A new hazard was inadvertently added at the Centennial Golf Course in Oregon. A 1. 5-acre fire burned between the sixth and seventh holes while golfers around it tried to drive the green and sink putts. "I was really playing well until this happened," joked Jim Pawlak of Berkeley, Calif. His golfing buddy, Steve Scholl, chimed in, "I was under par when that happened. "

It came as a surprise to Australian custom officials when they found more than a dozen snakes and lizards stuffed inside garden gnomes and similar pottery during a recent international mail check. Since it is illegal to bring live reptiles into Australia without a license, some people use this method to ship reptiles. One of the customs officials found two snakes and three lizards inside ceramic garden statues during a routine postal inspection in Sydney on June 10.

Britain's Prince Richard, who was believed to have been murdered in the 15th century, may have lived to become a bricklayer, a university lecturer claims. When Edward IV died in 1483 his two sons Edward V and Richard were locked in the Tower of London and never seen again, amid reports that their uncle Richard III wanted them removed so he could claim the throne. Two skeletons were discovered hidden in the tower almost 200 years later, but tests have never been able to ascertain whether they are the remains of the lost princes.

A Staffodshire bull terrier named Bush survived for almost for two weeks by eating a dead bird and drinking water from a fall before he was finally rescued by a military helicopter in Britain. Bush reportedly lost his way on a cliff ledge while his owner Margie Brett was on holiday in the area. The Daily Mail said the dog survived by eating a crow and drinking from a waterfall that runs along the 100-foot cliffs in North Devon. Currently Bush is being treated by a veterinarian and will be reunited with Brett and her husband in a few days.

A 24-year-old man literally dreamed of the phone number of his future wife one night and then, driven by his instinct, sent her a text message. Random recipient Michelle Kitson first appeared confused when she saw a message on her phone from an unknown number that read, "Did I meet you last night?" However, the 22-year-old woman chose to reply to David Brown's text message and their romance kicked off. "It was really weird but I was absolutely hooked," Kitson told the Daily Mail newspaper.