Headlines You Don't See Every Day (outside of Florida)

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Florida wedding turns chaotic after food allegedly laced with marijuana by bride, caterer
Multiple guests went to the hospital and others reported feeling shaky and paranoid at a Florida wedding police say had food laced with marijuana.
April 22, 2022, 9:33 AM EDT
By Scott Stump
https://www.today.com/food/news/bri...cing-wedding-food-marijuana-florida-rcna25540

The guests were not feeling the love at a Florida wedding that descended into chaos and resulted in felony charges against the bride and caterer for allegedly lacing the food with marijuana.

Attendees at the reception for Danya and Andrew Svoboda's wedding on Feb. 19 in Longwood told police they had vomited and felt unsteady and paranoid after eating, while other guests went to the hospital from the effects of marijuana-laced food, according to authorities.


"I feel like there’s some kind of drugs in me or something," one guest said in a 911 call released by police. "And I don’t know what’s happening."

Danya Svoboda, 42, and caterer Joycelyn Bryant, 31, have been charged with felony violations of an anti-tampering law and delivery of cannabis as well as a misdemeanor culpable negligence charge, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department and court records.

TODAY and NBC News have reached out to Svoboda and Bryant and have not received a response, and an attorney for Bryant did respond to a request for comment by NBC News. An attorney for Svoboda reached by NBC affiliate WESH said he and his client are not commenting on the case.

Seminole County deputies were called to the scene after the reception of about 50 people went off the rails once the food was served, police said. Investigators said the food, including the lasagna, was tested and found to contain THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.

Body cam footage released by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office shows guests telling police they feel sick.

"We all have been affected," one guest says. "Something was put in the food."

The groom, Andrew Svoboda, was asked by police if he knew the food was laced and stared "with a blank expression for a few moments before stuttering through a 'no,'" according to an arrest affidavit.

One guest complained of "feeling high" when speaking with a deputy, others requested to be taken to the hospital, and another guest said he was taking an Uber to the hospital because he was feeling "ill and high," according to the arrest affidavit. Those guests reported eating meatballs, bread, olive oil and Caesar salad at the wedding.

Guest Nancy Postma told police she felt "very paranoid" to the point where she thought her son-in-law had died and her family didn't tell her, according to the affidavit. She added that she had to be given something to calm her down in the emergency room after being taken to the hospital because she "became loud and unruly."

Wedding guest Miranda Cady told police she saw Bryant reach into the punch bowl, remove a green and fuzzy substance and then put it on small dishes prior to olive oil being added to the dish, according to the affidavit.

Cady told police she asked Bryant if there was marijuana in the food and Bryant "giggled and shook her head yes." Cady said she then went to the dance floor to ask Danya Svoboda if the food was laced, and she said yes and "acted like Cady should be excited as if she were given a gift," according to the affidavit.

Cady spoke with NBC News correspondent Emilie Ikeda on TODAY Friday about the fiasco.

"I think people just want an explanation,” Cady said. "You have to respect other people’s free will and boundaries and option to have a choice in something like that."

Multiple guests tested positive for THC at the hospital, according to police.

If convicted, the bride and caterer could each face up to five years and prison plus a $5,000 fine, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said.

Wedding?

More like a Weeding

 

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Depraved ‘Sex Island’ vacation offers guests ‘unlimited sex’ with 100 women
By Andrew Court
May 4, 2022

https://nypost.com/2022/05/04/sex-island-offers-guests-unlimited-sex-with-100-prostitutes/

It’s being billed as “every man’s dream.”

A four-day orgy extravaganza that promises kinky customers “unlimited sex without a condom” is set to get underway near Las Vegas on Thursday.

Sex Island is slated to take place at an undisclosed location outside of Sin City from May 5 to 8, with tickets costing pleasure seekers a whopping $4,500.

The X-rated escapade is organized by the Good Girls Company, which is selling off just 50 tickets. The company has hired 100 prostitutes for the event so that each guest has access to “two girls per day.”

“All of our girls are tested and free of any sexual diseases,” the Sex Island site proclaims. “At any moment you can switch girls with the other 50 guests.”


Sex Island is slated to take place at an undisclosed location outside of Sin City from May 5 to 8, with tickets costing pleasure seekers a whopping $4,500. Stills from a raunchy promo video are pictured.


There is “on-site HIV and STI testing” so guests can feel reassured of their sexual safety before getting down and dirty.
Sex Island

The company has hired 100 prostitutes for the event so that each of the 50 guests has access to “two girls per day.”
Sex Island

There is also “on-site HIV and STI testing” so guests can feel reassured of their sexual safety before getting down and dirty.

Organizers say the four-day vacation is “drug friendly” and also offers access to horseback riding, a holographic concert and casino tours.

Meanwhile, the 50 frisky ticket holders will also be able to partake in a “sensual” helicopter ride.


The 50 frisky ticket holders will also guests will also be able to partake in a “sensual” helicopter ride.
Sex Island

Organizers say the four-day vacation is “drug friendly” and also offers access to horseback riding, a holographic concert and casino tours.
Sex Island

A raunchy promo video shows bikini-clad women cavorting with a lucky man in pools, a hot tub, on horseback and in a helicopter.
Sex Island
But some skeptics say the event sounds too good to be true.

The website Scam Detector features complaints from several people who purportedly paid up for a prior Sex Island event only for “organizers to cancel the day before the start.”

However, the site additionally hosted an interview with the Good Girls Company’s head of customer service, who insists that the vacation is legitimate.

