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My lunch ladies won the Powerball when I was in 9th grade. Each took home 1.1 million dollars. Each week, they each put in a quarter and bought Powerball tickers and one week they won. There were news teams there for days doing interviews. It was cool that most of the lunch ladies stayed working there. The older ones retired, but almost all of them continued to work. It was a really big deal for a long time.

anon , CDC Report

Final score:

196points

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ShyWahine 9 months ago

Awww - I love this story!

51points

Wind storm broke open cages of bunnies from the 4H program and ton of them got loose. Several years later you can’t seem to go around a corner without seeing several wild rabbits.

Xander_Cain , Pablo Martinez Report

Final score:

134points

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ShyWahine 9 months ago

Are the residents hopping mad or don't seem to carrot all?

143points

A guy robbed the bank then ran to his home to hide… that was down the street. Took the cops an embarrassingly long time to get him

Wenissucker , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

117points

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Hawkmoon 9 months ago

Same story here, but the guy was even dumber: it was snowing and all it takes for the cops was following his footsteps to his home.

79points

Guy in my high school knocked up the daughter of the local fitness center owner. The owner offered him a car to leave his daughter alone and not be a part of the baby’s life. He accepted the offer and took the car. Once she gave birth, they ran away together in the car. The fitness center owner found them, torched the car, and threatened to kill the guy. They fought and the baby daddy won. This apparently garnered some respect from both men and now everyone seems like a happy family.

LessGoooo Report

Final score:

113points

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Bewitched One 9 months ago

Wow

44points

There were 2 kids 3 years older than me who got married about 2 years ago, and right after the wedding, they found out they were actually twins that were separated at birth. I wish I was joking but I'm not. They are still happily married.

Edit: this is small town Connecticut, by the way

crimsonrose2718 , Olivia Bauso Report

Final score:

106points

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The Doom Song 9 months ago

Last name didn't happen to be Targaryen by chance?

51points

A slasher movie was filmed here and before production began the town cleaned up and painted one of the main areas that was going to be used in the movie. The studio then had to bring in a team to undo all of the cleaning and painting because it no longer looked authentic.

stephers85 , Lê Minh Report

Final score:

95points

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Deborah B 9 months ago

There's a pink house in Oxford (England) on a very period street. Every few years a historical piece is filmed there, for the houses and the cobblestones etc. Everytime, they have to get the homeowner's permission to paint their house white, and they agree, so long as they paint it back pink again afterwards.

64points

It was hushed up, but the former sheriff of my hometown stole people's lawnmowers and sold them for scrap for close to a decade.

Weird place.

Power_Wiz_IV , Zac Gudakov Report

Final score:

94points

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ShyWahine 9 months ago (edited)

Let's take a mow-ment to consider the lawn-gevity of his crime...

97points

This old lady would helplessly walk around busy parking lots with her walker. She looked so dirty and homeless, and people would drive up to her and give her stuff. Then her family came out and told everyone to stop doing that because she was actually very rich and was pretending to be homeless.

retro-petro , Ev Report

Final score:

94points

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seana lammers 9 months ago

Some people have unusual hobbies

47points

#10

The county sheriff shot himself through the leg while training. He claims it was a faulty holster and he was re-holstering the gun. I'm pretty sure he just had his booger hook on the bang switch at the wrong time.

SteerJock , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

93points

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Bored something 9 months ago

Should have had the safety on

7points

#11

The 40something drunk man who broke into the high school dressed as batman to prank scare the high school classes by staring in the windows then running away giggling uncontrollably to appear somewhere else on campus and scare a different class. There was an hour and a half long lockdown and he ended up found and arrested.

anon , Ronê Ferreira Report

Final score:

93points

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Me 9 months ago

"Drunk" or probably high as a kite

41points

#12

Local cop was taking multiple highschool girls out of town to take advantage of. The thing was each girl thought she was the only one. Then they all figured it out about each other then got mad and turned him in.

Imb0pper , Mika Baumeister Report

Final score:

92points

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OmMi 9 months ago

Local COP was doing WHAT?

39points

Powerful Katrinka 9 months ago

In the recent news, no less than three cops in totally different parts of the country have been arrested for sexually assaulting and raping kids. It’s absolutely disgusting.

19points

Surenu 9 months ago

Abusing power. Not necessarily surprising, sadly.

