Stupid people of the week

US driver pulled over with huge African bull riding shotgun in car

Police in Norfolk, Nebraska, responding to calls of a man driving with a “cow” in his car were stunned to discover a local man with a huge Watusi bull riding shotgun in his vehicle.

“The officers received a call referencing a car driving into town that had a cow in it,” Capt Chad Reiman told News Channel North-East Nebraska. “They thought that it was going to be a calf, something small or something that would actually fit inside the vehicle.”

In fact, the animal was a Watusi bull – a breed of cattle famous in Africa with gigantic horns.

The driver was identified as Lee Meyer of nearby Neligh and police performed a traffic stop on his car. Meyer told them that the Watusi bull’s name was Howdy Doody.

“The officer wrote him some warnings,” Reiman told the TV channel. “There were some citable issues with that situation. The officer chose to write him a warning and ask him to take the animal back home and leave the city.”

Meyer – whose car appeared specially outfitted to have a bull as a passenger – promptly did.

Source; The Guardian

Police detective victim of money mule scheme

Wilmington Police Department violent crime detective Aricka Sidbury will not face charges in connection to a financial crime investigation in California, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.

“Through our investigation, it was determined Officer Sidbury was the victim of a money mule operation,” said Sgt. Adam Schermerhorn with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. “She was provided with information related to these types of incidents and how to avoid becoming a victim again.

“Our investigators have spoken with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations, and it appears their investigation is also complete.”

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office told WECT in May that it was working with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigations to investigate financial crimes related to Marin County.

According to information from the WPD, Sidbury’s status was changed to “Administrative Leave – Suspension/Investigation” on April 19.

WECT has reached out to the WPD to confirm Sidbury’s current status with the department.

Source; WECT

Vegan raw food diet influencer Zhanna D’Art dies of suspected starvation: report

Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova has allegedly “died of starvation” after subsisting exclusively on a diet of exotic fruit in Malaysia, according to her friends and family.

She was 39.

The Russian national — who frequently promoted raw foods on social media where she was known to her millions of viewers on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as Zhanna D’Art — reportedly died July 21 after finally seeking medical treatment during a tour in Southeast Asia, according to local media outlet reports.

“A few months ago, in Sri Lanka, she already looked exhausted, with swollen legs oozing lymph,” one unidentified friend told Newsflash. “They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified.”

Her friend added, “I lived one floor above her and every day I feared finding her lifeless body in the morning. I convinced her to seek treatment, but she didn’t make it.”

Samsonova’s mother also attributed her daughter’s passing to a “cholera-like infection.”

However, her official cause of death has not been declared.

A proponent of uncooked herbivorous fare, the Kasan native claimed she ate a “completely raw vegan diet” for the last four years, consuming just “fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies, and juices.”

Meanwhile, a friend claimed that for the last seven years, Samsonova had only eaten the giant, sweet jackfruit and durian, a spiky, mace-like fruit known for its custardy meat and noxious odor.

“I see my body and mind transform every day,” Samsonova had gushed while describing her restrictive eating regimen. “I love my new me, and never move on to the habits that I used to use.”

The food-influencer said her raw foods regimen was reportedly inspired by seeing “peers” who looked a lot older than their ages, which she attributed to their “junk food” diets.

She used social media to spread her raw diet doctrine, describing: “I eat simple food, although I have a lot of experience as a raw food chef. I love creating my own recipes and inspiring people to eat healthier.”

Unfortunately, her friends believe her so-called healthy food choices were to blame for her death.

“You don’t need to be a doctor to understand where this will lead,” said one pal of her all-durian and jack fruit diet.

“Zhanna’s idle stagnation was causing her to melt before our eyes, but she believed everything was fine,” theorized another. “Only her eyes, merry eyes, and gorgeous hair compensated for the dreadful sight of a body tortured by idiocy. Forgive me if it sounds harsh.”

While a raw foods diet can have multiple health benefits — including weight loss, improved heart health and a lower risk of diabetes — there are downsides to this regimen, especially when not well planned, according to Healthline.

These include deficiencies in calcium and Vitamin D, which are needed for strong bones.

This can also lead to suboptimal B12 levels, which can result in anemia, nervous system damage, infertility, and, somewhat paradoxically, heart disease.

A study published earlier this month in the Journal of Nutrition found that 100% of participants on a raw vegan diet ingested less than the recommended 2.4 mcg of vitamin B12 per day.

Despite the potential downsides to Samsonova’s diet, many of her devoted followers refused to believe her eating choices led to her death, instead claiming that she was killed by chemicals in the fruit she ate.

Samsonova’s family is awaiting a medical report and a death certificate that will determine her official cause of death.

Samsonova wouldn’t be the first to starve to death from a raw foods diet.

Last year, vegan Florida mother Sheila O’Leary, 38, was sentenced to life in prison after starving her 18-month-old son to death by feeding him only small amounts of fruits and vegetables.

Source; NY Post

French daredevil falls to his death from Hong Kong skyscraper

A French daredevil who gained social media fame by taking photos of himself on tall structures throughout the world fell to his death from a skyscraper in Hong Kong last week.

Remi Lucidi, known on social media as “Remi Enigma,” was found dead in Hong Kong after authorities say he fell from one of the city’s skyscrapers Thursday, according to a report from The Guardian.

Lucidi, 30, was found by police on the patio of an apartment and later identified by local media reports. He was found with his French ID and a camera used to film his participation in extreme sports.

Investigators believe Lucidi fell to his death from a ledge of the penthouse apartment building he entered earlier in the day, telling security he was there to visit a friend on the building’s 40th floor. CCTV footage from the building showed he instead left the elevator on the 49th floor and used stairs to access the top floor of the skyscraper. Police say a worker at a penthouse apartment on the building’s 68th floor reported that Lucidi had knocked on the window of the apartment around 7:30 p.m. Thursday and requested to be let inside, but the worker was suspicious and instead called authorities.

According to a report in the South China Morning Post, police say Lucidi may have been trapped on the building and was looking for help before the incident.

“It is possible that he got trapped outside the penthouse while practicing an extreme sport in the building, and he knocked on the window for help but accidentally fell to his death,” a police source told the outlet.

Police then later received a call about a gas leak, which prompted officers to discover Lucidi’s body. Authorities say Lucidi broke a gas pipe for the building during his fall.

Source; Fox News

 

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