Karl's Weird News

Chef sacked for pubic hair steak

A restaurant chef has lost his job and could face police action after allegedly adding an unwanted ingredient to a rib-eye steak – his pubic hair.

Ryan Kropp hid hairs in the meal for a customer who had complained about his steak being undercooked.

He was sacked when they were discovered, and now a complaint has been made to police.

Man dead for years found in flat

The body of a man believed to be dead for more than five years has been found in a Bristol flat where a council tenant continued to live.

The corpse was discovered by council workers on a sofa in the lounge after neighbours reported a foul smell.

The deceased man, believed to be in his 70s, was the tenant’s former lodger.

It is thought the tenant failed to report the death because he suffers from mental health problems. An inquest is due to open later.

Woman’s Death Somewhat Ignored for 2 Years

Brooklyn resident Christina Copeman became a recluse after the death of her husband 17 years ago, more so as she began to succumb to Alzheimer’s disease. She wouldn’t answer greetings from neighbors and eventually refused to come to the door when people knocked.

The full consequences of her isolation weren’t realized until this week, when police broke down the door to her apartment and found her skeletal remains dressed, and wearing a coat and hat as if she were about to go out. She was curled in a fetal position and a medical exam determined that she succumbed to heart disease.

She had lain there for two years, slowly decomposing as friends and neighbors made occasional inquiries into her whereabouts. Neighbors called the police to report bad smells coming from Copeman’s apartment, but when cops arrived they said they couldn’t detect anything.

New ‘Times’ Tower: ‘It’s Like the Dark Ages’

The soaring new New York Times tower — already known for its weird toilets (when flushed, they apparently sound like a kitten being strangled), its weirder elevators (no buttons, and no indication of what floor they’re on), a leak problem (editor Bill Keller’s office got soggy in a recent rainstorm), and a mouse problem (reported by Gawker) — still has a few more surprises between the floorboards: maggots. “It’s hard to put out a newspaper when you’re worried about what might fall on your head,” one Times staffer told us this week. “One of the photo editors was sitting at her desk and maggots started falling from the ceiling tile on to her head.”

Bellevue man impaled near Coraopolis swimming hole

Police say a 46-year-old Bellevue man suffered what are believed to be life-threatening injuries when he was impaled near a swimming hole in Coraopolis.

Coraopolis police said Timothy Ray was trying to jump off an old bridge support when the incident occurred near where the Montour Creek flows into the Ohio River.

Police said Mr. Ray was pierced in the abdomen by a metal beam sticking out the of ground when he tried to jump into the water. He never made it in.

Sewage flows down aisles of trans-Atlantic flight

Passengers on a Continental Airlines flight had to hold their noses for hours as sewage overflowed from toilets while they were high over the Atlantic.

“To be blatantly honest, I was more nervous than I had ever been on a flight,” said Collin Brock. The University Place man was on board Continental Airlines flight 1970 from Amsterdam to Newark, New Jersey last week when things went bad.

“I’ve never felt so offended in all my life. I felt like i had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours,” said Brock.

That’s after lavatories — in the middle of a flight filled with passengers — started spewing sewage.

“Sickening. It’s a nauseating smell. It’s very uncomfortable,” said Brock.

It was last Wednesday afternoon when his flight left Amsterdam, but roughly two hours into it, the passengers were told the lavatories were out of commission. An unplanned landing in Shannon, Ireland was made to fix the problem.