13points

LaserBrain 9 months ago

Sexual misconduct, including that of minors, is the second most common type of misconduct reported among police personnel in the United States.

10points

Jasmyn JAY 9 months ago

You're surprised? Shocker.

4points

Remi (He/Him) 9 months ago

We have a case a lot like that too currently. 😡

3points

Cooter McCoughlin 9 months ago

Local cop copping feels

1point

Rayne OfSalt 9 months ago

If you're surprised by that, you definitely shouldn't check out r/notadragqueen then.

1point

Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 3 weeks ago

Sounds like... being a cop, definitely American style.

0points

The Idaho Potato 9 months ago (edited)

It's called rape, not 'taking advantage of'. Say it for what it is.

25points

Dread Pirate Roberts 9 months ago (edited)

I hope that cop is rotting in prison where all the other inmates use him as a human toilet.

7points

RajunCajun 9 months ago

I live just south of Baltimore. some priest were taking advantage of school girls and killed the nun that tried to stop it. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-nun-murder/

5points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 4 months ago

doh!

0points

Farah Kamal 9 months ago

I shouldnt be laughing but oh well. Anyone wanna join me in helll? (hey that rhymes!)

0points

Timbob 9 months ago

Wrong reason !

0points

Imagineer 9 months ago

They didn't care about it until they found out they weren't the only one? There's a name for those ladies.

-2points

DarkViolet 9 months ago

They were high school students, and they were groomed. The adults involved are totally to blame; they initiated the misconduct and they could have stopped it.

3points

NetworkMan 9 months ago

Lets also remember this story is probably set in the USA, where highschool kids are up to age 18. I'm just saying this could be werid yes, but not an 'underage' thing. He wasn't arrested, he was caught for doing it to multiple girls and they all found out about each other and confronted him. Lets also remember that cops can be as young as 18-21 in the USA, so this could be a story about an 18 year old cop dating multiple 18 year old girls for all we know.

-3points

whyamionfireagain , Cédric Dhaenens Report

#13

Fighter pilot drew a d**k in the sky.

Final score:

89points

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ShyWahine 9 months ago

A hardened criminal...

85points

#14

Depends on what incident you want:
People were convinced the high school was cursed because no less that 4 kids every year died (I’m talking grad classes of maybe 40 each year loosing 4-8 kids for various reasons)

Most of my graduating class ended up getting caught drinking in class the one day I didn’t show up.

The field party where some dumbass was smoking behind a dried hay and caught the whole veils on fire.

And the soccer coach murdered his girlfriend and tried to kill her two children but thanks to lockdown training they knew to play dead until he left. The subsequent trial, and then the kids coming back to school.

And half the town, including at one point the sheriff had a heroin problem.

beezusquinn Report

Final score:

89points

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Kristal 9 months ago

At first I thought they were talking about Hogwarts with all the kids dying

39points

#15

A Walmart employee quitting over the store intercom and calling out the store manager for being a pervert, and posting the video of her doing so on social media. It spread like wildfire.

anon , Mike Kalasnik Report

Final score:

88points

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EJBWritesBooks 9 months ago

I saw that one online...

16points

#16

A little over 30 years ago, the police and fire departments played in a charity basketball game that raised funds for DARE. Shortly after the game, some of the cops that played gave short anti-drug speeches for the crowd. Early the next morning, state police came into town and arrested a lot of those cops for being part of a local drug ring.

A more lighthearted one happened only 5 years ago. The town's getting ready for its annual Christmas tree lighting when the organizers noticed the wiring for the lights had been damaged. They report it to the police, who then put out a bunch of public notices about how "vandalism will not be tolerated in our family-friendly town" and beefing up security around the area. It ended up being a squirrel that chewed through the wire.

ScorpionX-123 Report

Final score:

85points

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Nicola Koh 9 months ago

Plot twist: the squirrels were the ones running the drug ring

67points

IDontEvenCareBear , Wendelin Jacober Report

#17

A light shining into the sky a couple times from out in the woods. Police went out to check it, found a man no one knew in a cabin no one knew of, LOADED with guns and ammunition. When asked why he had so many, what he was doing shining a light into the sky…

He was sending a beacon to the aliens bc they told him to shine a light to guide them, when he had things ready for them…. Yeah.

