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Austrian police seek thief who took mowed grass from field

VIENNA

Austrian police are seeking witnesses to an unusual theft — of huge amounts of grass, mowed secretly from a farmer’s field.

A police statement says the theft occurred around Liebenfels, a village about 120 miles southwest of Vienna. It says a farmer reported his field mowed and the grass gone Monday.

Police say the grass went missing sometime in the past three weeks but the farmer noticed it only Monday because the field is at some distance from the rest of his property. They say the owner estimates its worth at about 3,000 euros (more than $4,000) as fodder.

Texan survives being hit by lightning twice in same storm

SAINT JO, Texas

An off-road racing enthusiast has survived being struck by lightning twice during the same storm in North Texas.

Casey Wagner said Sunday that doctors told him a tingling feeling would last for about a week.

KTVT-TV reports Wagner was at an off-road competition in Saint Jo, 85 miles northwest of Dallas, when storms arrived.

The 31-year-old Wagner was under a tree when he was hit by lightning. He dropped to his knees then was struck again. Wagner says he saw sparks during the strikes.

A nurse who happened to be nearby cared for Wagner until he was taken to a hospital to be treated.

Wagner says he believes God kept him alive — and he plans to start going to church more.

Associated Press