The Post has reached out to the Good Girls Company for comment on the authenticity of this year’s event to make sure customers don’t get screwed in a way they weren’t expecting.

Meanwhile, a raunchy promo video shows bikini-clad women cavorting with a lucky man in a hot tub, a helicopter and on horseback. However, the company states that the good-looking ladies in the frisky footage “are not escorts and will not participate in Sex Island events.”


Sex Island first started back in 2017 and quickly hit headlines after organizers outraged Colombian officials when they tried to hold the horny holiday in that country.
Sex Island

All meals are included in the freaky four-day holiday, where ticket holders will be accompanied by two prostitutes at any one time.
Sex Island

The freaky four-day event is being billed as “every man’s dream.” Sex Island’s head of PR has admitted that drugs are rampant during the raunchy vacation.
Sex Island
Sex Island was initially envisioned as an annual event. It first started back in 2017 and quickly hit headlines after organizers outraged Colombian officials when they tried to hold the horny holiday in that country.

The location of the four-day orgy was eventually changed to a “drug-friendly” Caribbean island. It was held again in 2018 before it was purportedly postponed for several years.

One New Yorker who bought a ticket to the 2017 event spoke out the following year, spilling sordid details about the vacay.

“There were 30 of us [ticket holders] altogether, all men except for one couple,” the 33-year-old dentist — named Ryan — stated. “Most were professional guys, doctors, lawyers, aged between 25 and 50. Half of them were married.”


Sex Island was initially envisioned as an annual event. It started back in 2017 and quickly hit headlines after organizers outraged Colombian officials when they tried to hold the horny holiday in that country. A still from a promo video for that year is pictured.
Sex Island

The Sex Island event previously caused outrage when it was publicized back in 2017 and 2018.
Sex Island
“There were some nerds from Silicon Valley who had never done this kind of thing before and were nervous at the beginning,” Ryan continued. “There were also two big pop stars from Canada. I immediately recognized one of them, he’s very famous and it quite took me back.”

The depraved dentist — who is married but didn’t tell his wife about the four-day orgy — said the debauchery began shortly after the vacation kicked off, as “each man had to choose the two girls who would keep them company during the entire trip.”

“Just 15 minutes into the trip I was already on a bed with them,” Ryan enthused. “Some of them [the guests] didn’t sleep for the whole four days, they just stayed awake night and day to make the most of their two girls. If you got tired of the same girl, you could do a deal with another guest and do a swap.”


Good Girls Company’s head of PR — known only as Tony — spoke with The Post back in 2018, saying Sex Island is the brainchild of five hard-partying friends in their 30s and 40s.
Sex Island
Ryan revealed that “drugs were available all the time,” saying there were “pills, poppers and cocaine.”

“There were some others I’d never heard of before, like one they called ’toothy,’ it’s pink and you sniff it, it really gets you excited and makes you want to have sex,” he proclaimed.

The New Yorker said his most memorable moment was an activity called “All In” — a one-off experience where each guest could sleep with 15 of the women all at once.

“It was the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” he cooed. “I never wanted that hour to end.”


Sex Island
Meanwhile, Good Girls Company’s head of PR — known only as Tony — spoke with The Post back in 2018, saying Sex Island is the brainchild of five hard-partying friends in their 30s and 40s.

He claimed the company bends over backward for the high-paying customers in order to cater to their kinks.

And while there are drugs galore during the four-day erotic holiday, Tony insisted his organizers do not directly provide any illegal substances.

However, the pervy PR guru did wax lyrical about the “toothy” pink powder Ryan mentioned.

“It’s a lot like cocaine but it makes you super horny,” he exclaimed. “The guys like sniffing it off girls’ butts!”

 

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An Anaconda’s Play Date With Dolphins Took a Strange Turn
Why were Bolivian river dolphins swimming around with a large predatory snake in their mouths? “There are so many questions,” one researcher said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/science/dolphins-anaconda-bolivia.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

By Carolyn Wilke
May 2, 2022

In August 2021, a research team was documenting biodiversity near the Tijamuchi River in Bolivia when they saw some animals that are typically difficult to observe: Bolivian river dolphins.

Just seeing them with their heads above the river was extraordinary, said Steffen Reichle, a biologist at the Noel Kempff Mercado Museum of Natural History in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and a member of the team. They knew something was up and started snapping photos.

Only after scrolling through the images the team captured did the researchers realize the dolphins were dangling an anaconda around as they swam.

The researchers described what they saw in the journal Ecology last month. While dolphins in captivity and the wild are known for being playful, the surprising behavior of the Bolivian cetaceans seems like a new frontier in frolicking among the aquatic mammals, and some scientists still aren’t sure what to think about what the team observed.


Dr. Reichle says Bolivian river dolphins usually swim below the surface, and sightings often catch only a fin or a tail. But some of the six animals they saw kept their heads above the turbid water for an unusually long time.

At one point, two male dolphins seemingly swam in sync, a snake held by the animals’ mouths. Anacondas are semiaquatic and can hold their breaths for some time. But because the snake was handled for at least seven minutes, much of this submerged, it probably perished.

“I don’t think that the snake had a very good time,” Dr. Reichle said.

Because of how long this interaction went on, the team suspects play — not predation. Bolivia’s native Beni anacondas are apex predators. Other than a single case of cannibalism, researchers haven’t documented the serpents being eaten. In this case, the team did not see where the snake ended up.