Final score:

82points

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ShyWahine 9 months ago

Watt a bright idea..

35points

#18

Teacher at the local elementary school had a nervous breakdown while her class was at recess. When they came back in she was completely naked and just scribbling on the white board while mumbling to herself.

AgentOfManifestation , Pixabay Report

Final score:

73points

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Panda Kicki 9 months ago (edited)

That beats my story. Chemistry teacher want to teach us gasoline fumes are dangerous. He put a small metallic "slide" with a rag of gasoline in one end, and lights a candle in the other. The fumes are bigger and faster then expected, the rat catches fire as well as teachers arm, he flings out and rag sets curtain on fire. Evacuation and had the rest of the day off.

69points

#19

We had a super duper senior .. he was mentally slow and maybe 20years old. He was pretty beloved at the school actually.

One day he stole his moms car and drove it through the glass the front doors of the school . Luckily not on a school day, nobody was hurt /arrested or anything but it was widely talked about.

Also a girl was sleeping with a boy in her class and her dad caught them having sex. the guy jumped out the second story window naked . He fell into the car and the windshield wiper blades caught his balls on the way down and he had to get one testicle removed. I knew this to be true bc I knew everyone including the dad, daughter and the guy it happened too.

anon Report

Final score:

71points

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Dread Pirate Roberts 9 months ago

I feel kinda bad for laughing at that last paragraph 😖

35points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#20

Remember when the animals got loose in Ohio? That one

I knew the guy. He was nuts.

TomYOLOSWAGBombadil , Mike Marrah Report

Final score:

65points

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Bored something 9 months ago

Nice kitty *scritch scritch*

34points

#21

The thing I was most aware of was that a teacher was sleeping with one of the high school students, then he (the student) got her pregnant and she kept it. She was fired, don’t know what she does now, and the dude who knocked her up is the local drug dealer now. I was in the same year as the kid that resulted from that, he was a nice guy. Felt bad for him cause everyone was always trying to figure out who the kid was, since everyone knew he’d be at the school that year but didn’t know who it was. If you ask me, kind of f****d up to stay in the same town and make your kid go to the same high school that happened in.

JensensRedemption Report

Final score:

63points

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RajunCajun 9 months ago

I dated a girl one summer for a couple of weeks, then I started my last year of HS to find out she was a new teacher. We just acted like we had never met and went on with our lives.

24points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#22

Teacher swinger-sex ring got exposed. Everyone in the school and their parents found out pretty quick. Middle School Vice Principal ended up divorcing his wife due to later swinging incident.

soulesswonder25 , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

61points

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Panda Kicki 9 months ago

Adult people doing consentual stuff, not sure why anyone cares

97points

ApprehensiveVirus125 , Iurii Laimin Report

#23

An airplane crashed into the towns only water tower. Just happened to be a crop duster fully loaded with herbicides. Very sureal sight to see because it took more than a month to find a crane large enough to remove the plane from the water tank on top of the tower. You drive by, and all you see is the tail of the airplane ✈️ sticking out the top of the tower.

Final score:

61points

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Mark 9 months ago

Props to the engineers of the water tower for having a plane go halfway through their water tower and remain standing

62points

MutedSignificance487 Report

#24

The Farmington Mine Disaster
I live in a small town in West Virginia and before I was born this happened. So one day the coal miners went into the Mines as per usual but something was off. It smelled like gas the coal miners found out to late that there was a gas leak. As they were using their pickaxe's sparks started flying and the gas was lit aflame. 78 of 99 people died that day people that were fathers, sons, grandparents, uncles, and cousins. All of this happened because the mine had low safety protocols or protection for their employees. Hollywood caught wind of this story and even made a movie about it thr movie is called miner 9 and is based off of the farmington mine disaster the incident even pushed the government to change the coal Mines to make them more safe.

Final score:

57points

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Florence O'Grady 9 months ago

This and other incidents of mine owners not caring about their employees is why we now have Unions!!! THANK GOD FOR UNIONS!!!

52points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#25

A little girl had a seizure (or hit her head. Nobody knows for sure) in the YMCA swimming pool, went unconscious, and drowned during a youth swim team practice. My sister and her friends were also on the team. They saw her at the bottom of the pool and thought she was just messing around. Lifeguards and instructors weren’t even paying attention.

broshley , Marcelo Uva Report

Final score:

54points

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Stephanie Did It 9 months ago

I tried to dive into a pool at age 4 and hit my head. I don't remember pain, just feeling relaxed and looking at all the pretty ripples.on the surface above me. Next thing I knew, I was being roughly dried off with towels and family were telling me I knocked myself out. Close!

