Crazy Insane True Happenings #1

Yvette Bavier made it through the first 60 years of her life without getting into trouble with the law. That record ended on a recent lunch break. She was tossing birdseed to sparrows when two NYC police offices stopped her. She says it took them roughly 20 minutes to figure out what to charge her with, but she eventually received a ticket for littering. A police spokesman says the offices were responding to a complaint that someone was endangering pigeons by feeding them raw rice.

Teresa Langbond found what appeared to be 10 rare 1933 “double eagle” gold coins in a safe deposit box belonging to her late father. She and her family turned them over to the U.S Mint for authentication. The mint has refused to give them back, claiming the coins much have been stolen because they were never circulated.

In Utah a 13-year old girl has been declared both the victim and offender for the same sex act. The girl became pregnant after she and her 12-year old boyfriend engaged in consensual sex. Both were found guilty of violating a state law prohibiting sex with anyone under 14.

Authorities in China’s Fumin County have painted a barren mountainside green, and no one seems to know why. The Xinhua news agency reports the effort cost more that 470,000 yuan, which means they could have paid for grass and trees to be planted on the mountain.