With how lively dolphins are, “playing seems like a pretty good answer,” said Omar Entiauspe-Neto, one of the paper’s authors and a taxonomist at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

Some of the dolphins gathered were juveniles, which could suggest another dimension of the interaction: The adults may have been teaching the youngsters about anacondas or showing them a hunting technique.


But Sonja Wild, a behavioral ecologist at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, who was not part of the study, was skeptical that the interaction was purposely instructive. It’s more plausible the juveniles were observing because they were curious, she says.

And because anacondas are strong, Dr. Wild wonders if the snake was injured or dead before the dolphins got to it. Of all the things one could pick up, “this seems a little extraordinary,” she said.

“This is the first time I’ve heard of dolphins playing with a large snake,” added Dr. Wild, who has observed bottlenose dolphins using shells as tools.

Something else from the photos was notable — the male dolphins’ erect penises.

“It could have been sexually stimulating for them,” said Diana Reiss, a marine mammal scientist and cognitive psychologist at Hunter College in New York who was not involved with the study. “It could have been something to rub on.”

The aroused males could have been having a sexual romp with each other before the snake became entangled.

Researchers who study dolphins are well aware of the animals’ sexual proclivities, such as rubbing their genitals on toys or inserting their penises into objects, animate and inanimate. They often use their penises for tactile interactions, Dr. Reiss says. She has even observed male bottlenose dolphins trying to penetrate the blowhole of a rescued pilot whale in an aquarium. It’s possible, she added, that the males tried to insert their penises into the snake.

“There are so many questions,” Mr. Entiauspe-Neto says.

A lot more is known about ocean-dwelling dolphins than riverine ones, in part because it’s harder to see what’s going on when river water is muddy. Even though they’re limited in nature, “these observations are always valuable,” Dr. Reiss says. “It’s giving us another glimpse of the lives of these animals, particularly in the wild.”

Whatever happened in this animal encounter, it’s not the stuff of children’s storybooks.

 

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18,000 people mourn 'iconic' celebrity rooster killed by female corrections officer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ster-tributes-killed-corrections-officer.html

• Carl, a rooster and mainstay on the streets of the small coastal city of Ocean Springs, was found to have been murdered after he went missing in April
• Security footage shows that Carl was abducted by a woman and a group of men at 3:00am from one of his preferred sleeping perches on April 24
• The woman in the footage, Kendra Shaffer, 35, a Jones County corrections officer, was seen dumping Carl's dead body in a parking lot 15 minutes later
• News of Carl's death has sparked memorials and outpourings of affection for the bird, along with outrage at the actions of Shaffer

By ALEX OLIVEIRA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
09:15 EDT, 5 May 2022

The murder of a celebrity rooster in a small city in Mississippi has sparked outrage, outpourings of adoration, promises of revenge, murals in memory of the animal - and a population in mourning.

The bird, named Carl, was a mainstay on the streets of Ocean Springs - a scenic city of 18,000 on Mississippi's Gulf coast.

He was known to strut about town, spinning a regular route that involved a morning stop at the local bagel shop, sips of water at a few coffee shops and even a visit to classes at the fitness center.

The rooster was personable and friendly, approaching people and posing for photographs, and nestling down for naps on regular railing perches throughout town.

But Carl was snatched from his perch before being killed by a female corrections officer and later dumped in a parking lot. His body is still missing.

News of Carl's death was met with an outpouring of public adoration perhaps unseen in the region since the death of Elvis. Wreaths of carnations were laid on perches where Carl liked to sleep, and by the doorways of shops he frequented. Children wrote letters of love to Carl and taped them in windows throughout the city, and a local artist began a mural in the rooster's memory. Local businesses began making Carl t-shirts and car decals, donating the proceeds to local animal charities. A casket was designed for the bird and laid out in town, its emptiness a plea from the town for the return of the beloved bird's remains.

'[Carl would] wake up and mosey around town and get a bagel at the bagel shop,' Matt Stebly, an Ocean Springs tattoo artist, whose parlor Carl called home, told the Washington Post, 'He had his rounds that he would visit every day.'

'He was iconic,' Stebly said, 'Larger than life.' But on a morning in late April, Carl the rooster's crow was heard never more.

Stebly arrived at his shop on April 25 and saw no sign of Carl. When the chicken didn't turn up for days the search was begun in earnest, and Stebly came across surveillance footage showing Carl being snatched from his perch at 3am on April 24 by a woman in the company of a gang of men.

The woman in the video was Kendra Shaffer, 35, a corrections officer at the Jones County Juvenile Detention Center - which is two hours away.

Footage from Biloxi, a city just west of Ocean Springs, showed Shaffer dumping Carl's dead body in a parking lot about 15 minutes after the attack.

Carl's cause of death is unclear, but Shaffer was issued a misdemeanor citation for animal cruelty, Captain Ryan LeMaire of the Ocean Springs Police Department told the Washington Post. She was also fired from her job at the detention center.

About an hour after Carl's death, footage shows a man collect Carl's body and walk off after placing him in a plastic bag. The location of the remains are unknown, and Stebly has offered a reward for information leading to their return.

'We were trying to plan a little second line for him,' Stebly said, referring to a New Orleans-style musical parade, 'I feel like it would be a little more special if we had his body.'

Why Shaffer did what she did to carl is not clear, but her actions and the loss of Carl have brought about a deluge of mixed reactions in Ocean Springs.

'Carl was so much more than a rooster. He was an icon,' local artist Cali Rob told WLOX as he brushed strokes on a mural he is painting downtown in memory of Carl, 'He was a pillar of the community.'

