Friday, August 2, 2019

Needle in Gas Pump (PA) – Caiman Skeleton under School Floor (Wales) – Gassed & Robbed (France)



KSAT-TV [San Antonio, TX]
2 August 2019

SAPD addresses human trafficking rumors at San Antonio mall

SAN ANTONIO - If you're in any neighborhood groups on Facebook or use the Nextdoor app, there's a good chance you've seen a post warning about a human trafficking ring at Ingram Park Mall. One of the most-often-shared posts is said to be from the brother of a San Antonio police officer who is warning people to stay away from the mall due to people "taking kids in plain sight." […]

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WPXI-TV [Pittsburgh, PA]
1 August 2019

Man claims he was stuck by needle when he went to pump gas

RACCOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A truck driver describes the scary situation that he says landed him in the hospital Wednesday night after pumping gas in Beaver County. "When I grabbed the nozzle itself, I felt a pinch." That pinch came from what he described as a homemade needle that resembled a pen. "It was made of glass and there was like a needle that was like hot glue gunned on," he said. […] Video: "The driver says the station attendant told him not to bring whatever the item was inside, so he says he crushed it with a boot, kicked it down a grate, and went to the hospital.”



Deleted Facebook post





 
Video: “Commercial drivers are wearing protective gloves and checking before they pump.”
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Here apparently is another case of a belief, orally transmitted over decades, that turns out to be true.


BBC
2 August 2019

Caiman skeleton discovered under Pentre primary school floor

A caiman skeleton has been discovered under a primary school floor. The skeleton was found when the floor of one of the classrooms at Ysgol Bodringallt, in Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, was lifted during renovation work on Wednesday. Head teacher Dr Neil Pike said workers were "shocked" and "didn't expect to find such a thing". He said people had talked for decades of a crocodile being buried at the site. […]


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The Sun [UK]
1 August 2019

Brit family gassed and robbed in camper van holiday in France after Jenson Button, Patrick Vieira and Richard Hammond suffer same fate

A HOLIDAYING family were gassed in their camper van by thieves who ransacked it while they were knocked out. Perry Hudson, his partner Kim Heighway and their three children were targeted at the end of their stay in France. They were parked in a service station when the raiders pumped gas into the vehicle and then helped themselves to £1,500-worth of belongings. […]

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A recent “gassed & robbed” report that I had missed:


Eastern Daily Press [UK]
28 March 2019

Camper van couple 'gassed by thieves' on dream road trip

A couple are cutting short a dream road trip after a break-in at a French service station during which they believe they were "gassed". Pete Gosling, 26 and Lauren Hubbard, 27, from Wootton Road, King’s Lynn, were planning to spend six months driving around Europe in a camper van. On Tuesday they stopped off to sleep at a lorry park near Marseille in the south of France, en route from Italy to Spain. Mr Gosling said when they woke the following morning, they realised that the van had been burgled. […]


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