A woman comes within seconds of being struck by a train after attempting to go under a barrier at a level crossing. The incident took place in the Dutch city of Oisterwijk and first shows a group of people running across the tracks as the barriers begin to close. Thinking she still has time, a woman behind […]
Panic at a hospital in India, as a wild leopard strayed into the building and mauled a photographer who’d been tracking the animal. According to reports, the hospital caretaker first spotted the leopard, as it entered the male ward with heavily armed personnel being called in to cordon off the area. Normally crowded markets in the town of Meerut were left empty, with authorities also ordering schools and colleges […]
She’s just turned four years old, but last week when she was still three, Elisha Powers from Rockland County in Georgia saved her father’s life by unlocking his cell phone and calling 911. Elisha’s father Shawn Powers was in the family’s back garden with his machete cutting up a tree that had been downed by an ice storm. “I grabbed the top. […]
This is part of a much bigger haul of buried treasure. But the story’s slightly more interesting than that. It was found last year, not by treasure hunters, but by a couple walking their dog in California. The firm representing the finders says the 1,400 gold rush-era coins could be worth a record $10 million. “People do go out […]
This cyclist ended up taking a ride along Britain’s busiest motorway after he claims an app on his phone advised him of the apparent short cut. The man was spotted on CCTV riding on the hard shoulder of the clockwise carriageway of the M25 between junctions 10 and 11 in Tuesday morning’s rush hour. At times, he even crossed lanes. Police […]
A woman in Taiwan got a bit of an earful after doctors discovered a maggot was living inside her ear. The 48 year-old checked herself into hospital after suffering with chronic ear pain. When doctors removed her hearing aid, they found a live fruit larva crawling around inside her left ear. “Sometimes we put fruits and vegetables on our dining table. […]
Under a block of flats in bustling Mexico City, a team of archaeologists has discovered the remains of 12 Aztec dogs which date back some 500 years. Experts believe the find could be the world’s oldest canine cemetery and the first pet burial ground of the ancient civilisation. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History believe the remains date […]
Three children have been rescued from a car after their mother allegedly drove into the sea in Florida. This footage, captured by a tourist, shows lifeguards and passers-by rushing to help. With the waves crashing against the car, they struggled to open its doors and reach the children. But they eventually got in the boot and frantically pulled the children, who were 3, 9 and […]
This incredible image, taken from a space telescope, shows a galaxy being ripped apart. The Hubble Space Telescope took the picture of this galaxy trailing stars and dust, as it moved through a cluster of galaxies known as the Norma Cluster, a process called ‘ram pressure stripping’. The picture was taken in 2009 off the Great Attractor, a region in space around 200 million […]
If you think this looks terrifying, well, it’s just a trial run. As high altitude climber and wingsuit explorer, Joby Ogwyn, prepares for his Mount Everest jump over California. The Louisiana-born daredevil is the world record holder for the fastest Everest climb at nine and a half hours, and for his televised jump in May, he plans to […]