oddly enough

oddly enough

Downed plane reported in Ohio just water park prop

MASON, Ohio

A possible plane crash reported near an Ohio interstate turned out to be only a prop on the grounds of a water park.

Media outlets report a passing motorist on Interstate 71 north of Cincinnati thought it was a downed plane and alerted authorities late Wednesday morning.

Fire and emergency crews were dispatched to the scene.

Spokesman Derek Blevins at The Beach water park in Mason tells WHIO radio the decorative prop has been on the property since May and was never an issue before.

But he says it may be more visible from the interstate because falling leaves have reduced the amount of tree cover.

NW Pa. man gets ‘hoax’ letter about driller homes

BRADFORD, Pa.

The mayor of a northwestern Pennsylvania city in a region known for gas- and oil-well drilling says it appears a letter a resident received about the housing needs of well workers is a hoax.

Bradford Mayor Tom Riel tells the Bradford Era that a resident he’s not identifying recently received the letter from someone claiming to represent a company called Texas Gas Energy Solutions and Explorations.

Riel and the newspaper say they could find no corporate records or business listings for the company and say something else about the letter was fishy: The company listed a post office box in New Braunfels, Texas, but the letter was postmarked in Bradford.

The letter advised that the company planned to buy 12 to 15 homes within a one-block radius to house its workers, including the recipient’s home.

Raw-chicken vandalism leads to conviction in Colo.

DENVER

A Denver man convicted of placing raw chicken in his ex-wife’s heating ducts and other acts of vandalism could face up to 18 years in prison.

KDVR-TV reports that 58-year-old Ronald Smith also poured an unidentified substance into a baby-grand piano and erased a hard drive on his ex-wife’s computer.

Authorities say the vandalism caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage.

The station reports a Denver jury deliberated for about six hours Wednesday before finding Smith guilty of second-degree burglary and criminal mischief.

Associated Press