Elsewhere in town memorials sprang up, with hand written cards and carnations being laid in the many perches and places Carl would frequent. Reactions to Shaffer's crime have been virulent.

Ocean Springs resident Tasia Kenosky wrote in a Facebook post that she felt Carl's killer was evil.

'[Carl] was a SENTIENT BEING who did absolutely nothing to provoke his demise. He was sleeping!' She wrote, 'I have to believe that most people are good, but it really only takes one evil person.'

Stebly vowed revenge while sharing a Carl themed tattoo he had designed.

'I promise I will ruin the people that where involved.' He wrote.

Rob said he did not feel that Shaffer's loss of employment was enough compared to what she took from Carl.

'Jobs come and go, but a life, we only get one run at this life, you know, his life was taken short.'

Security footage implicated Kendra Shaffer, 35, a corrections officer at the ones County Juvenile Detention Center. She was filmed snatching Carl and dumping his body later

 

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18,000 people mourn 'iconic' celebrity rooster killed by female corrections officer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ster-tributes-killed-corrections-officer.html

• Carl, a rooster and mainstay on the streets of the small coastal city of Ocean Springs, was found to have been murdered after he went missing in April
• Security footage shows that Carl was abducted by a woman and a group of men at 3:00am from one of his preferred sleeping perches on April 24
• The woman in the footage, Kendra Shaffer, 35, a Jones County corrections officer, was seen dumping Carl's dead body in a parking lot 15 minutes later
• News of Carl's death has sparked memorials and outpourings of affection for the bird, along with outrage at the actions of Shaffer

By ALEX OLIVEIRA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
09:15 EDT, 5 May 2022

Security footage implicated Kendra Shaffer, 35, a corrections officer at the ones County Juvenile Detention Center. She was filmed snatching Carl and dumping his body later

Any woman that crazy to get ahold of some cock at 3 am is OK by me.

 

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Drug Dealer Sold $2,000 Daily In Marijuana From Vending Machine At Home
https://wild955.iheart.com/featured...ly-in-marijuana-from-vending-machine-at-home/

Criminals are apparently working smarter, not harder these days, but either way, it will get you busted...no matter how creative the idea.

A drug dealer named Marcus Cornwell living in Detroit has been arrested and now facing charges after he installed a marijuana vending machine on the side of his home.

It allowed his "customers" to just walk up and buy the weed at their convenience. Cornwell told police the vending machine was his primary source of income and he was making $2,000 a day for the past 5 years, even taking on an employee to help him.

The vending machine even took credit cards and accepted Apple Pay.

Federal agents got a tip after a TikTok video of the man's machine went viral and used the machine to collect evidence.

FBI and agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) executed a search warrant at Cornwell's home on March 16 of this year and found 18 guns including one sawed-off shotgun, dozens of rounds of ammunition, several pounds of marijuana, and over $12,700 in cash.

 

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Man beat tenant with brass knuckles when he was short on rent
https://www.wsaz.com/2022/05/09/man...s-knuckles-when-he-was-short-rent-police-say/

TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – A friend of a rental property owner is facing charges after he beat a tenant with brass knuckles during a rent dispute, according to police.

The Tulsa Police Department said in a Facebook post that Brian Thomas, 21, accompanied the landlord to visit a tenant Thursday to collect overdue rent and drug money. When the tenant was short on rent, Thomas assaulted the tenant using brass knuckles then pointed a gun at the tenant and threatened to kill him, police said.

The tenant was taken to the hospital for his injuries. Police did not provide further details on his condition.

On Saturday, police officers located Thomas at his apartment and arrested him. Officers said they also recovered two guns and evidence of marijuana distribution inside the apartment.

Police said Thomas is a convicted felon. Thomas is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, pointing a firearm with intent, threatening a violent act, gang related offense, and two counts of possession of a firearm.

Police said the investigation is ongoing. They did not yet say whether the rental property owner is also facing charges.

 

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I married my lesbian zombie doll and we have 6 kids – and my alien boyfriend is their daddy who protects them
Luke Kenton 16:28 ET, Oct 30 2021
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3851477/zombie-doll-marriage-halloween/

A WOMAN who "married" a lesbian zombie doll after falling in love with it as a teen now has six children of the dead with the creepy-looking figure as well as an alien boyfriend she dates on the side.

Felicity, a 23-year-old from Massachusetts who runs the YouTube channel Dollygirl20, tied the knot with the inanimate doll she calls Kelly Rossi in September 2018.


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Felicity, 23, is pictured with her zombie doll wife, Kelly RossiCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi

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Felicity is also dating a six-foot alien doll named Roger on the sideCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Felicity said she locked eyes with Kelly while roaming the internet when she was a horror-obsessed 10-year-old. She begged her parents to buy it for her but they insisted she was too young and the doll too scary looking.

Then, when her mother tragically died a few years later, her father eventually agreed to buy the figure - complete with a blood-stained face and missing jaw - as a gift for her 13th birthday.

"There was no romantic interest in Kelly at first as I was just a kid," Felicity said. "But we grew closer over time, particularly after my dad died, and I fell in love with her when I was 16.

"What I liked about her is that she represented to me a kind of Peter Pan Syndrome.


"At the time she was a young adult zombie with an older soul. I always wanted to stay being a kid, but also do more adult things like staying up late, eating whatever I want, not having to go to school, and saying what I want to say when I want to say it."

'TILL DEATH DO US PART'
Felicity married Kelly in an outdoor ceremony at her grandfather's home in Tiverton, Rhode Island four years later.

