Drowned Boy’s Head Stuck in Milk Can – Shoe Fence (Idaho) – Paul McCartney Death Rumor

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/10/the-hudson-river-is-full-of-urban-myths

The Guardian [UK]

10 October 2019

The Hudson River is full of urban myths

We West Side boys used to swim in the Hudson River off Gansevoort Street pier, across the road from what is now the High Line. […] Even then – 60-plus years ago – it was frowned on. What the grown-ups warned us about was not the genuine risk we ran of typhoid. Rather, they regaled us with the story of the boy who dived in the river and got his head stuck in a milk can and drowned. […] If all the boys we were told of who drowned with their heads in milk cans were at the bottom of New York’s rivers there wouldn’t have be much room for the shipwrecks and the gangsters in cement galoshes.

Patrick Carroll

Helston, Cornwall

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-is-dead-conspiracy-897189/

Rolling Stone

11 October 2019

‘Paul Is Dead’: The Bizarre Story of Music’s Most Notorious Conspiracy Theory

[…] It was more than just a rock-star rumor—it inspired ordinary fans to turn into detectives, and permanently changed the way people consume music. “Paul is dead” walked so “Tupac is alive” and “Stevie Wonder can see” and “there are 12 different Avril Lavignes” could run. […]

https://www.dailyinterlake.com/law_roundup/20191006/paul_is_dead_hoax_threatens_woman

Daily Inter Lake [Kalispell, MT]

6 October 2019

‘Paul is Dead’ hoax threatens woman

A woman called the Kalispell Police Department to report a man who had called to tell her, falsely, Paul McCartney is dead. She told the police it was a “threatening phone call,” but she couldn’t explain how the false celebrity gossip was a threat to her. […]

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https://www.ktvb.com/article/entertainment/places/idaho-life/idaho-life-a-strange-shoe-situation-blacks-creek-boise/277-77e2a8d8-3af6-4d18-b275-40cd2244dece

KTVB-TV [Boise, Idaho]

9 October 2019

Idaho Life: A strange shoe situation

[…] Along a straight stretch of Kuna Mora Road you start to see them. A high heel here, a bottoms-up boot there. But before you know it you're rolling right along side thousands of feet, of what used to be on somebody's feet, now affixed to the top of fence posts. And there's all kinds in this collection. […] As of now, the shoes remain one of those unsolved mysteries. One of the landowners tells us he has removed the shoes from time to time but they have always returned. […]

 

Stolen Snakes (San Jose) – Trump’s Use of “Sir” – Needle in Grape (Australia)

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/thieves-steal-bag-of-snakes-from-reptile-breeder-in-san-jose/

KRON-TV [San Francisco]

7 October 2019

Thieves steal bag of snakes from reptile breeder in San Jose

SAN JOSE (KRON) — San Jose police are on the look out for thieves who stole from a reptile breeder on Saturday. [Brian Gunday] says he just finished a presentation at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library and was packing up in the parking lot when thieves stole one of his duffel bags. He says they were probably unaware of what was inside the heavy bag until they opened it up and found a bag full of snakes. The breeder says four snakes and a lizard were inside that bag. […]

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/10/8/20904391/trump-military-ammunition-lie-explained

Vox

8 October 2019

Trump’s tall tale about the military being out of ammunition shows how his lies evolve

[…] “When I took over our military, we did not have ammunition,” Trump said. “I was told by a top general, maybe the top of them all, ‘Sir, I’m sorry sir, we don’t have ammunition.’ I said, I will never let that happen to another president.” […] Of course, a full fact-check isn’t needed to see Trump’s comment as the absurdity that it is. But it is interesting to trace how Trump has embellished this particular tall tale since he first told it on September 16. […]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/sir-trump-telltale-word-false/index.html

CNN

17 July 2019

'Sir' alert: This one word is a telltale sign Trump is being dishonest

Analysis by Daniel Dale

[…] I've fact-checked every word Trump has uttered since his inauguration. I can tell you that if this President relays an anecdote in which he has someone referring to him as "sir," then some major component of the anecdote is very likely to be wrong. Lots of people do call Trump "sir," of course. But the word seems to pop into his head more frequently when he is inventing or exaggerating a conversation than when he is faithfully relaying one. A "sir" is a flashing red light that he is speaking from his imagination rather than his memory. […]

[Update 12 Dec. 2019]

https://www.rev.com/blog/donald-trump-hershey-pennsylvania-rally-transcript-december-10-2019

Donald Trump Hershey, Pennsylvania Rally Transcript – December 10, 2019

[…] I have so many people that come up to me, “Thank you, sir. My wife is so in love with me because I went up 79% in the 401(k). She thinks I’m a genius. She always thought I was a total stiff, a dumb, stupid dope. Now she thinks I’m a financial genius, sir. And all I did was buy some stock. I have stock in a 401(k), and you made me into a genius, sir. She loves me so much more than she ever did.” Shows you the power of money, right? Isn’t that terrible? […]

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https://7news.com.au/news/melbourne-news/coles-store-pulls-grapes-from-shelves-after-girls-needle-scare-c-495492

7News [Australia]

9 October 2019

Coles store pulls grapes from shelves after girl's needle scare

A Coles supermarket in Victoria has pulled grapes from its shelves after a needle scare involving a schoolgirl. Nine-year-old Talia Gunn got a fright and a health scare on Tuesday night when she bit into the needle, which was in a bunch of grapes. It's the second case in just three days, with both being investigated by police. […]