"I was sitting outside listening to music, and all the sudden I see a shadow go by me," Mr. Hennessy told WFTV news. "I look off to the side of me and just, well, I thought it was somebody, and I went to meet whoever it was and it was a bear. He got ahold of my clothes. I just started punching him and he ran off. I got right in his way.” My, My what a very brave or very stupid Mr. Hennessy.
Figuring he was on to a good thing Mr.Hennessy then said the bear dragged him around by his pant leg before he punched it and drove it off.
"It kind of charged at me," he said. "It was a tackle match for a second, he got ahold of my clothes and I just started punching him and he just ran off." He showed scratches to his leg and arm for dramatic effect.
Wow - that makes a great story - except:
The true story was that Mr. Hennessy saw a bear. He DECIDED TO CHASE it, but while running after the fleeing animal, he tripped and fell down on the gravel path, which caused some cuts and scraps to his arm and leg.
His original story was posted, along with a picture of young Mr. Hennessy, with his shirt off, holding the leash of his Doberman Pinscher.
Personally, I would have rooted for the bear to take Mr. Hennessy out of the gene pool.....but then the bear would have been punished - so never mind.
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This headline will certainly make you sleep better:
30,000 year old giant virus 'comes back to life.'
It was found frozen deep in the Siberian permafrost and once it was thawed out it became infectious once again. I kid you not. They even named it....Pithovirus Sibericum...quite imaginative considering it is indeed a virus and was discovered in Siberia.
Unlike other virus, this one is SO LARGE it can be seen with a microscope. Tests, SO FAR, show that it attacks amoebas (single cell organisms) but does not infect humans or animals....YET!!! Cue eerie music here..
NOW the researchers are scratching their heads and wondering what else is in this region AND with climate change, could other virus be released as the earth thaws?? Well researchers - that is a very good question.
Stated one Professor "If you start having industrial exploration, the deep permafrost layers will be exposed and this is where the DANGER is coming from." So, a question I would like to ask.....for an educated man why is he ending his sentence with a preposition??? No - I want to ask, if there ARE any plans for industrial exploration and WHERE exactly did they find this potentially dangerous virus???
Just how long the virus can remain 'viable' after thawing is the million dollar question, because, when they do thaw they need to find a host ......and I quote...'pretty fast.'
But don't worry - stay away from the Siberian permafrost, and always carry a microscope - you should be just fine.
Things I've learned this week:
12 years a slave, which I have not seen, was nominated for nine academy awards. It was also considered the "Schindler’s List of slavery films,” That's a quote folks....so don't shoot the messenger.
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It is fine to show off our baby bump...but seriously...what was she thinking? And, hormones aside, why didn't he comment that this is NOT very flattering to wear to the Oscars - where the entire world is watching!! Ten years from now she will look at this picture and comment "shoot me now!"
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Vikings apparently were not as bad as we have been led to believe. The stories we have been raised on are all stories told by their VICTIMS! so of course we are only getting one side of the story.
However, Ivar the Boneless (don't ask!) was the son of Ragnar Lothbrok...who is now appearing on a History channel near you...and was apparently a very bad man. After a lot of raping and pillaging he quit his day job and emigrated to......Dublin.
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