Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 17, 2015
Transcript:
Tough gal! While visiting a Virginia botanical garden, a rabid raccoon attacked Cas Overton- the 75-year-old was able to strangle it with her bare hands! New Zealand's Kelly McGarry did a backflip on his bicycle over a 72 FT Canyon! Stuffed to the gills! Derrick Chaulk and Jeremy Ball saved a beached shark in Newfoundland that was choking on a piece of moose meat!
ghretighoti over 9 years ago
That Botanical Garden seems like a tough place if an unwitting rabid raccoon visitor, who probably paid good money for his ticket, can get strangled to death by a 75 year old woman.
stlmaddog5 over 9 years ago
Doesn’t say what hospital Kelly McGarry landed in.
bmillard over 9 years ago
72 feet wide or deep? And how do you Heimlich a shark? Wouldn’t the fin poke you in your belly?
Max Starman Jones over 9 years ago
Anybody could do a backflip over a canyon. What I want to know is if he landed on the other side.
Max Starman Jones over 9 years ago
Edit: that bottom one should read “The late Derek Chaulk and Jeremy Ball…”
francisrossi over 9 years ago
You sort of have to land the backflip for it to count, else it’s just a fail that lands you in hospital. Or worse.
markhughw over 9 years ago
Then the shark choked on a piece of Derrick Chaulk
bmillard over 9 years ago
Here’s a rough sketch of what Derrick used to look like; it’s just a Chaulk outline…
Durak Premium Member over 9 years ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/16/woman-unharmed-after-strangling-a-rabid-raccoon-that-was-attacking-her/
Max Starman Jones over 9 years ago
Markhughw and mrbear 13, I concede to both of you. Much better than mine!
Tarredandfeathered over 9 years ago
Well, I’d always Heard that people in Canada & Newfoundland were Nice People, but Saving a Lawyer from choking on moose meat?.Wow. That’s a Whole new Level of “Nice”..
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 9 years ago
What I’d like to know is… How the devil did a shark get his jaws on a moose?