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October• 2018 | 111

That’s Outrageous!

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

BY NATHANIEL BASEN

inished. He eventually

caught a bus home,

and his parents

posted an online

ad. A Toronto

woman found the

carafewdayslater

and was rewarded $100 for

herheroicrescue–plusanother

$100 for a charity of her choice.

BUMP IN THE NIGHT

OnenightlastyeartheAdairfamily

waswokenbyacrashontheroof.

In the morning they found the

culpritlyingintheiryard:two

kilogramsofsausages,which

had seemingly rained down from

thesky.Aninspectionoftheroof

revealedivemorekilograms’worth

of pork-based projectiles but little

inthewayofanswers.Acalltothe

company identiied on the bags

was similarly unhelpful; they claim

to have neitherlown nor shipped

thecomestibles.heSouthFlorida

family have not reported any

further disturbances in the night

and hope to avoid any more

mystery meat.

RIDDLE OF

THE SPHINX

Surprised

excavators

unearthed

something

atypical when

diggingincoastaldunes

in California last year: an intact,

136-kilogram Eg y ptian sphinx

head.hestatuewasn’tanancient

original but an abandoned prop

from the classic 1923ilmhe Ten

Commandments.hesphinxwill

getasecondshotatfamewhenthe

natural history museum near where

it was found exhibits the remains.

LOST AND FOUND
Nineteen-year-old Gavin Strickland
drovefromNewYorktoToronto
lastyearforaMetallicaconcert,
leavinghiscarinaCBDparking
station. However, it took four days,
two nights, police assistance and
anappealontheinternetbeforehe
sawhiscaragain.Unfamiliarwith
thecity,theteenfailedtoadequately
note his vehicle’s location and
ILLUSTRATION: PIERRE LORANGERcouldn’t ind it when the concert had