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Just a random thread about things where the stories seem so far out in field it's hard to believe that they actually happened even though they're true....

Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hit man on a website - and got arrested, FBI says

A 21-year-old Air National Guardsman in Tennessee is facing federal charges after sending his resume to a nefariously-named site — all because he said he needed money to support his family, court documents said.

The FBI alleges Josiah Ernesto Garcia used a site called "Rent-a-Hitman" to apply for a job as an assassin. Garcia was arrested at a park in Hendersonville, Tennessee, on Wednesday by an undercover agent, according to a news release.

It's the latest in a string of reported arrests linked to the website, originally created in 2005 to advertise a cyber security startup company that never took off. Instead, it became a parody site— complete with false testimonials, a request form, and a job application for aspiring hitmen.

Founder Bob Innes told People Magazine in November 2022 that at least 30 people have been arrested after inquiring about hiring a hitman. The website is currently maintained by an administrator in the state of California, according to the criminal complaint.

According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Garcia began "looking for employment" as an assassin in February. Garcia first asked the website administrator for a job description and later included his correct address and birthdate.

The website's administrator responded, asking for a copy of Garcia's resume, headshot and identification. Garcia's resume indicated he was an expert marksman and had been employed in the Air National Guard.

The Air National Guard confirmed to CBS News that Garcia joined as an airman first class in July 2021.

Garcia had apparently been nicknamed "Reaper," which was "Earned from Military experience and Marksmanship." When there was no reply, Garcia followed up with the administrator repeatedly — saying he was eager to begin work as soon as possible.

At the direction of the FBI, the administrator responded to Garcia with an email stating; "Josiah, a Field Coordinator will be in touch in the near future. You will receive a message when they are ready. Timing is based on client needs."

An undercover FBI agent then called the suspect in April. When asked why he wanted to do this, Garcia responded he wanted to do something similar to what he was already doing. He said he wanted a flexible schedule because he was planning on going to college next year, the criminal complaint said.

"I was looking into civilian law enforcement but that's not for me," he told the agent, according to the criminal complaint. "I wanted something more exciting."

When the two met in person, the agent told Garcia multiple times that he did not have to do this. His alleged response?

"I've been looking into this for some time now. I was looking for a way to make good money," he said.

He would eventually agree to kill an individual for $5,000. On Wednesday, Garcia met the undercover agent at a park and was provided with information on a fictional individual, including photographs and a down payment of $2,500.

After agreeing to the terms of the murder arrangement — including the terms of payment and a description of the target — Garcia asked the agent if he needed to provide a photograph of the dead body.

He was then arrested by FBI agents. After his arrest, Garcia said that he was looking for work because his family could not afford rent, court documents said.

Garcia was charged with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison.

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Cash Me If You Can: Oregon Drivers Hit Jackpot When Man Drains Family Account and Tosses $200K Out Car Window

Police say the 38-year-old driver threw a whopping $200,000 in cash from his car as he drove along an Interstate in Eugene, Oregon.

It's a cash giveaway on the highway.

Look at these people counting $100 bills, which had been thrown from the window of a speeding car.

Police say the 38-year-old driver threw a whopping $200,000 in cash from his car as he drove along an Interstate in Eugene, Oregon.

And get this — cops say he drained his family's bank account and then proceeded to literally throw it out the window.

"This guy was driving up and down I-5, dropping out tons of cash," a driver on the scene told Inside Edition during an interview.

He was one of a handful of motorists who pulled over looking for more bills.

Word spread fast.

"Some friends called me and said they got $2,000," one woman searching for wayward bills told Inside Edition.

They left their cars on the side of the road with traffic whizzing by in their quest for unclaimed money.

Just a handful of people wonder if this was the right thing to do.

"We have one of the people who picked up the large amount of cash pulled over to the side of 1-5 wanting to know what to do with the money," one dispatcher relayed to state troopers after the incident.

The next morning, stragglers were still looking for a few bucks that may have been left behind.

The dude, who is said to have tossed out the family bank account, has been identified as Colin Davis McCarthy.

State Troopers say he does not face theft charges because his name was on the bank account — along with a bunch of other family members.

"This guy isn't in any legal trouble at all because he was on the account," legal analyst Royal Oakes tells Inside Edition. "He had a right to throw the money away as crazy as it sounds."

The family says even though the odds are long, they're asking anyone who found any of the cash to please return it to Oregon State Police because that money is very much needed by the family.

Experts say one way to avoid this is by having a required signature for any withdrawals from a joint account.

https://www.insideedition.com/cash-...hr3DEqjV9hFh7sZgAuja7H3y4rgcM-czEA_aA0aI

It was raining hundred dollar bills y'all!

