oddly enough

oddly enough

Man lassoes bear that had head stuck in container

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.

A Colorado bed and breakfast owner armed with just a length of rope helped save a black bear with a giant plastic container stuck on its head.

Jim Hawkins got his lasso around the animal’s midsection on the first throw. He said Thursday that he and the bear “did a rodeo thing for a while” before the animal figured out that Hawkins was the reason it couldn’t run away.

That’s when the bear went after Hawkins, leaving him with scrapes and a wound that needed stitches. It then scrambled up a tree, remaining there until officials arrived.

Carbondale District Wildlife Officer John Groves told the Post Independent newspaper that officials tranquilized the bear and cut the container off its head.

It was released in the mountains and is expected to survive.

Pokemon GO player hits police cruiser

BALTIMORE

Police say a Pokemon GO player was trying to “catch them all” behind the wheel, but instead a Baltimore police officer’s body camera caught him sideswiping a cruiser.

Officers were standing on a southeast Baltimore corner early Monday when police say a Toyota RAV-4 hit a cruiser steps away. Police say the driver told police that he was looking down playing Pokemon GO on his cellphone when he hit the cruiser.

In the video, the driver steps out and shows the officer his phone, saying, “That’s what I get for playing this dumb ... game.”

Workers give CEO a new car after he shared wealth

SEATTLE

The employees of a company whose boss gave them a well-publicized big raise have bought him a new Tesla.

The Seattle Times reported that Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price posted the news of the gift on Facebook last week, saying “Gravity employees saved up and pitched in over the past six months and bought me my dream car.”

Gravity spokesman Ryan Pirkle said the gift was thought up and organized by an employee who was one of those most impacted by Price’s decision last year to raise to $70,000 the annual salary for all of the more than 130 people who work at the company that processes credit-card payments. At the time, Price said he also would make $70,000, dropping his salary from more than $1 million annually.

Associated Press