Describing the event as a "special day", the wedding cost Felicity around $500 and was attended by a handful of family and friends, in addition to eight other dolls from her macabre collection.

Kelly, who Felicity described as a "tomboy", donned a suit for the occasion while she wore a white dress and veil.


The pair kissed, danced, and embraced in the front yard of the home as they exchanged vows while neighbors watched on in understandable shock.

The prying eyes of onlookers did little to sour her mood on the day, but that changed in the weeks and months ahead when Felicity says she was inundated with abuse from trolls on social media.

"After the wedding, I was getting all of this hate on social media," Felicity said. "It was really kind of hard to deal with and became really difficult after a while."

Some of the trolls, Felicity said, accused her of being a pedophile because of Kelly's child-like appearance. Others told her to "just kill herself" while hurling an array of vicious insults at her.


"It made me feel suicidal and that my life wasn’t worth living or valuable in any way," Felicity reflected.

"There’s a lot of people out there that are accepted for things they do: some people get dressed up as animals - furries - for some reason and you know, some adults even dress up as babies. So why me?"

FORBIDDEN LOVE
The constant messages of abuse and hate eventually began to take their toll on Felicity's relationship with Kelly, she said, culminating in Felicity ripping the doll limb from limb, screaming that she "hated" her less than two years after their nuptials.

"One day I just snapped and went into the bedroom of my apartment and just ripped her apart.


"I destroyed her body out of hate because of the hate I was getting. I said I hated her, but really I hated the way people were making me feel about her."


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Felicity is pictured with Kelly above

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Kelly's was remodified in December 2020 to give her breasts and a more womanly shapeCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi

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Felicity is pictured with one of her 'daughters', a creepy-looking corpse named HollyCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi

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Another one of Felicity and Kelly's 'kids', Molly is seen aboveCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi
A heartbroken Felicity decided to try her hand dating humans again. She had a boyfriend for a time but the pair separated after she "did something stupid", which she claims had nothing to do with the dolls.

Felicity split from her boyfriend in September 2020. Alone once again, she said her attention quickly shifted back to Kelly.

"I tried to put the dolls away for a long time but I just couldn't," Felicity said. "I went back to Kelly. I wanted Kelly back."


Felicity then had Kelly rebuilt and re-designed by Haunt Creations owner Chris Raznick. She had Kelly's once-blood-covered face replaced with a less-ghoulish complexion - though her lower jaw is still missing entirely.

She also had Kelly's body modified to include breasts and a more womanly shape.

A FRESH START
Felicity said she and Kelly quickly rekindled their romance, describing their relationship as "intimate" and "passionate."

She said they regularly express their love physically. She's also hoping to get Kelly a new, more posable silicone body to take their sexual conquests to new heights in the near future.


The couple has six "children" together - made up of other dolls from her collection - including Luna, a blonde-haired zombie kid with a scar across her face; Rachel, a brunette with "rotting" flesh; Billy, a ghoulish-looking child; Molly, who is missing chunks from her face; Holly, a wide-eyed corpse; and finally Gremly, a small green gremlin.

Despite finding happiness with Kelly once again, Felicity said her head was turned recently when she suddenly became romantically interested in another one of the dolls from her collection: Robert, a six-foot-tall alien she bought when she was 17.

Felicity said she was previously involved with Robert romantically when she first got him but eventually friend-zoned the muscular doll after she "ended up falling in love with Kelly."

Still, Robert waited patiently on the sidelines, Felicity said, before the spark between them was reignited a few months ago.


"I suddenly felt like I wanted the kids to have a daddy," Felicity said. "He protects me. He's a good guy but he doesn't take any crap if somebody messes with his family - and me and Kelly are his family."

Felicity insists that Kelly was "supportive" of her decision to start dating Robert on the side, and "isn't jealous" in any way.

'SHE DOESN'T GET JEALOUS'
Explaining the dynamic of their polyamorous tryst, Felicity said Kelly is a "full-blown lesbian and doesn't interact [sexually] with Robert."

"Robert is with me, and Kelly is okay with that," she said. "I never feel like I'm cheating on her because she always knows when I'm with him.


"She doesn't get jealous, I don't think. Robert and Kelly are pretty good friends.

"I think Kelly gets more scared when there’s a human involved because she’s afraid they might try to make me be who I’m not and to encourage me to get rid of the dolls."


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Felicity became romantically involved with another one of her dolls, Robert, earlier this year

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Robert protects Felicity, Kelly and their children, she saidCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi

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Felicity has six 'kids' in total. She is seen above with her 'daughter' RachelCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi
Over the last few months, Felicity says she's learned to be less bothered by the opinions of others, including those of strangers and even members of her human family.

Exploring her newfound resilience, the 23-year-old says she occasionally ventures out in public with either Robert or Kelly but concedes there's a "time and a place for everything."


"I wouldn’t take them to a funeral or a wedding or anything like that," she said.

"But I do go out with them here and there, like going shopping or going to the park or taking them to my therapy sessions.

"People will stare and say 'That’s scary!', or 'Oh God!', or 'That’s weird' or whatever but it doesn’t bother me because I’m not going to see them again.

"They don’t know me, they’re not going to bed with me, they aren’t helping me to pay my bills," Felicity continued.


The young woman, who is currently unemployed, said she has previously been criticized by members of her family but says she "doesn't think they really care" about what she does anymore.

