Florida Person - Weird News Podcast

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a stupid internet challenge, an adorable gator with a missing jaw, a flamingo rescue, and more snake news!

-Stupid Spicy Chip Challenge: https://apnews.com/article/paqui-spicy-chip-challenge-social-media-risks-369f295714ac7f856c815ffe5ad4e961

-Gator News: https://apnews.com/article/alligator-florida-reptile-park-orlando-0c54bd337b027eaea65a2a1a5916aa62

-Peaches the Flamingo : https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/peaches-the-flamingo-rescued-after-idalia-is-back-in-the-wild/

-Snake News: https://apnews.com/article/rattlesnakes-found-arizona-home-garage-removed-32d13a21c064aeb254d98078045d8b85

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a White Claw loving bear, searching for the Loch Ness Monster with new tech, a hamster ball Florida Man, and some snake news!

-White Claw Bandit Bear: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-3-legged-bear-invades-screened-in-patio-of-home-raids-refrigerator-drinks-white-claw-hard-seltzers/ar-AA1gig62 --

-Searching For Nessie: https://apnews.com/article/loch-ness-monster-hunt-d07af6dff2138e2198f5d33c76442577

-Florida Man Nonsense: https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/florida-man-riding-human-sized-hamster-wheel-atlantic-103000751

-Snake News: https://apnews.com/article/snake-toilet-home-arizona-69468bc279d5ac12b63656784a2d1cd4

-Oar Fish: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=oarfish&atb=v315-1&iax=images&ia=images
-Sun Fish: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sunfish&atb=v315-1&iax=images&ia=images

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss the Barb-en-Heimer craze sweeping the nation, a body in a suitcase, some fake bears in China, and our hero: Hank the Tank.

-Barb-en-Heimer: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/21/1189062921/barbie-oppenheimer-barbenheimer-movie-double-feature

-Suitcase Murder: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/25/Florida-homicide-suitcases-human-remains/5521690260715/

-Fake Bears: https://apnews.com/article/china-zoo-bears-782105cb015e341a51b1a43ff512b65e

-Hank the Tank: https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/hank-the-tank-bear-relocated/

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Mer-people and their hit docuseries on Netflix, a Mermaid lawsuit, A Florida Bro who can’t stop stealing, an Olympic diver posting on Only-Fans, and an NRA Karen who hates Florida’s rightful bird.

-Mer-People: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/merpeople-release-date-trailer-news

-Mermaid Crime: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/wreck-bar-mermaid-show-underwater-burlesque-feud-federal-privacy-lawsuit-14284977

-Olympic Only-Fans: https://apnews.com/article/mexican-diver-onlyfans-diego-balleza-f632bb4f4b9f5e8656ff4ee482bb7aa9

-Fl Man Can’t Stop Robbin’: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/28/longtime-florida-burglar-accused-of-burgling-seminole-gated-community-yet-again/

-Scrub Jay Karen: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/23/how-one-womans-hate-clipped-the-florida-scrub-jays-wings-and-kept-it-from-becoming-state-bird/#bio

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss the origin of cat food, a really cheesy British tradition, and the rescue of some really adorable birdies!

-CAT FOOD:
https://www.thefarmersdog.com/digest/the-history-of-commercial-pet-food-a-great-american-marketing-story/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_food

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/did-pope-gregory-ixs-hatred-of-cats-lead-to-the-black-death-327d163adfb2

-Rollin’ Cheese:
https://apnews.com/article/uk-gloucester-cheese-rolling-extreme-sport-435d6cc4863a48fc9fba417210aac606

-Precious Baby Birds:
https://apnews.com/article/parrot-trafficking-florida-central-america-ec0419765166da98dbc94593d9c1654f

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a famous saying you’ve probably been saying wrong, a really stupid Supreme Court case, the truth behind the Fountain of Youth, and a terrifying new mosquito.

*Note: Yes, we know Meag is wrong about parakeets discussed in the beginning of this episode.

-The Jig/Gig is up: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2021/04/jig.html

-Its GIF with a GUH sound: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2021/06/is-it-pronounced-jif-or-gif/

-Rhianna saying her name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJP6q7XzLrQ

-Jack Daniels loves dogs: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-jack-daniels-dog-toy-7878a57c7ae6735274858e3b0eeeba54

-The truth about the fountain of youth: https://www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth

-Terror insects: https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2023/03/22/theres-new-invasive-mosquito-species-florida-will-this-one-spread-disease/

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Morris the cat of 9 Lives fame, how French Bulldogs have risen in popularity, Lassie’s legacy, and a Key West conch blowing contest.

*Note: Jacki goes on a long-winded rant about tasty conch. She mistakes Manhattan Clam chowder for New England clam chowder. She meant to say Manhattan clam chowder is like conch chowder. Okay? So chill Conch-Lovers…

-Morris The Everyman Cat: https://popicon.life/9-things-you-never-knew-about-morris-the-cat/

-Winnie The Pooh Runs for President: https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/03/do-you-remember-when-winnie-the-pooh-ran-for-president/

-Lassie is really Pal: https://hometownstohollywood.com/2021/05/13/pal/ https://americacomesalive.com/the-dog-who-played-lassie/

-Key West Conch Blowers: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/canadian-wins-key-west-conch-shell-blowing-contest/

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss all those wonderful Oscar winning donkeys, Pablo Escobar’s hippo relocation, a famous Hollywood pup, and some wacky food you can eat at the Miami-Dade Youth Fair.

-Oscar Winning Asses: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/awards-insider-eo-movie-donkeys

-Hippo relocation: https://apnews.com/article/colombia-hippopotamus-relocation-mexico-india-4bb9441be82839b4f10dd89c748d1bd3

-Famous Hollywood Pup: https://screenrant.com/silence-lambs-precious-dog-career-batman-returns-pee-wee/

-Miami Dade Youth Fair food: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/miami-dade-youth-fair-2023-extreme-foods-pickle-lemonade-deep-fried-milkshake-cuban-funnel-cake-16499722

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a the wonderful acts of one Elizabeth Taylor, a president with an eye for elves, and an update on our Brooklyn gator!

-All Things Great And Elizabeth Taylor:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/elizabeth-taylor-25-things-you-170437/
https://www.10-facts-about.com/elizabeth-taylor/id/728
https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/elizabeth-taylor-michael-jacksons-odd-friendship.html https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/elizabeth-taylor-commitment-to-life-aids-1235496386/ https://www.logotv.com/news/zi93zn/elizabeth-taylor-aids-activist

-President posts Aluxe:
https://apnews.com/article/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-caribbean-mexico-city-b1dcd73e9d069a99400d05f5aff061c3

-Update On Our Gator Gal:
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-bronx-climate-and-environment-animals-bec099fa22810fae1a4b582c3757680e

-Living in Florida and need the gator patrol?: https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/alligator/snap/

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This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a Clinton kitty with a criminal inquiry, a poo poo perpetrator that should get life in prison, a very interesting presidential assignation we rarely hear about, and a natural Floridian who gets rescued from NYC.

-Remember when house Republicans went after socks the cat?: https://mashable.com/article/socks-the-cat-gop-investigation

-Poop Attack: https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-hannover-dance-02ec610e9fba3612cf08f4628ef7b0aa

-A very interesting assignation: https://allthatsinteresting.com/charles-guiteau

-Lovely Gator Boi gets rescued from Brooklyn: https://apnews.com/article/climate-and-environment-brooklyn-new-york-city-animals-f5914137cc03e5bfc1b88ca1a836c142

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