You know the wife is PO'd.


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Gotta wonder if he has a hidden bank account if he's willing to throw away $200k of money just to screw (presumably) his wife...


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The way the story reads it seems as if there are more family members on the account than just his wife. From the story.....

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There was actually a scene on the HBO show Boardwalk Empire depicting the one in Atlantic City, NJ.


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Plus-size influencer demands FAA and airlines give fat flyers as many FREE seats as they need to spread themselves out - and admits other passengers may have to foot the bill

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Thieves made off with 200 sneakers worth over $13,000 — but they were all just for the right foot: report

Three people in Peru have been caught on the wrong foot after a shoe shop robbery went wrong.

Unidentified persons broke into a shoe shop in the central Peruvian city of Huancayo on Sunday and made off with 200 sneakers — but they were all for the right foot, various media outlets including the BBC reported Thursday.

The heist is worth a total of 50,000 Peruvian Soles, or $13,400, Peruvian newspaper El Comercio reported Tuesday, citing another local outlet Diario Correo. The BBC reports these estimates came from the owner of the unnamed shoe shop.

Footage from the shop's security camera captured the crime, El Comercio reported. It showed the thieves breaking the padlock on their third attempt at 3.30 a.m. on Sunday and making off with boxes of shoes on a tricycle. The heist included sneakers from well-known global brands.

"We have gathered evidence at the scene. The unusual thing about this robbery is that shoes from only the right foot have been stolen" local police chief Eduan Díaz told Peruvian media, according to the BBC.

"With the footage and the fingerprints, we will be able to locate those individuals," he added.

A Tuesday tweet from El Comercio showed a photo of the messy shoe shop following the crime. The post has been viewed nearly 86,000 times so far.

Huancayo law enforcement authorities are investigating the crime, per El Comercio.

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I bet it's not the first time, so the store now only keeps the right shoe out on the floor. smile

or the thieves where idiots and grabbed the box for the display shoes and didn't grab the shoe on the display to put in the box.

Either way, you have to laugh at just how dumb many thieves are.


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‘Dead’ Woman Starts Knocking on Her Coffin During Wake

Retired nurse Bella Montoya was 76 when she died—or so her family thought. Despite being declared dead at an Ecuadorian hospital, Montoya revived at her own wake and shocked attendees when she started knocking on her coffin. “It gave us all a fright,” Gilberto Berbera, Montoya’s son, told the Associated Press. “There were about 20 of us there. After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds. My mom was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin, and when we approached we could see that she was breathing heavily.” Montoya was rushed to the hospital, where she remained in serious condition Monday. She was initially declared dead on Friday after she was checked into the Martín Icaza Hospital in Babahoyo with a possible stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest, Ecuador’s Health Ministry said in a statement. Now the government is looking for answers, launching an investigation into the hospital.

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Shows you don't want to "die" in Ecuador.

Kind of horrible to think about, but over time I am sure that untold thousands of "dead" people have awaked after already being covered in the ground.

At least this lady was discovered, thank God.

It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall once she gets somewhat better and starts to read the riot act at people. She is going to be pis...ticked.

If that was my Mom...somebody else would be filling that coffin pretty quick.

Probably figuratively, but you get the point.


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I don't know, they declared her dead, moved her body into a coffin, all without her waking up? Apparently they don't do like embalming in Ecuador, just throw fresh meat in the box and bury it?


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I don't know, they declared her dead, moved her body into a coffin, all without her waking up? Apparently they don't do like embalming in Ecuador, just throw fresh meat in the box and bury it?

Actually I never actually understood the entire embalming thing. You're going to become worm food anyway. And you're already dead. So why some crazy process just to delay the inevitable? I understand why people who are terminally will doing anything they can to stay alive. But after your dead I just don't get it.


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A sleeping man dreamed someone broke into his home. He fired at the "intruder" and shot himself, authorities say.

A 62-year-old man is facing firearms charges in Illinois after authorities say he accidentally shot himself in the leg in his sleep —while dreaming that he was defending himself against an "intruder" in his home.

The man, identified as Mark Dicara of Lake Barrington, used a .357 Magnum revolver that he owned to fire the shot at around 9:50 p.m. on April 10, the Lake County government said in a news release issued on Tuesday. According to Lake County sheriff's deputies, on the night of the incident Dicara dreamed someone was breaking into his home, and retrieved the gun to shoot at whomever he believed was the "intruder."

