Odd News Journal

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don’t text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton….

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe….

BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) — A southern Michigan man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn’t expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn field near the Michigan-Indiana border when two women came running from a few rows over, screaming that they had seen an alligator….

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s smoking toddler has kicked the habit. Footage of 2-year-old Aldi Rizal – who smoked up to two packs a day – puffing away circulated the Internet in May and sparked an international outcry. His parents said he’d throw tantrums every time they tried to stop him from lighting up….

NORTH EAST, Pa. (AP) — Police said an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute. Darlene Newara, 45, will have a hearing Oct. 18 on charges including driving under the influence, disorderly conduct for fighting, and public drunkenness in the Aug. 8 incident….

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Diane Buckalew said she felt sick when she woke up and realized two rings she’d left on the bathroom counter the night before were gone. She and husband Carl, married in Las Vegas a month ago, realized Thursday their cat Jinxe had batted into the toilet an amethyst ring and Diane’s 4-carat, $40,000 diamond engagement ring….

FARSON, Wyo. (AP) — The powdery substance that Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers found in a zip-close bag during a recent traffic stop didn’t turn out to be drugs after all. Sgt. Stephen Townsend of the patrol said then when troopers pulled over two men in a car Wednesday, they found small amounts of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and thought the bag might hold illegal drugs. Troopers contacted the car’s owner – the girlfriend of one of the men – and asked her….