Man freed thanks to penis lizard tattoo

This Barry is ain't that Barry.....

clipped from newslite.tv A man who appeared in court accused of flashing his penis at a female train guard has walked free, thanks to a tattoo on his manhood. Hartlepool magistrates court had been told how 28-year-old Barry Kenny had drunkenly displayed his willy during a train journey from Newcastle to Hartlepool. But the woman had not mentioned any "distinguising marks" on the penis and Barry has a two inch long lizard tattoo running along his penis. As a result his solicitor was able to get the charges dropped, but only after Barry offered to show his willy to magistrates. Before being reminded he was under oath Barry had wanted to claim the tattoo was seven inches long.

Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer: A Monstrous YouTube Hit

 

 

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Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer: A Monstrous YouTube Hit

via Mashable! by Pete Cashmore on 7/2/09

With 3.3 million+ YouTube views in the past two days, the video "Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer" (below) is taking the web by storm, becoming the most viewed video this week and beating out a performance of Michael Jackson's Thriller. The clip, which shows an alien-looking life form living in a North Carolina sewer, was posted along with a claim that it was extra-terrestrial life.

Today mainstream news has taken notice and corrected the myth: the video is indeed real, scientists say, but the strange creature is very much a terrestrial phenomenon. News14 writes:

Ed Buchan, environmental coordinator at the Raleigh Public Utilities Department, said staff biologists have confirmed that the "creature" is actually a colony of tubifex worms. The colonies attach themselves to roots that gradually work themselves into weak points in the pipes. "They seem to respond to the light from the camera," Buchan said. "That light is pretty hot."

The worms naturally occur in sewage and pond sediment and are actually sold both live and dried as fish food in pet stores. He said other staff members in the department have seen it before, although sightings aren't particularly common. "I've seen a lot of sewer TV before and I've never seen them," he said. "We were surprised. We didn't know immediately what it was."

It's unclear what made the clip such a YouTube phenomenon: most likely it's explained by the mystery surrounding the strange creature, much like last year's Montauk Monster mystery.

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