumphrey told the outlet.
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Man survives bear attack after punching it in the nose
https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-survives- ... 10533.html
A 78-year-old man has survived a bear attack after continuously punching the creature in the nose.
Sonny Pumphrey, was in his driveway when he realised that there was a mother black bear and two cubs next to him in North Carolina, US,
The young bears ran off and Mr Pumphrey was left to face off with the protective mother bear.
“I had nowhere to run. I could not go right and I couldn’t go left,” Mr Pumphrey told ABC News.
“I guess I just went with my natural instinct and just tried to protect myself.
“I hit her right dead on the point of the nose the first shot, and when I did, she went down and started trying to bite me.”
The elderly man continuously hit the bear in the scuffle, which saw the bear swiping at him and biting his hip.
His wife Betty Pumphrey, 72, heard the kerfuffle and ran outside with her dog to her husband and rang emergency services.
The bear eventually lumbered off and Mr Pumphrey escaped with a bite to his hip and several bruises. He will undergo a course of anti-rabies injections, Fox5 Sandiego reported.
“I could have been dead. I could have been really cut up bad,” Mr Pumphrey told the outlet.
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There's unqualified people all over the world, in every country, in positions they're not fit for.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46222026
Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'
Japan's new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer.
Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers.
"Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life," he said, according to a translation by the Kyodo news agency.
The 68-year-old was appointed to his post last month.
His duties include overseeing cyber-defence preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
A politician from the opposition Democratic Party, Masato Imai, whose question had prompted the admission, expressed surprise.
"I find it unbelievable that someone who is responsible for cyber-security measures has never used a computer," he said.
But Mr Sakurada responded that other officials had the necessary experience and he was confident there would not be a problem.
However, his struggle to answer a follow-up question about whether USB drives were in use at the country's nuclear power stations caused further concern.
The disclosure has been much discussed on social media where the reaction has been a mix of astonishment and hilarity, with some noting that at least it should mean Mr Sakurada would be hard to hack.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46222026
Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'
Japan's new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer.
Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers.
"Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life," he said, according to a translation by the Kyodo news agency.
The 68-year-old was appointed to his post last month.
His duties include overseeing cyber-defence preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
A politician from the opposition Democratic Party, Masato Imai, whose question had prompted the admission, expressed surprise.
"I find it unbelievable that someone who is responsible for cyber-security measures has never used a computer," he said.
But Mr Sakurada responded that other officials had the necessary experience and he was confident there would not be a problem.
However, his struggle to answer a follow-up question about whether USB drives were in use at the country's nuclear power stations caused further concern.
The disclosure has been much discussed on social media where the reaction has been a mix of astonishment and hilarity, with some noting that at least it should mean Mr Sakurada would be hard to hack.
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Why is Her Majesty laughing?
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She just recognized Prince Philip.
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She just recognized Prince Philip.
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Ayutthaya policeman falls for 'snake in detention cell' trick 
A policeman on duty at a station in Ayutthaya found himself locked up in the detention cell on Monday night after a drug suspect called for his help to kill a snake.
The 23-year-old suspect managed to escape from the Sena district police station at 9pm after luring the officer on duty to the cell and then stepping out and locking the door.
The unfortunate victim of the ruse was Pol Senior Sgt-Major Ratchada Supawong.
Ratchada said he heard a shout “Snake! Snake!” from the cell, so he grabbed a stick and opened the door to kill it. The prisoner duly barged out and then shoved the policeman inside, making sure to lock the door. As the alarm went up, another policeman gave chase, only to stumble and fall in front of the station and watch as the suspect disappeared into a field of tall grass about 200 metres away.
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/ ... s/30358921
A policeman on duty at a station in Ayutthaya found himself locked up in the detention cell on Monday night after a drug suspect called for his help to kill a snake.
The 23-year-old suspect managed to escape from the Sena district police station at 9pm after luring the officer on duty to the cell and then stepping out and locking the door.
The unfortunate victim of the ruse was Pol Senior Sgt-Major Ratchada Supawong.
Ratchada said he heard a shout “Snake! Snake!” from the cell, so he grabbed a stick and opened the door to kill it. The prisoner duly barged out and then shoved the policeman inside, making sure to lock the door. As the alarm went up, another policeman gave chase, only to stumble and fall in front of the station and watch as the suspect disappeared into a field of tall grass about 200 metres away.