But, when he fired the revolver, Dicara shot himself in the leg instead and woke from the dream, a subsequent investigation found. Authorities also confirmed during the probe that an attempted burglary did not happen at Dicara's residence, and there was no intruder on his property.

Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene after receiving a call reporting a person with a gunshot wound at the residence, the county said. They found Dicara when they arrived, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg and losing what they described as a "significant amount of blood." It was later determined that the round discharged from his gun went through the leg and lodged itself in his bedding, so no one else was harmed. Deputies applied a tourniquet to the leg after finding Dicara and transported him to a hospital in the area for treatment.

During the investigation that followed, authorities realized that Dicara owned and used the revolver despite not having a Firearm Owners Identification card, which is mandatory in Illinois in order to legally possess a gun. Authorties said Dicara's identification card had previously been revoked, although they did not share details as to why. The Lake County State's Attorney's Office approved two charges for Dicara, for possession of a firearm without a valid FOID card and reckless discharge of a firearm. They are considered Class 3 and Class 4 felonies, respectively.

Dicara was arrested in Lake County on Monday and then released after posting $150,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 29.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-sh...wMjIzt7QzD_KyeABAN6LhtXfEjLwuwSI9DFHpAMg

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That should be titled "How to Insure That Your Family Will Hate You forever".


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Originally Posted by PitDAWG
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I don't know, they declared her dead, moved her body into a coffin, all without her waking up? Apparently they don't do like embalming in Ecuador, just throw fresh meat in the box and bury it?

Actually I never actually understood the entire embalming thing. You're going to become worm food anyway. And you're already dead. So why some crazy process just to delay the inevitable? I understand why people who are terminally will doing anything they can to stay alive. But after your dead I just don't get it.


I’m with you. I’ll go another level. I think even being buried is a stupid thing. What a waste of land. We bury bodies, mark it with a slab of granite, and within two or three generations or so it’s never visited again. Ridiculous. We should all be rendered to ash. Or, as now allowed in some states, composted. The only way we should be buried is if they leave you intact and plant a tree on you to create a memorial forest. Something that actually brings purpose and beauty. Cemeteries are wastelands of grass that needs to be mowed, and toxic embalming chemicals. The entire funeral industry is a sham. Mahogany boxes with silk liners? For what?! $$$$$$$ That’s all.


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In switzerland, unless you are a historical figure, or pay out the ying yang, like really pay, when you are buried, it is more like renting space for 100 years.


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Originally Posted by MemphisBrownie

The person shown is someone arrested for buying the human body parts, not the Harvard morgue manager.


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did he purchase a warranty atleast?


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OK, now that I have vomited all over the place ......... sick


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Originally Posted by MemphisBrownie
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The person shown is someone arrested for buying the human body parts, not the Harvard morgue manager.

Either way both should get 50 years.

University morgues usually hold bodies donated to science....not to be sold to some freak.


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The funeral industry disgusts me with their greed, preying on out-dated customs and grieving survivors.

I’ve told my loved ones that when I die, I don’t want a service, funeral, coffin, nothing. Also told them that if they want all that, I’m not paying for it.

There is a science-heavy university in Nova Scotia that accepts - or used to - human remains for scientific purposes, so they can have me. I won’t need my body parts - I’ll be busy being dead.

I also wouldn’t mind if they dumped me a couple miles off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and I know a few fishermen who would probably do that for me, if it’s legal and maybe if it isn’t.

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I'm an organ donor although I'm not sure how many organs I'll have left they can use. lol After that I will be cremated. I've told my wife and my daughter that if anyone wishes to keep the ashes they are welcome to them. If not, I have a designated spot where the ashes will be scattered. I'm sure those options are all legal and far cheaper than any funeral. I've also told them I don't want any services. If they want to do some celebration of life type ceremony, do it at home and don't be crying and whining.


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Now the final nail is in the Coffin for the woman from Equador who they thought died but was alive, is now dead..... again...

Ecuadoran woman who knocked on coffin during her own wake has died

A 76-year-old woman who had been declared dead, and surprised her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake earlier this month, has died after seven days in intensive care, her family said Saturday.

Gilberto Barbera Montoya, the woman's son, told The Associated Press that doctors at the state hospital where she was rushed after the initial incident said that she died on Friday evening.

Bella Montoya initially had been admitted with a possible stroke and cardiopulmonary arrest, and when she did not respond to resuscitation a doctor on duty declared her dead, the ministry said.

On June 9, Montoya reportedly woke up and started knocking after spending five hours inside her coffin at a funeral home in Babahoyo, southwest of Quito.

