Mar. 16, 2025
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A Norwegian woman died on Monday aftercontracting rabiesduring a vacation to the Philippines in February.
On her trip, Birgitte Kallestad rescued a puppy she found on the side of the road and took it back to the resort where she was staying at the time, according to theWashington Post. There, the dog started to bite her, although she did not think the wounds were serious.
A health worker, Kallestad simplywashed the cuts without seeking additional medical treatment, her family shared in a statement given to Norway’s state-owned broadcaster NRK, according toUSA Today.
Mar. 16, 2025
What Florida native Shandra Trantham dreams of most is running on a sandy beach into the ocean. “I see other people doing that and it’s like a movie moment,” she says. “I really want to experience that. I know I did it when I was younger but I wasn’t appreciating what it felt like. I actually did have two of my friends hold my arms while I ran once, but it was really hard and it hurt.
Mar. 16, 2025
Patrick Burshia.
A 24-year-old father whoregretted not getting vaccinateddied of COVID-19, and being hospitalized caused him to say that he “would not wish this on my worst enemy.”
Patrick Burshia, from Montana,opted against getting vaccinatedbased on what he was reading online and hearing from friends, “that the vaccine was not a real vaccine, that it was like a tracking chip that the government was trying to use on us,“he told NBC News.
Mar. 16, 2025
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A 24-year-old homeless woman wrestled to free herself from an alligator after the animal attacked and tried to drag her underwater as she swam in Florida’s Lake Hernando early on Wednesday, PEOPLE confirms.
She was taken to Ocala Regional Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the FWC. Hours later, WFTS reporter Ryan Smith tweeted a video of an alligator with its head just above the surface of the lake, noting that the footage was taken a few weeks ago.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Biologists have discovered an extremely rare “river monster” in the Detroit River that they believe has been lurking in the water since 1920.
“It was the biggest fish our team has ever seen,” Jason Fischer, one of the fish biologists that caught the sturgeon, said in the statement. “This fish took all three of us to get it onto our boat.”
The massive 6-foot, 10-inch lake sturgeon, who weighed in at an impressive 240 lbs.