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/ ... s/30358921
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Please, please, can I keep him:
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Dog becomes surrogate father to baby possum
https://au.news.yahoo.com/dog-becomes-s ... 22398.html
A dog has acted as the surrogate father to a baby possum, letting it snuggle in his fur until it was reunited with it’s mother.
The one-year-old golden retriever, named Bowie, walked into the house with a tiny possum clinging to his back on Friday.
His owner Jessica Bird, 29, was watching television and heard a “scuffle outside” before Bowie trotted in with a “furry brown thing” on his neck.
“The next thing I know, Bowie came trotting into the house acting totally normal. He jumped up onto the couch with me and then I saw this thing on his neck,” Ms Bird said.
“I felt quite panicked and couldn’t understand how he was so calm. I mean his face looked a little confused, but he was totally fine and relaxed.
“When I had a closer look I realised it was this tiny baby possum that was latched onto Bowie. It was like it thought that he was his mum,” she said.
Ms Bird believes the marsupial dropped off its mother’s back from the roof and landed straight onto Bowie’s soft fur while he was playing outside.
“We always have possums on the roof, so we thought the mum might still be there. We went back outside in the dark, and were very still and really quiet.
“I put the possum back on the roof where we think it fell from. Then the mum came back pretty much straight away and collected it.
“It was a really happy ending. I think Bowie saved its life, as who knows what could have happened.
“The possum might not have made it. It was very lucky.”
The proud dog owner added that Bowie took to his ‘foster daddy’ role like a complete natural and seemed “sad and lost” after the possum was reunited with its mum.
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Dog becomes surrogate father to baby possum
https://au.news.yahoo.com/dog-becomes-s ... 22398.html
A dog has acted as the surrogate father to a baby possum, letting it snuggle in his fur until it was reunited with it’s mother.
The one-year-old golden retriever, named Bowie, walked into the house with a tiny possum clinging to his back on Friday.
His owner Jessica Bird, 29, was watching television and heard a “scuffle outside” before Bowie trotted in with a “furry brown thing” on his neck.
“The next thing I know, Bowie came trotting into the house acting totally normal. He jumped up onto the couch with me and then I saw this thing on his neck,” Ms Bird said.
“I felt quite panicked and couldn’t understand how he was so calm. I mean his face looked a little confused, but he was totally fine and relaxed.
“When I had a closer look I realised it was this tiny baby possum that was latched onto Bowie. It was like it thought that he was his mum,” she said.
Ms Bird believes the marsupial dropped off its mother’s back from the roof and landed straight onto Bowie’s soft fur while he was playing outside.
“We always have possums on the roof, so we thought the mum might still be there. We went back outside in the dark, and were very still and really quiet.
“I put the possum back on the roof where we think it fell from. Then the mum came back pretty much straight away and collected it.
“It was a really happy ending. I think Bowie saved its life, as who knows what could have happened.
“The possum might not have made it. It was very lucky.”
The proud dog owner added that Bowie took to his ‘foster daddy’ role like a complete natural and seemed “sad and lost” after the possum was reunited with its mum.
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Used & repackaged condom racket busted in China
Chinese authorities busted a counterfeit-condom ring running perhaps one of the most unique salvage operations known to man. The gang made $7 million recycling used condoms and selling them as new to hotels and supermarkets.
Police seized 500,000 boxes of counterfeit Durex condoms, complete with matching fake branded boxes, from workshops in three Chinese provinces. Seventeen people were arrested in Hebei, Henan, and Zhejiang after cops were tipped off that a local businessman was selling condoms for suspiciously low prices.
Full story: RT
Chinese authorities busted a counterfeit-condom ring running perhaps one of the most unique salvage operations known to man. The gang made $7 million recycling used condoms and selling them as new to hotels and supermarkets.
Police seized 500,000 boxes of counterfeit Durex condoms, complete with matching fake branded boxes, from workshops in three Chinese provinces. Seventeen people were arrested in Hebei, Henan, and Zhejiang after cops were tipped off that a local businessman was selling condoms for suspiciously low prices.
Full story: RT
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Man suspected of money laundering after $400,000 found in washing machine
The term "money laundering" was never more appropriate than this week, when Dutch police found around $400,000 stuffed inside the drum of a washing machine.
