WITI-TV [Milwaukee, WI]
16 January 2020
2 accused of running drug operation from apartment;
man says he ‘ingested’ mother’s ashes
WAUKESHA — A couple is accused of running a drug
operation out of their Menomonee Falls apartment. […] Police questioned [Austin]
Schroeder about the unknown powder and vegetable-like material in the apartment
— and he “indicated that it was all legally owned and he mixed these substances
for a variety of reasons. He indicated that his mother passed away in November
2019 and she was cremated. Schroeder indicates he took some of her ashes and
mixed them with a variety of substances, some of which he ultimately ingested.”
[…]
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Spokus
16 January 2020
Urban Legends in USSR – An Interview with Russian
Folklorists Anna Kirziuk & Alexandra Arkhipova
by Eymeric Manzinali
Russian folklorists Anna Kirziuk and Alexandra
Arkhipova are the authors of the first book about urban legends in the Soviet
Union. Corpses in kvass barrels, dangerous signs hidden by the enemies of the
people, black Volga kidnappings … Do these tales reflect the Soviet fears? What
can we think of the most recent “Blue Whale Challenge” rumours, which started
in Russia? We had the opportunity to interview these urban legends specialists
about this quite unknown subject. […]
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Anon., “WHAT GOT THE HOOK? | THINK IT A ‘SQUARE DEAL’
| Deep Sea Monster Baffled Captain Johansson, F.M.” New York Daily Tribune,
23 December 1907, p. 2.
[Peter A. Johansson, captain of the Swedish barkentine
Elise and holder of “the world’s record for shark killing,”] showed a
varied fishing tackle, which included an adequate supply of nitro-glycerine bombs
with time fuses attached, which he frequently tucks away deceptively into a
fine fresh piece of porpoise meat and throws to a hungry shark that chances to
follow in the wake of the Elise. “Sharks are the enemy of man,” said the
captain, “and for that reason I am the enemy of the sharks. I have harpooned
them and blown them up with dynamite. No, I am not afraid they will blow up
under the barkentine. I have studied the ways of the shark and know that he
always sheers off either to port or to starboard after he has gulped the bait.
I have fed hundreds of sharks with my little explosive pill, and only one exceptionally
bright fellow came under my ship to let himself explode. It did not bother me, because
the Elise is built of iron.” […]
The Guardian [UK]
5 July 2017
Shark Drunk and A Sea
Monster’s Tale review – the lure of an astonishing fish
Philip Hoare
[…] One sailor told me of his friend who, working for
the navy during the second world war, decided to see what would happen if he
planted a mine on a passing shark. It swam back under the boat, detonating the
device and blowing off one of the man’s legs. […]
