A distress signal supposedly send off by a ship was finally traced to a scrapyard in Belfast. According to a spokesman for Ofcom, the agency responsible for monitoring all radio broadcasts and for investigating cases of interference, the beacon was found in a mountain of scrapped fridges and TVs after the mayday was picked up by receivers on the Isle of Man.

Naked hikers in Dorset, England have complained about the way police handled the marshalling of their charity walk. The nude ramblers, numbering about 20, were en route on a 2-mile hike in Dorset to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society when they were reportedly followed by 10 officers, patrol cars and a helicopter on the trek.

The world turned upside down for an Iowa bird shooter when he accidentally became the shooting target of hunting dogs. James Harris, 37, shot a bird at the start of the pheasant season in Iowa on Saturday, but dogs stepped on the gun he left on the ground while trying to retrieve the dead bird and shot pellets into his leg.

In a freak hunting accident, a man who was supposedly out hunting in Iowa got himself shot in the leg by a dog. According to local reports, the accident freak occurred after James Harris, 37, put his gun on the ground to retrieve a fallen pheasant.

Self-proclaimed "escape king" Nordin Ben Allal has once again escaped from the Ittre jail. His fifth jailbreak attempt, it was described as the most daring of all the prisoner's stunts. Witnesses described that during the prisoners' exercise time, a helicopter landed in the grounds of the high-security prison, with the pilot being held at gunpoint by Ben Allal's accomplices. Ben Allal jumped into the cockpit, eager to take off.