ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Woman drives for days with hubby’s body in coffin

KETCHIKAN, Alaska

An Alaska woman who drove her husband’s body on a days-long traveling wake and used ice from local canneries to keep him cold is not accused of breaking any laws.

Officers responded to a call recently to find the body of a 78-year-old man inside an aluminum transport coffin.

Ketchikan Police Chief Alan Bengaard told the Ketchikan Daily News that the woman stopped at several canneries for ice to put in the truck bed during the “rolling wake.”

The man had died of natural causes.

A mortuary took custody of the body after the authorities were called. The family can make further arrangements.

Bengaard said hopefully the woman won’t take her husband back out on the road, but that he wasn’t aware of any laws she had broken.

Police reunite traveler with lost turtle at NYC bus station

NEW YORK

A turtle found wandering around a busy New York City bus terminal has been reunited with its grateful but sleepy owner.

Joe Pentangelo says a bus dispatcher summoned police July 24 after the rambling reptile was found on a roadway inside the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey terminal. The turtle had spent about a half-hour at the police desk when a clue emerged: a man holding a second turtle.

He told police that he’d fallen asleep, and the turtles had climbed out of his shoulder bag and went exploring.

He went to claim the second turtle. Then all three hit the road – together. Their final destination was unknown.

Think Trump, Clinton fall flat? Vote for Cat in the Hat

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

Voters who think presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fall flat can choose the Cat in the Hat.

The Cat announced his candidacy Tuesday in Springfield, Mass., outside the childhood home of Dr. Seuss. He also announced his running mates –Thing 1 and Thing 2.

The Republican newspaper says the Cat said through a spokeswoman that he would be willing to release his tax returns.

The Cat’s platform includes working with Red Fish and Blue Fish to address ocean conservation, working with the Lorax on the environment and working with Sam I Am to address hunger.

The event served as the official launch for the new Random House book “One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote.”

Associated Press