STRAINING RELATIONS
Felicity says she has endured strained relations with the remaining members of her biological family in recent times, citing years of alleged "emotional abuse". She is also currently estranged from her adoptive family.

When asked by The Sun whether the dolls are a way for her to create the stable family unit she's currently lacking in the real world, Felicity said: "I'm not sure.

"It does mean a lot to have [the dolls] and I think I did a good job. It has given me stability.


"One thing people always think is that it's a fantasy and say, 'Oh, you're just a fantasy. You guys never argue this and that's nothing like real relationships - that's unhealthy.'

"But actually, one thing I wanted to mention is that we do argue - I argue with their spirits.

"I believe they have souls. But not souls of other people that have died but instead energy that I've obtained from them over the years or given to them."

'I'LL NEVER PUT THEM AWAY'
For Felicity, quality time with her doll family has been in short supply of late after she was recently kicked out of a family member's home and forced to seek refuge at a homeless shelter.


While she works on finding herself a more permanent place to stay, the dolls are currently locked away in a storage unit.

But while they're temporarily separated, Felicity said she is still thinking of them and currently has no plans to go back to dating humans again.

"I really don't know anymore," she said. "Part of it is that if I go with a human they have to be accepting of the dolls.

"Because I’m not ever putting them away again," she said.


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Felicity(pictured with 'daughter' Luna) has become estranged from her biological and adoptive families

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Billy, a ghoulish-looking child, is another member of Felicity's curated familyCredit: Facebook/Felicity Rossi

 

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A koalossal problem: Australian scientists are jabbing koalas against chlamydia
The venereal disease is among the biggest killers of the cute marsupial
May 5th 2022 | SYDNEY
https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/05/05/australian-scientists-are-jabbing-koalas-against-chlamydia

When british colonists first came to Australia they brought with them, among other delights, a bouquet of venereal diseases. They introduced Aboriginals to syphilis and gonorrhoea. Not even Australia’s wildlife was spared. The Europeans shipped in sheep and cattle infected with chlamydia. Scientists suspect that it jumped between species: koalas are now riddled with the disease. In some colonies, every animal tests positive. Only a couple of wild populations are free of it.

This is more than just a matter of embarrassment in polite marsupial society. Chlamydia causes conjunctivitis, which can blind a koala. Worse is a brown bottom. That implies that the disease has led to a bad urinary infection and incontinence. Those animals are hard to save, says Michael Pyne, a vet at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital in Queensland. Often the infection spreads to the kidneys, leading to renal failure. Many survivors are left infertile.

Australia’s iconic “bear” has plenty of other problems, too. Koala numbers in Queensland and New South Wales have fallen by at least half this century. The decline is so steep the federal government recently listed them as endangered. Their habitats have been ripped up for development and burnt down in bushfires. They are regularly hit by cars and attacked by dogs. Yet chlamydia is one of their biggest killers, and growing.

It is not just that randy koalas are spreading disease the old-fashioned way. Females feed their joeys a kind of faeces called “pap” to pass on nutrients from eucalyptus leaves. That transmits the infection, too. Koalas do not respond well to antibiotics, which disrupt the bacteria they need to break down food.

Help may be coming in the form of vaccines. Competing teams at two Queensland universities have spent years developing jabs for koala chlamydia. Both are now testing them in wild populations. A single-shot vaccine, created by the University of the Sunshine Coast, is being administered to some 1,000 animals in Queensland and New South Wales. Early results suggested that it is about 70% effective at preventing the disease, says Samuel Phillips, one of the researchers. Hundreds more koalas are being given a double-shot vaccine by the Queensland University of Technology and Currumbin Wildlife Hospital.

Mass vaccination is still a long way off. Inoculating every wild koala would in any case be impossible. The creatures would first have to be found (they are not exactly conspicuous) before being coaxed out of trees. Yet chlamydia does not spread as virulently as, for example, covid-19. Vaccinating just 10% of a breeding population annually might be enough to stem infections.

 

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A koalossal problem: Australian scientists are jabbing koalas against chlamydia
The venereal disease is among the biggest killers of the cute marsupial
May 5th 2022 | SYDNEY
https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/05/05/australian-scientists-are-jabbing-koalas-against-chlamydia

 

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South Carolina man dies from heart attack while burying strangled girlfriend's body in yard
Joseph Anthony McKinnon is suspected by investigators to have strangled his girlfriend but succumbed to a heart attack while trying to conceal her body at their property.
Wednesday 11 May 2022
https://news.sky.com/story/south-ca...g-strangled-girlfriends-body-in-yard-12610724

A man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in the backyard, investigators say.

Joseph McKinnon's body was found on Saturday in the small town of Trenton, South Carolina, after neighbours reported an unconscious man.

Emergency services were called out but could not revive him.

As sheriff's deputies investigated the 60-year-old's death, they found a body wrapped in bin bags in a newly dug hole.

It turned out to be his partner, Patricia Dent, 65, said a statement from Edgefield County Sheriff's Office.

A post-mortem found that she had been strangled and neighbours recalled seeing McKinnon digging a hole in the yard the day before.

McKinnon died of a heart attack, according to an examination of his body.

Authorities said it appeared he'd nearly finished filling in the grave when he put down his spade, walked away and collapsed.

Both of the deceased lived at the same home on Tanglewood Drive, according to authorities.

Ms Dent's twin sister, Pamela Briggs, told Fox Carolina: "I would say a nightmare, and I want to wake up, and it's a dream. I know it's not.

"This is reality and life, and a big part of me is gone, and now I'm going to have to live with that."

