Most bonkers thing you've seen in the news in the 2000's?

[Origin Unknown]

Mods: Not NP&E fodder, just some light-hearted "remember this mental thing"

A video on YouTube appear about Raul Moat and I was reminded of Gazza turning up in his dressing gown with KFC, Beer, and a fishing rod to help out. you couldn't make it up!

What other bonkers news over the years has stood out?

[AndyAudi]

the woman who had sex with the model dinosaur in the kiddies park, google if not sure, it went global.

[Magnum 475]

I think it was the Somalian man who was 'forced' to marry a goat after he was caught shagging it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.st...

[Kwackersaki]

On a similar note, there was a guy who was shagging a goat or maybe a sheep in a field next to a railway line just a a train rolled by to a stop as it had broken down.

It went to court and he was moaning that all his friends were ripping the piss. As you would.

[StevieBee]

There was the Turkish Cypriot leader who was filmed 'enjoying himself' in the company of an online companion.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16494738/northern-cy...

[Raccaccoonie]

Magnum 475 said:

I think it was the Somalian man who was 'forced' to marry a goat after he was caught shagging it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.st...

There was a guy who was having it off with a horse I think. Would have got away it , if it wasn't a train stopping and loads of passengers watching him in the act.

Edit is was a goat.

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/commuters-saw-...

Edited by Raccaccoonie on Wednesday 3rd May 18:55

[anonymous-user]

AndyAudi said:

the woman who had sex with the model dinosaur in the kiddies park, google if not sure, it went global.

[AndyAudi]

Lost Soul said:

AndyAudi said:

the woman who had sex with the model dinosaur in the kiddies park, google if not sure, it went global.

I wonder what happened to her - couldn’t imagine she’d be able to stay in her home area!

[cologne2792]

Pensioner - Flying Cow - Both Deceased


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12004403/...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Lost Soul said:

AndyAudi said:

the woman who had sex with the model dinosaur in the kiddies park, google if not sure, it went global.

Doyouthinkhesaurus

[Jasandjules]

There was this disease so dangerous that you could not leave your house for weeks. But it was stopped by a bit of cloth, amazing. However you could not eat inside, so we had to eat outside. Which we made into an inside with tents and stuff, that was ok because it was the inside outside....Thankfully just 400 billion syphoned off into rich people's accounts later everything was ok.

[bristolbaron]

Dinosaurs and goats are one thing, but fking the whole country is another. I’d put Barnard Castle and Partygate towards the top of the list. I’m no royalist, but the images of the Queen sat alone at her husbands funeral whilst No10 were partying stands out…

[mike80]

Jasandjules said:

There was this disease so dangerous that you could not leave your house for weeks. But it was stopped by a bit of cloth, amazing. However you could not eat inside, so we had to eat outside. Which we made into an inside with tents and stuff, that was ok because it was the inside outside....Thankfully just 400 billion syphoned off into rich people's accounts later everything was ok.

Think I missed that, have you got a link...?

I did hear something about Scotch eggs stopping all known diseases though.

[austinsmirk]

In the last week: the bloke convinced of knocking one out over a seagull.

[Allegro_Snapon]

The NHS has been fixed and the bill will reduce year on year for the nations health care.

Energy market is competitive and delivers value for customers.

Scotland has been successfully granted independence and has been surgically removed (apart from Aberdeen, Thurso, Dounreay and Orkney) from mainland Great Britain and has been physically attached to the Union of Rockhall & St Kilda Gannet Islands. ...oh just realised this isn't a wishlist thread.......

[InitialDave]

Burglars carrying out a home invasion, find the wife at home, have got her tied up/held captive while they look around the place for things to steal.

See all the family photos around the place, realise it's Dolph Lundgren's home (and wife), and high tail it out of there empty handed.

[Some Gump]

Everything Florida Man did, new hears day 2000 - new years eve 2009.

[E63eeeeee...]

InitialDave said:

Burglars carrying out a home invasion, find the wife at home, have got her tied up/held captive while they look around the place for things to steal.

See all the family photos around the place, realise it's Dolph Lundgren's home (and wife), and high tail it out of there empty handed.

Former Everton striker slash psychopath Duncan Ferguson got burgled twice and on both occasions put the burglars in hospital.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/dunca...

[E63eeeeee...]

But to actually answer the question, anyone remember the bit where we chose a narcissist repeatedly fired for lying to lead the country, but astonishingly he wasn't very good at it, so we somehow contrived to replace him with someone worse? That was quite bonkers.

[GliderRider]

Dog drives tractor onto motorway

Yes, it was a John Deere Gator, not a tractor, but that's journalism for you.
One reporter commented at the time, "Its 8:30am, I'm not going to get a better story than this today, I'm going home."