41points

ooo-ooo-oooyea , Joshua J. Cotten Report

#26

We had this guy who was a survivalist type before it became a thing. He was able to purchase the bubonic plague vials by pretending to be a research scientist, and proceeded to infect a bunch of rats with plague. He wanted to study what medicine works best against plague rats. Luckily the FBI caught up to him, and plague man was stopped before any plague rats escaped!

The fun part is if he did this today, he'de probably be considered a hero to some. I actually met him a few times before he got arrested. I thought he was a priest of somesort because he was always in all black, and had a huge beard.

Final score:

54points

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Panda Kicki 9 months ago

TIL that you can buy plague online if you are good at falsifying stuff.

52points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#27

Our high school principal cheated on her husband with another married staff member and that guys wife sent him flowers with a card that said “Happy Valentine’s Day, Adulterer”. The kids that worked as assistants in the front office saw it and told everyone

morosebae , Taisiia Shestopal Report

Final score:

51points

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The Idaho Potato 9 months ago

Don't cheat guys...

25points

#28

In 2016, a girl who was in my high school class died suddenly in her sleep. No rhyme or reason why. She just died. Rocked the entire town and especially me and my classmates since she was in our class. Still don’t know why she died six years later

VulcanForceChoke Report

Final score:

50points

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Aileen Grist 9 months ago

could be SADS - sudden adult death syndrome - same as the baby one just as unexplainable

27points

#29

It started with the kids from down the road playing my neighbor's haystack.

My neighbor was, unfortunately, bats**t crazy. So he put bear traps in his haystack.

The kids found the bear traps, luckily without getting caught in one, and ran home to tell their dad.

Dad comes over with a baseball bat, proceeds to beat the c**p out of the bear traps.

Few days later, my neighbor spots the kids' dad driving by in his pickup truck, so jumps into his own truck and follows him. They wound up in the nearby wildlife preserve, shooting at each other's trucks with hunting rifles. Luckily they didn't hit each other, just the trucks.

That finally caught official attention and they ended up in front of a judge. They both got scolded, neighbor for owning old-style illegal bear traps and kids' dad for damaging property.

OpheliaRainGalaxy Report

Final score:

48points

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Vinny DaPooh 9 months ago

Good thing they were bad hunters and couldn't hit each other.

41points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#30

When I was in high school (early 2000s), one of the elementary school lunch ladies - who also ran a babysitting business - had a child die in their care. While this was eventually ruled as a tragic case of SIDS, it opened up a decade-old investigation into a previous death of another child in her care. This turned into a murder investigation and she was convicted and sentenced to twenty years for pushing the kid down the stairs. The victim was the brother of a student a grade below me. The lunch lady's daughter was in the same grade. They were friends until all this blew up.

The town has about 2500 people in it and everyone knows everyone else's business. A lot of my classmates were babysat by this woman at one point or another. And, again, we all knew her because she served us meals in elementary school and her kids were in our classes. It was a wild time. There was an A&E documentary about it too. She's finished her prison sentence now but I'm not sure if she moved back to town or not. I haven't lived there in years and barely keep up with hometown gossip.

MFCORNETTO Report

Final score:

46points

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OmMi 9 months ago

She pushed a child down the stairs? What in the seven hells?

32points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#31

After homecoming a car full of students were driving home and got a flat tire. They were just over a hill and not all the way out of the road. The two girls were inside the vehicle but the two boys were standing at the back blocking the tail lights. Another student driving home rear ended them and both boys lost both legs. On a happy note both went on to play in the Paralympics at least.

velociraptaco Report

Final score:

46points

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Elchinero 9 months ago

" a happy note"

14points

#32

“The incident”

A girl from my hometown was texting and driving. As she was in the Highway, she swerved into the side of the road and killed a cyclist. This was one of those “known” small town girls (3 sport athlete, famous last name, etc etc. if your from a small town you know what I mean).

Long story short, she basically got off with little repercussions because of her popularity. I know her punishments were losing her phone and license until she was 19, 200 hours community service, and I think she served a day or two in jail on his death anniversary.