A man present in the house during Monday's raid was arrested on suspicion of -- yes, you've guessed it -- money laundering.
Authorities were checking for unregistered residents in western Amsterdam when they found the load.
"The municipal administration revealed that no one lived at the address," the police told CNN in a statement. "When the police did a search through the house they found €350,000 hidden in the washing machine."
The police also confiscated several mobile phones, a firearm and a money-counting machine during the raid. The suspect, who is 24 years old, has not been named.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/23/euro ... index.html
The term "money laundering" was never more appropriate than this week, when Dutch police found around $400,000 stuffed inside the drum of a washing machine.
A man present in the house during Monday's raid was arrested on suspicion of -- yes, you've guessed it -- money laundering.
Authorities were checking for unregistered residents in western Amsterdam when they found the load.
"The municipal administration revealed that no one lived at the address," the police told CNN in a statement. "When the police did a search through the house they found €350,000 hidden in the washing machine."
The police also confiscated several mobile phones, a firearm and a money-counting machine during the raid. The suspect, who is 24 years old, has not been named.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/23/euro ... index.html
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Snake catcher called after resident finds 'alligator' in yard
https://au.news.yahoo.com/snake-catcher ... 47921.html
An Adelaide man said he feared for his family’s life after finding what he thought was an alligator in his backyard, and made a desperate call to a reptile catcher to come to the rescue.
Sharing a picture to social media of the reptile that apparently menaced the family, Snake Catchers Adelaide recounted the phone conversation.
“I have an alligator in my backyard,” the man told the reptile hunter.
Despite the expert assuring the man he was likely mistaken, the Malaysian expat was adamant his life was in danger.
“No no no it’s an alligator and I’m very afraid for my family,” he apparently told the catcher on the phone.
When the expert arrived at the man’s Adelaide home, they found the menacing reptile was a harmless lizard.
They said the family was still afraid of the creature even after they were reassured it was definitely not an alligator.
“They wouldn’t have a bar of it,” the catcher wrote on Facebook, sharing a picture of the critter.
Admitting the gaffe was a “bit hard to believe”, the catcher defended the man saying the family had only arrived from Malaysia two weeks earlier, and not too familiar with our native animals.
“They are new to Australia I suggested they educate themselves on our wildlife,” they added.
While many have thought the mistaken identity was hilarious, some have defended the family’s overreaction.
“If they’ve been here two weeks I can understand their fear, people do tend to talk Australia up as THE most deadly place ever,” one wrote. “Poor buggers.”
Others were not so sympathetic.
“You can’t be serious. We don’t even have alligators in this country,” one person wrote.
The picture was shared to Facebook two years ago, however the mistake sparked renewed attention yesterday with a handful of people having a chuckle and commenting on the thread.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/snake-catcher ... 47921.html
An Adelaide man said he feared for his family’s life after finding what he thought was an alligator in his backyard, and made a desperate call to a reptile catcher to come to the rescue.
Sharing a picture to social media of the reptile that apparently menaced the family, Snake Catchers Adelaide recounted the phone conversation.
“I have an alligator in my backyard,” the man told the reptile hunter.
Despite the expert assuring the man he was likely mistaken, the Malaysian expat was adamant his life was in danger.
“No no no it’s an alligator and I’m very afraid for my family,” he apparently told the catcher on the phone.
When the expert arrived at the man’s Adelaide home, they found the menacing reptile was a harmless lizard.
They said the family was still afraid of the creature even after they were reassured it was definitely not an alligator.
“They wouldn’t have a bar of it,” the catcher wrote on Facebook, sharing a picture of the critter.
Admitting the gaffe was a “bit hard to believe”, the catcher defended the man saying the family had only arrived from Malaysia two weeks earlier, and not too familiar with our native animals.
“They are new to Australia I suggested they educate themselves on our wildlife,” they added.
While many have thought the mistaken identity was hilarious, some have defended the family’s overreaction.
“If they’ve been here two weeks I can understand their fear, people do tend to talk Australia up as THE most deadly place ever,” one wrote. “Poor buggers.”
Others were not so sympathetic.
“You can’t be serious. We don’t even have alligators in this country,” one person wrote.
The picture was shared to Facebook two years ago, however the mistake sparked renewed attention yesterday with a handful of people having a chuckle and commenting on the thread.
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