Odd News
Cobra pounces on man as he tries to lift it
• He played with the python as people feared for his life
A man had a near-miss after a huge King Cobra pounced on him while he was trying to catch it with his bare hands.
In a chilling video of the incident which had now gone viral online, a man named Mike Holston was seen holding the tail of a large King Cobra as he tried to control it.
He attempted to lift the snake off the ground while the serpent looked alert with its hood spread wide but as soon as he lifted it, the snake turned towards him and tried to attack.
He, however, escaped the attack narrowly, which could have ended very bad.
The clip had attracted more than 5.6 million views on the social media platform with many people expressing their concern for the man for handling such a ferocious snake with his bare hands.
Adding some more details about the snake, Mike Holston, said that the snake was a 12-foot cobra which he found in a village.
“It was full of ticks and had a spicy attitude. There is nothing like working with animals in their natural habitat,” he wrote.
While some people expressed concern for the man, others vowed to never mess up with a snake like that. — ndtv.com
Odd News
Message in bottle floats from Canada to Ireland in 13 years
A message in a bottle launched by visitors to Newfoundland’s Bell Island was found washed up on an Irish beach nearly 13 years later, after apparently crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Kate Gay said she was walking a Dingle Peninsula beach this week when she spotted the wine bottle with a sheet of paper inside.
Gay showed the bottle to members of Creative Ireland NeartnaMacharaí during a meeting at her house that evening, and they broke the bottle open.
The note, written by a couple named Brad and Anita, was dated Sept. 12, 2012. The letter described the couple’s day trip to Bell Island.
There was a phone number on the letter, but there was no answer when group members tried to call.
The Maharees Heritage and Conservation group posted photos of the bottleto social media on Monday, and within an hour group members were messaging with Anita.
Group member Martha Farrell said Anita reported that she and Brad had married in 2016 and are still together to this day. -upi.com
Odd News
Woman earns world record for collection of 15,485 egg cups
A Spanish woman who has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years earned a Guinness World Record when her collection was tallied at 15,485 items.
María José Fuster recruited two witnesses to help her tally her collection at a community center in her hometown of Campo, Spain.
Fuster’s collection includes multiple patterns, colors, designs and even novelty cups bearing the images of characters including Superman, Betty Boop and Garfield.
Fuster maintains two blogs related to her hobby — one to catalog each piece, and one to list the names of the people who have donated egg cups to her collection.
Some of her most prized egg cups, about 1,143 of them, are currently on display at a local museum.
-upi.com
