Weird News

A special-needs assistant thinks she used to be a black man from New Orleans who committed murder.

Sharon, who hails from Cork, says she has been having recurring dreams of the mystery man for the last 40 years despite having no known connection to the city in Louisiana.

She said: "I do believe in reincarnation and I do feel that I've been here [on Earth] a few times. I believe [the man in my dreams] had done bad things. I don't know why, but I believe he had killed someone, committed a murder. Each time I have this dream, I wake up sweating and panting. It's a strange feeling - very weird."

A man's vocal attempt to kill a spider urged a neighbour to call the police.

According to The Guardian Australia, an unnamed resident in Perth had reportedly heard a screaming toddler and a man repeatedly shouting, "why don't you die?"

The resident soon alerted the police, who arrived at the unnamed man's home. According to a police log of the incident, cops arrived to find a man "trying to kill a spider".

Embarrassed, the man who has a giant fear of arachnids apologised for the incident.

A sheriff's office in South Carolina says a woman told deputies she threw bleach into her boyfriend's eyes for a dare.

Barbara Davis, 56, revealed she was cleaning during a New Year's Day argument with her 54-year-old boyfriend, when he dared her to throw it at him.

She told Spartanburg County Sheriff's deputies that she threw the bleach because she believed her boyfriend was going to attack her.

A sheriff's office report says the man told deputies he had lost his vision, but refused medical treatment.

Allergy experts say it's possible a boy may have died after suffering a fatal reaction to fish cooking in his grandmother's kitchen.

Cameron Jean-Pierre and his father were visiting relatives in Brooklyn last Tuesday when he was stricken, apparently after inhaling aromas from a traditional Caribbean fish dish that his grandmother and aunt were cooking.

Police said the boy was taken to Brookdale Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Dr Wayne Shreffler, director of Good Allergy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, said: "It's extremely rare. Most often, it's an issue for patients who also have asthma, and probably not very well-controlled asthma."

Cameron did have asthma and was allergic to fish and peanuts, his father, Steven Jean-Pierre, said Friday.

The city medical examiner is yet to fully confirm what caused his death.