It literally tore half the town apart. One side was like “she’s so innocent, has a promising future, etc etc” while the other side wanted her in jail for years. While her punishments were absolutely not severe enough, I know for a fact her social punishments were far worse. People would make a “skrrrt” noise around her in the halls of our high school, people would chant stuff at her while she played sports, and I’d say about half of her friends completely abandoned her.

Overall, a really s****y situation for all parties involved.

McTeeth1234 Report

Final score:

41points

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Vinny DaPooh 9 months ago

So basically her punishment was to get teased about murdering someone???

63points

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

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“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

#33

One old guy thought he could drive one of those huge dump trucks and ended up dropping the damn thing down the stone stairs and seats from the towns community basketball court, nobody got hurt but the truck ended upside down. People from the neighbouring towns even came to take pictures. The old guy was my grandpa. He also survived.

Why he though he could drive the thing ? He used to be an engineer. An agricultural engineer...

worldwanderer8819 Report

Final score:

39points

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Meilin Kai 9 months ago

I'm so confused. What happened?

27points

parentheticalChaos Report

#34

Our small town is not known for much, tucked away in the UP of Michigan. But, there was (is?) an ultra top secret military facility up there.

One night we were at a campground situated on a lake next to the only highway to or from that facility, and there must have been some kind of emergency down that way because the town's entire contingent of cops and fire trucks came by lights ablaze and sirens blaring. We're NOT used to seeing that kind of response, so everyone took note.

Not 15 minutes later, that event repeated itself. None of us can think of an explanation and it's become local legend that the facility is f*****g with spacetime or something.

Final score:

38points

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Stephanie Did It 9 months ago

Was there a very heavy mist that day, and was a small grocery store involved?

42points

#35

Had a mayor that became mayor after someone crashed into one of the busiest intersection’s traffic light. Never fixed it and blew the entire towns money on a Porsche (that he totaled by hitting a pole) and other stuff. He resigned and was basically chased outta town

EDIT: Have a few more stories, but the next mayor destroyed the last mayor’s work (fixed the light) and brought a bunch of growth to the town, but sadly died of cancer a while back.

MM_YT Report

Final score:

37points

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Richard Stevens 9 months ago

Boy Scout I my subdivision made a small nuclear reactor in a shed in the back yard. Book about him called The Radioactive Boy Scout.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjo2Pn1u5SEAxUJm4kEHSrSCkgQFnoECDcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_Hahn&usg=AOvVaw1prgL_mpf3wz-WiCntljUx&opi=89978449

4points

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What do you think ?

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Bobby 9 months ago

My home town had Hunter Gandee. A 13 year old who carried his little brother with cerebral palsy from the high-school to the University of Michigan on his back, a distance of about 40 or 45 miles. It's a real tear jerker if you read up on it

7points

Little Miss Lady 9 months ago

People like this restore my faith in humanity. It's like they're just pure light and goodness in human form.

1point

J Adams 9 months ago

There was an old lady, who’s house was full of dogs no exaggeration she would walk upwards of 10 a time a couple of times a day in the local park, sadly she looked as though she was homeless even though she lived on a street where houses were quite expensive at the time, her hair was matted, her clothes were stained and you could smell her coming around a corner before you saw her. When she died bizarrely there were tv news and print journalists hanging around asking everyone about her, turned out earlier in life she was a dr even taught medicine at a premier university but the reason for media interest was that she had developed a treatment for premature babies that is now used the world over

5points

Iván Galarraga 9 months ago

There's a saying in my country "pueblo chiquito, infierno grande" small town, big hell

5points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago

So if you remember this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge Well That's pretty close to my home town. There was a couple who rolled into the fair grounds that winter from Idaho. They were set on joining those yahoos. They were too late and teh Bundies had surrendered. So they camped out at the fair grounds for the winter. The grounds keeper had a bad feeling about them so come spring when it was time to ask them to move on, he brought in the Sheriff. When they searched teh travel trailer they found a .50cal MACHINE GUN. The kind you see mounted on HMMWVs and APCs. He stole it from a gun store in Idaho and was headed to Malhuer to "help" with the standoff.

