February newsbits
February 22, 2017
CANADA
Good luck comes to those who wait, as a Canadian man recently found out. The 68-year-old had stashed what amounts to over $75,000 in an old television and then forgotten about it. When the 30-year-old television was taken apart at a recycling center, the money was discovered, along with other documents that helped clue in workers to the money’s rightful owner.
BRAZIL
In a strange twist, a pigeon smuggling items into prison was detained by Brazilian officials. When guards noticed inmates trying to catch a vest-wearing pigeon, they brought the bird into custody. The bird was carrying a cell phone and a battery. The event is similar to another from August 2015, when a pigeon was caught carrying drugs into the country’s largest prison.
SOUTH CAROLINA
The United States’ new president is making waves, even in the animal kingdom. An orange-tinted alligator, dubbed the “Trump-a-gator of Self-Tanner Plantation” was found sunning itself at Tanner Plantation near Hanahan and immediately became the source of numerous jabs at President Trump. Experts believe the reptile was stained by clay or rust and its coloration will soon be washed off.