 

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Taiwanese math teacher gives hardcore calculus lessons on Pornhub
Math teacher's Pornhub courses have 1.9 million total views
By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4333596

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese math teacher's decision to do "special things in special places" to attract students' attention by posting classes on an adult video website has paid off with nearly 2 million views.

Chang Hsu (張旭), a former cram school teacher, has gained worldwide attention by posting his calculus classes on the Canadian-owned internet pornography website Pornhub. His page "Play Hard Study Hard!" has gained 6,900 subscribers, and his 271 videos have racked up 1,883,947 total views.

Chang told CNA that he started to teach in cram schools after graduating from high school. The 34-year-old said that he has 15 years of teaching experience, previously opened his own cram school, and started teaching online when the pandemic struck last year.


After his cram school hit hard times during the early stages of the pandemic, he worked with his team to build his brand, "Chang Hsu Math Teacher," with a focus on calculus courses and brainstormed about marketing strategies. Chang said that because there are already many free calculus courses available online in Taiwan and overseas, he decided to branch out and "do special things in special places" to grab the attention of prospective students.

He decided to post content on YouTube, Twitch, and Pornhub, but it was the latter where he achieved the most views. Many netizens have paid the fee to download his paid content on the site.

Chang, who is fully clothed in a hooded sweatshirt and jeans in all his videos, said he has received mainly positive feedback on his videos, such as "Because of the teacher's video, I have a legitimate reason to go to an adult video website." However, others have complained that "I didn't come to your website to watch this (porn)," as graphic trailers and advertisements inevitably appear around his videos.

In response to local Taiwanese media reports claiming that Chang has earned NT$7.5 million from his videos on the adult platform, he said that this also includes revenue from YouTube and Twitch. He further clarified that this sum was earned over more than one year's time.

Nevertheless, Chang acknowledged that his marketing strategy has indeed paid off over the past year. He said that "many good things need to be well packaged" but expressed hope that the public will not reject his content because of his unusual marketing strategy.

Chang says that in the future, he plans to continue operating his YouTube channel and revising the content on Pornhub. He said that other people will be included in future videos and that he plans on eventually teaching face-to-face classes again as well.

 

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Second arrest made after video showed mass balloon-popping at a Coconut Grove marina
BY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coconut-grove/article261345912.html

A second person has been arrested after a video shared on Instagram showed people popping dozens of balloons and letting pieces fall in the bay at a Coconut Grove marina. Ten people and companies — including event organizers and the owner of a yacht — were slapped with citations and fined over $25,000, according to Miami-Dade police.

On Friday, police said Martina Gaspoz, 26, of Miami, was charged with a felony of willful disregard for the environment. She told police “she felt ashamed of what they had done,” according to her arrest report.

On Thursday, David Torres-Bocanegra, 29, of Homestead was arrested after police said he popped about 50 balloons Tuesday on a yacht docked at Bayshore Landing Marina, 2550 S. Bayshore Dr. Torres-Bocanegra later confessed, according to his arrest report. He is facing a felony charge of reckless disregard for the environment. He posted a $500 bond and has since been released.

Balloons can be mistaken for food by sea turtles, and if eaten, can lead to internal injury, starvation and death, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. They can also be harmful to other marine life.

“As a community, we share the responsibility to protect our environment”, Miami-Dade police interim Director George A. Perez said Thursday in a news release.

“Our coastal waterways are the natural beauty of our county, and our marine life depend on us to keep them safe.”

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL GONE WRONG

The balloon-popping incident happened after a marriage proposal, according to PRC Cloud Nine, an event planning business. On an Instagram post Wednesday, the company said it was not in charge of removing the balloons from the yacht and that it will no longer use them at events near the water.

“We are sorry for the situation we were involved in, and we are aware now of the damage it generated to our environment,” the company wrote.

A copy of one of the citations provided by police shows that the company received a $2,500 civil violation notice for illegal dumping on a waterway in connection to the incident. The company’s president, Iuliia Tyshchenko, and its vice president, Viacheslav Diadiura, each received a $2,500 civil violation notice as well.

Others cited were: HD2 Yacht Service 3 Maintenance, the company contracted to charter the vessel; Tulio Manases Capriles Mendoza; Francisco Jesus Feo Mendoza, the person in charge of the charter company; Gabriela A. Castillo, coordinator of the event; Dessideria D. Caro de Capriles, owner of the yacht; and Torres-Bocanegra himself.

BALLOON-POPPING VIDEO GOES VIRAL

The investigation into the incident began after footage was shared on social media, according to authorities.

Esteban Bruna, a yacht broker, said he was moving a client’s vessel around 4:15 p.m., Tuesday when he saw several people popping dozens of decorative balloons at the bow of another yacht, allowing pieces to fall into Biscayne Bay.

As pieces continued to drop, Bruna shouted to get the attention of the balloon poppers.

“My initial reaction was to kind of shout at them to try to put an end to it but that didn’t work,” he said Wednesday before the arrest.

“I was ignored.” That’s when Bruna started recording the problem with a cellphone.

In the video, at least two people can be seen rapidly popping dozens of decorative balloons at the bow of the vessel. As they were popped, pieces fell in the water. In a second video, even more pieces can be seen floating near the boat as most of the balloons had already been popped. Hours later, he uploaded the footage to Instagram.

Bruna said he posted the video to raise awareness, and that the balloon poppers should be held accountable. “I just want people to be responsible boaters,” he said. “There is only one ocean, we have to preserve it the best way we can.”