4points

Trisec Tebeakesse 9 months ago

Forty years ago now....my public school had a lunch program where elderly residents from the nearby retirement home would come every day and eat lunch in the school cafeteria. Usually when we were outside at recess. One day, somebody called in a bomb threat at lunch....and the retirement folks rolled up in their bus, right on time. To this day, we still refer to it as "The day the old ladies came to see the school blow up."

2points

Red_panda 9 months ago

Not my town, but a town down the road from where I live. A few years ago (like 10) the high school got caught with a nude photo ring. Like every student at the high school had a nude photo of every other student. It was a HUGE deal because some of the seniors were like 18/19 @?and the freshmen were like 13. All extracurriculars (dances, games, etc) were completely canceled the whole rest of the year. And to this day the high school has a strict no phones policy. At the time it was a big enough deal that the high schools in my town (like 50 miles away, and much bigger) started checking phones and such. I don't think anyone got felony charges pressed against them, but I know there questions if there was going to be.

2points

Deson 9 months ago

Late 70's small town wisconsin. A traveling circus dropped by and setup in a park. An elephant decided it was going to take a walk without anyone's permission. Decided to change from a walk to a run. Right through a retirement home. The elephant's back was just a few inches higher than the ceiling in the hallway it ran down. Did a lot of damage but no one (including the elephant) was hurt. PIctures of the carnage ended up in our yearbook. Here is a link to a Blog that describes the incident. https://kellykizerwhitt.blogspot.com/2012/05/day-circus-came-to-town.html

2points

Gavin Johnson 9 months ago

I went on holiday to a small town in Scotland. Two things stood out in the local paper. 1. A story about a bloke who had given a young high school kid a bit of a kicking, they printed his name and address, if that had been my town he would have had ‘visitors’. 2. A report about all of the milk being stolen from the local shop, hundreds of pints of milk, who can hide / use that much milk? Is your neighbour eating a lot of cereal, maybe eating a lot of rice pudding?

2points

Susan Bosse 9 months ago

My hometown is The Town That Dreaded Sundown. The Phantom Killer murdered several people back in 9146. Never caught the guy. They think they know who it was but no one was ever arrested. They made a couple of movies about it. My 8th grade boyfriend's great-aunt was one of the victims. Maryann from Gilligan's Island played her in the original movie.

2points

John Luckmann 9 months ago

9146 B.C.?

2points

CalamityOne 9 months ago (edited)

Not sure IIRC all the details correctly, but in my area back in the 1980s, a pair of brothers decided that the fastest way to make money was to... make money. Don't know what they were going to use for plates, ink, or printing press, but they contacted a paper manufacturer and ordered one or two of the massive rolls of specialty stuff that only had one use - to print U.S. currency. Not sure why they thought having such specific paper shipped to a residential address way out in the countryside wouldn't attract attention from the government, but I think both the FBI and Treasury Dept. performed a joint raid, and both brothers went to prison. On release, I think I heard at least one of the brothers went back to prison for forging a judge's signature on some paperwork...

2points

Dan Flo 9 months ago (edited)

A teenage friend "borrowed" his moms car a late night, crashed it pretty bad, limped back home and hung up they keys. Next moring, his mom have called the cops and are talking to them in the kitchen about the car theft. Just has he walks in, the cops explain to his mom how the driver must have taken a pretty hard hit because the steering wheel was bent - and then the cop just stop talking as he looks at my friends busted up lips and nose. He panics and go "I want to report an assult, some guys from another town beat me at a party tonight". The cop gives the biggest eye roll as the mom go "oh my poor boy! That is terrible!". She was a very happily naive sweet lady.

1point

Ezigma 9 months ago

I lived in Deltona Florida during the Xbox murders and my friend lived 3 houses down so we ran into them allot. Freaky sad story.

1point

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Bobby 9 months ago

7points

Little Miss Lady 9 months ago

People like this restore my faith in humanity. It's like they're just pure light and goodness in human form.

1point

J Adams 9 months ago

5points

Iván Galarraga 9 months ago

There's a saying in my country "pueblo chiquito, infierno grande" small town, big hell

5points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago

4points

Trisec Tebeakesse 9 months ago

2points

Red_panda 9 months ago

2points

Deson 9 months ago

2points

Gavin Johnson 9 months ago

2points

Susan Bosse 9 months ago

2points

John Luckmann 9 months ago

9146 B.C.?

2points