Author: Elsa
A two month ‘affair’ between a 30 year-old female school teaching assistant and a 15 year-old male pupil in her class has been discovered at a school in Manchester, England, but lead to no jail time for the disgraced woman. Despite admitted to ‘sexual activity with a child’, Caroline Berriman escaped a prison sentence, even though the unnamed boy is claiming to be ‘scarred for life’. The relationship had developed so far that Berriman’s daughter had even begun calling the child ‘Daddy’. And, in a bid to keep the boy’s interests, she’d even claimed to be pregnant with his child.…
Brit Michael Magee knew something was wrong with his new place not that long after he moved into it. Something was just a bit ‘off’. Things didn’t feel right. There was a strange atmosphere and energy about the house. He couldn’t put his finger on it, so tried to forget his initial misgivings. But soon, things started happening that he just couldn’t ignore… You’ve seen the movie Paranormal Activity, haven’t you? A ‘found footage’-style popcorn flick that supposedly documents the haunting of a house lived in by a young couple. So popular was it then a slew of sequels followed.…
Standing just 4ft 10in, Choon Ta is – as you might imagine – a noticeably short man. But he doesn’t let that get to him. In fact, he’s chasing his dream. And he’s nearly caught up with it… Tan is Britain’s smallest bodybuilder, measuring in at under five foot tall. He suffers from a rare genetic birth defect called ‘x-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda’. It’s a condition that impairs bone growth. It also causes a wide variety of other physical complications. Now? He’s becoming successful in the sport. Here’s what he told UK newspaper, The Mirror: “Finding out that I had a…
Footage of a bizarre road traffic accident from Russia has emerged, showing what happens when a truck carrying a huge consignment of flour crashes into the side of a building. As you can imagine, enormous tufts of white powder explode into the air and engulf everything in sight. The incident occurred in Saratov and shows the driver failing to negotiate a tight bend and losing his control. He careers into a block of apartments and only narrowly misses a passenger, who can be seen running away, frantically. Unfortunately the driver didn’t make and later died in hospital. No one else…
Last Friday in the Russian town of Voronezh, a few people noticed some strange noises near some stairs in a housing unit. Vadim Rustam and a few neighbors swore they heard muffled barking and the whimpers of a dog. But it seemed to be coming from below ground. They probably might have ignored the weird sounds had it not been for the fact that the bricks on the floor seemed to be freshly laid. So Vadim set to work. He contacted authorities. But they wouldn’t act. So, he properly set to work. He excavated the floor himself and investigated. And he…
Arachnophobia. Some people have it. It’s real. It can be a big part of their lives too, their fear of spiders. They’ll do anything to avoid being near them. As the Michigan guy in the video you’re about to see will attest. So afraid of them is he that when he sees one, they have to die. By fire. Out comes his cigarette lighter and up they go. Which works fine for him at home or out in the yard (even if it is a little cruel…).But at a gas station?! Not so much. That’s right, he spots a spider…
Debates over the existence of creatures such as mermaids have rolled on for centuries. Zoologists and cryptozoologists have debated the merits of each other’s arguments seemingly forever. And whether you believe in such things as Yetis and El Chupacabra and other such bizarre ‘aminals’, it often comes down your beliefs systems and how open minded you are. But, more often than not, people fall on the side of not believing in them. And with pretty good reason. Absence of proof is a very good argument, isn’t it? But when something comes to light which may be proof, it allows us…
Most of us suffer from one medical ailment or other. Whether it’s high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress or something else. And we seek the answers and solutions to such problems pharmaceutically, don’t we? We book an appointment with our doctor and seek pills and lotions and other medicines to help. But a lot of the time there’s a natural cure for things. And one of the best? Well, it might just surprise you… Garlic! There are numerous health benefits from munching on garlic. Sure, there’s no finer or quicker way to get slightly off-putting breath, but if it can…
Chicago, Illinois. A McDonald’s, like any other. A woman called Destiny Carreno is waiting in line to place her order. The queue’s moving pretty fast, there are plenty of cashiers working. She notices an elderly disabled man wheel up to the counter and speak to an employee. Destiny could see from his badge that his name was Kenny. The customer asked Kenny to help him eat. As the restaurant was so busy, she assumed he’d just politely decline. But no. He shut down the register, washed his hands and went over to where the customer was sitting. From there he…
Matthew Avedian. A tough guy Marine with a bald head and enormous beard. The life and soul of the party. Dedicated husband. Loving father. Matthew was all things to everyone. But he was never the one thing he truly wanted for himself. And that was to be a woman. Matthew had known since he was very young that something was wrong. That he was actually meant to be a woman. But he ignored his instincts and tried to lie his life as a man. Until it became too much for him. That was back in 2012. It was only three…