Similar events have happened in the United States recently. In December an Iowa care facility mistakenly pronounced a 66-year-old resident dead and had her transported to a funeral home, where she woke up "gasping for air." In 2020, a young woman who was declared dead opened her eyes as she was about to be embalmed.

Ecuador's health ministry confirmed in a statement Saturday that Montoya died from an ischemic stroke after spending a week in intensive care. It added that Montoya had remained under "permanent surveillance," but didn't provide further information on the medical investigation surrounding the case.

Barbera Montoya said that he hadn't yet received any report from the authorities on the medical explanation of what happened, and warned that things "are not going to stay like this." He added that a sister of the deceased woman had formally complained about the incident, seeking to identify the doctor who declared her dead to begin with.

The remains of Montoya, who was a retired nurse, are back at the same funeral home where she woke up. Her son told the AP that she will be buried at a public cemetery.

A technical committee has been formed to review how the hospital issues death certificates, the country's ministry of health said last week.

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It is.

My question is why did she approach the plane while the engine was still running after being advised not to do so? Ahhh...sometimes mistakes happen.

Am I missing something in the article, or is there something missing from the article?


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At least she didn't fart.


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At least she didn't fart.

How do you know?


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Invasive "Frankenfish" that can survive on land for days is found in Missouri: "They are a beast"

June 26, 2023 / 10:06 AM / CBS/AP

An invasive fish that is a voracious predator capable of surviving out of water for days was recently caught in southeastern Missouri, causing worry that the hard-to-contain species will spread and become a problem.

The northern snakehead was caught last month in a drainage pool at Duck Creek Conservation Area. The last time one of the so-called "Frankenfish" showed up in Missouri was four years ago, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Wildlife officials sounded the alarm, but many anglers say they're unaware of the fish, its potential impact and what to do if they catch one.

U.S. officials say that anyone who catches a northern snakehead should photograph it and "kill the fish by freezing it or putting it on ice for an extended length of time."
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In this undated handout photo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a northern snakehead fish is held. Photo by the SDA via Getty Images

The northern snakehead is originally from east Asia, where they are a delicacy believed to have healing powers. They reproduce quickly, have sharp teeth, can wiggle across muddy land and grow to nearly 3 feet in length.

The federal government in 2002 banned the import and interstate transport of live northern snakeheads, but they are flourishing in some parts of the U.S.

"They are knocking on the door in Arkansas," said Dave Knuth, a Missouri fisheries management biologist based in Cape Girardeau. "They are a beast."

The catch in May was worrisome, Knuth said. "I didn't expect them to be this far up the state already," he said.

The first northern snakehead found in Missouri was caught in 2019 out of a ditch within the St. Francois River levee system in the Missouri Bootheel region.

On May 19, state workers using a net to catch bait for a youth jug-fishing clinic pulled a 13-inch northern snakehead out of Duck Creek Conservation Area. Knuth said the fish was found in the same watershed as the first one, though about 70 river miles north of the initial catch.

Wildlife officials spent two days searching for additional northern snakeheads in the conservation area and neighboring Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. No others were found, but they fear others are lurking, at least in low numbers.

Larry Underwood, 73, who lives near the conservation area, wished the state well in its efforts to keep out the northern snakehead. As he fished, he noted that the state also tries to control feral hogs, but with little luck.

"It's kind of like the hogs," he said. "You are going to eliminate that? Yeah, good luck."

In 2019, the snakehead was also spotted in Pennsylvania and in Georgia. After an angler reported catching one in a private pond in Gwinnett County, Georgia wildlife officials issued a warning to other fishermen: "Kill it immediately."

In 2015, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists found that a group of adult northern snakehead collected from Virginia waters of the Potomac River south of Washington D.C. were infected with a species of Mycobacterium, a type of bacteria known to cause chronic disease among a wide range of animals.

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I guess they have to be politically correct. If it was me, and probably like most, just stab the sucker through the head with your knife or multitool.

I am no big fisherman by any means, but I have been many times over the years and have never known a fisherman who didn't have one of those 2 things in the tacklebox.

If you fish long enough, you are going to hook something you just aren't going to fool with. You just cut the line.


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I’ve pulled some ‘cut the line’ sized snapping turtle out of the Maumee River. Not losing a finger for a hook. Nope.


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Really you got very lucky that your finger did not get snapped or lost. Guess the turtle liked you LOL!


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Yeah, many times when I fish it's not an all day event. More like sunrise to mid-late morning. It's rare when I'm lugging a cooler around with me. And actually, if one is being politically correct you would think killing it quickly and putting it out of its misery would be more humane than slowly freezing it to death.


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