A map obtained by police from a convicted burglar led to the discovery of buried treasure near the Ronald Reagan Freeway in Los Angeles. The unearthed treasure was a collection of antique watches, necklaces, and diamond rings, including a canary diamond ring suspected to be worth $400,000. Authorities Tuesday followed the directions on a map taken from Robert Caveda, who was imprisoned on December 18 for several charges including residential burglary. The map, police said, was hand-sketched, and had an "X" marking the area where the treasure was buried.

The owners of a trout farm in Southampton were more than amazed to discover why they losing their fishes after a photographer caught on camera the trout fleeing one by one from the fishpond onto a nearby river. Capturing the fishes' escape with the aid of his camera, wildlife photographer Dennis Bright, 59, describe the scene as incredible.

It was in invitation no thief could ever refuse. The organizers of the Basel Shift Festival found this out when a thief ran off with the book titled "Steal this Book. "

A 38-year-old restaurateur found a 7-foot-long python in her toilet while she was washing her hands early Monday. She said most of the venomous python's body was hidden in the pipes and was trying to come out of her bathroom. The New Yorker Nadege Brunacci said, "I turned on the light and screamed. It still makes my heart race. "

In what may be the first incident ever recorded, a 53-year-old man from Prosser, Washington claims he was bitten by the decapitated head of a rattlesnake in his house and had to be hospitalized. The incident took place on Monday when Danny Anderson and his son saw the five-foot snake while feeding horses. The pair immediately pinned it with a pipe and cut off its head with a shovel.