 

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Twerking McDonald’s ‘hamburglar’ busted on video: ‘She was McMad’
By Erin Keller
May 20, 2022
https://nypost.com/2022/05/20/twerking-mcdonalds-hamburglar-busted-on-video-she-was-mcmad/

Wonder if she wanted fries with that shake.

A pregnant woman with a craving for fast food was not McLovin’ the service she received at a McDonald’s in Lakeland, Florida.

“She was McMad,” joked Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd during a Friday press conference, sharing that a warrant is out for her arrest.

Judd later described, “As Jones got to the exit, she turned toward the employees, lifted her shirt to expose her belly, then turned and began twerking at them.”

“She didn’t get her Happy Meal or her fish sandwich or her chocolate shake, or her sweet tea, but she managed to get herself into a lot of McTrouble,” the cop added.

On Thursday, Tianis Jones, 22, grew upset with the time it took to put together her drive-thru order, so she entered the restaurant to give employees a piece of her mind.

Jones allegedly threw a small plastic sign and several bottles at one worker, then went behind the counter and threw cups on the floor and at employees, sheriffs said.

One of Jones’ relatives reportedly intervened to calm her down, but the angry mother-to-be called 911 instead.

“I’m 5 months pregnant. These people don’t know how to run a f- -king McDonald’s,” she told workers after being asked several times to leave the dining room, according to ABC affiliate WFTV.

Investigators said Jones’ relative and another woman eventually convinced her to leave the store. The whole ordeal lasted about 10 minutes, and caused about $100 worth of damage.

“She ended up a ‘McBurglar’ — she committed a burglary and an assault, which is a first-degree felony,” Judd said, in a variation on the franchise mascot the Hamburglar.

“I don’t know why this woman got as angry as she was, but as the saying goes, she’s a few fries short of a Happy Meal,” he added. “She better not complain about the food we serve her at the county jail.”

Polk County Sheriff's Office/FacTianis Jones twerked on her way out of the golden arches.

 

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'Poopetrator' Caught Committing 'Fecal Assault' on Wigs in Beauty Store
NICK MORDOWANEC ON 5/18/22 AT 11:50 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/poopetrato...wigs-beauty-shop-kansas-viral-twitter-1707825

Wichita Police recently snuffed out a foul-smelling situation at a local business.

The department announced Tuesday that they identified a woman who allegedly defecated in the middle of an aisle inside a Mid-K Beauty Supply store on May 10, damaging numerous wigs in the process.

"Yes, you read that right," police said in social media posts published on Facebook and Twitter. "The defecation was significant enough that eight wigs were destroyed as a result, and the business would like to know who the poopetrator is so they can pursue criminal charges."

The defecation was significant enough that 8 wigs were destroyed as a result, and the business would like to know who the poopetrator is so they can pursue criminal charges.

— Wichita Police (@WichitaPolice) May 17, 2022
The incident was captured on the store's video surveillance system, police added, "but for the good of all of you we are not posting the footage of the offending fecal assault."

They went on to say that any public assistance in locating "public enemy number 2" was appreciated.

Wichita Police Officer Trevor Macy told Newsweek that the suspect caused about $200 worth of damage, according to the store. She was identified by detectives.

"I believe the surveillance footage and the evidence left behind helped discover what had occurred," Macy said. "At this time it is believed to have been intentional."

Appropriate charges are currently being determined.

Assault
A woman who allegedly defecated in a beauty supply store in Wichita, Kansas, was caught on surveillance cameras and later identified due to social media posts. Police said the act caused about $200 worth of damage. Wichita Police

In cities like Columbus, Ohio, public defecation and urination is unlawful in public spaces, structures or on private property and can lead to criminal charges.

Municipal code in Nevada dictates that urinating or defecating in public is a criminal offense punishable by a fine between $100 and $1,000 and/or up to six months in jail.

In Colorado, urinating in public is a crime due to a public indecency law that "makes it illegal to knowingly expose your genitals to someone else in a way that is 'likely to cause affront or alarm.'"

Poughkeepsie, New York, penal code stipulates that anyone found guilty of urinating or defecating in public is subject to a fine of up to $1,000 or 15 days in jail, or both. A second offense carries harsher penalties.

The Cleveland Clinic said that fecal incontinence, also called anal incontinence, describes bowel movements that "cannot be controlled" and involve stools that leak out "at unwanted times." The condition can be treated by diet adjustments, medications or surgery.

The post has resulted in a litany of jokes online. The department's Facebook post received more than 2,000 comments and was shared another 3,400 times.

"Let's hope you can wipe this case clean and flush away the memories," one Facebook user commented. He received a reply from the department, which read, "This might be one of those cases that sticks with us."

"You know, it's considered good form to at LEAST go to a corner," another user said.

Even police departments in other states chimed in with the humor.

"[Eight] wigs? Did you look for this human in Taco Bell?" commented the River City, California, department. "That usually does it to me (although the best I could do is 6 wigs)."

There was also an influx of Amber Heard-related jabs due to testimony in her Johnny Depp defamation trial, regarding her allegedly defecating on a bed. She has denied the allegation.

It caught the attention of Wichita Police.

"We've already confirmed that this is NOT Amber Heard so please stop calling and emailing that info! Thanks!" the department said on Facebook.

And just in case any Columbus-based BP'ers get any ideas:
"In cities like Columbus, Ohio, public defecation and urination is unlawful in public spaces, structures or on private property and can lead to criminal charges."