Man pops 26 water balloons in armpits in one minute



An Idaho man earned an unusual and messy Guinness World Record by using his armpits to pop more than two dozen water balloons in a minute.

David Rush, who has broken nearly 250 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, said he first attempted the water balloon popping record in 2019.

But his run of 25 balloons popped failed to beat the record of 16 because several were disqualified for various violations of the guidelines.

Rush said he decided his latest attempt might be more successful in a new position, so he tried it while hanging upside-down.

"It still took multiple attempts and was nowhere near as easy as expected, but I broke the record by breaking 26 balloons in my armpits in one minute," Rush said.

[PennySerenade]

Paddleboarder loses phone; scuba diver finds it next day



ROCKPORT, Mass. — When Laura Hernandez fell into the water and lost her iPhone while paddleboarding off Massachusetts earlier this month, she figured it was probably gone for good.

But the next day the New York woman returned to the Rockport beach and approached the instructor of a novice scuba diving class and told him her situation.

Instructor Larry Bettencourt told her the odds of finding it, even with its distinctive pink case, were not good, but he told the class to keep an eye out for it, The Boston Globe reported Thursday.

Amazingly, Vanessa Kahn, 26, of Peabody, making her first open-water ocean dive spotted the phone in water about 25 feet (7.6 metres) deep.



"The bright pink waterproof case stuck out like a sore thumb … it was like almost neatly placed into a bed of green seaweed,” Kahn said. She waved the phone around in the water and the screen glowed. She returned to the surface, turned on the camera and snapped a selfie, then waved the phone in triumph to Hernandez standing on the beach.

“Her face lit up,” she said. “I could tell that she was so excited.”

Excited enough to give Kahn a $300 reward.

[goldie0608]

Long-Lost Brothers to Be Reunited After 77 Years and 10,000 Miles, ‘I still can’t believe it’



A pair of long-lost brothers who were separated as children in 1945 are to be reunited for the first time after 77 years apart.

Ted Nobbs, 83, and his brother Geoff, 79, have spent more than seven decades 10,000 miles apart after their family was divided up at the end of the Second World War.

Ted, along with siblings Barry and John, were all separated from their youngest brother Geoff after their mum tragically died of cancer at age 30 in 1945.

Their father wasn’t able to cope with caring for Geoff, who was 1 at the time, and decided to offer him up for adoption to give him a chance of a better life.

Geoff moved to Australia in 1951 at the age seven and has lived there ever since, going on to have eight kids and grandchildren of his own.

Ted, Barry and John had all tried several times over the years to find their little brother without any success.

“I did a few searchers,” said Nobbs. “I did the first note in 1994 and then again 2004. We went though Supporting Adults Affected By Adoption, but again there was luck and Barry also tried to find him separately.”

But their luck changed in 2014, four years after eldest brother John passed away, when Geoff tracked down Barry and sent him a letter.

“A letter from Geoff just landed on Barry’s doorstep out of the blue,” said Knobbs. “We were all reunited on a phone call and it was just wonderful catching up. It absolutely crunched me when he found us, I just didn’t think it would happen. There were a few tears shed.”

“He planned to come over to England for my 80th birthday but red tape at his end scuppered those plans as COVID kicked in,” Nobbs continued. “We had the celebrations anyway and there was a big tv in the hotel and [his son] Christopher had got a video from Geoff that he played. He wished me happy birthday.”

The grandfather-of-three took the 22-hour flight on Sunday for the big reunion on his own, as brother Barry was sadly too ill to travel.

Geoff currently lives just south of Sydney and has eight children himself, with his most recent job being working with horses before he retired.

“I haven’t flown for 50 years,” Nobbs said. “I had to get a passport again. It doesn’t worry me, I’m quite happy to go… to be able to give him a hug is going to be wonderful.”

“We’re going to fly from Sydney to the Sunday Islands,” he said, adding he’ll be visiting the Great Barrier Reef as well. “It will be absolute fantastic. I shall be meeting Geoff and his daughter and son. I’ve also got a wedding of Geoff’s granddaughter and I’m invited to the wedding.”

A friend of his son Christopher donated a big haul of Avios flyer miles to help pay for the return leg of the ticket.

“There’s quite a lot to pay for but I will probably never be able to do it again so I thought I’d take the opportunity now.”

[Governor3]

Snowed out: New York City public schools scrap all future snow days, Chancellor Banks says

The snow day tradition for New York City public school students is no more, Schools Chancellor David C. Banks said Tuesday.

During an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York, Banks said that snow days or bad weather days would no longer be practiced in NYC public schools when the new school year starts this week.

Instead, all instruction will shift online for students and teachers on days when the city’s hit with inclement winter weather or public emergencies that requires all school buildings to be shut down.

Call it the silver lining from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Banks. The city’s shift to digital classrooms at the height of the pandemic in 2020 opened the door for students to receive virtual instruction whenever they cannot make it physically to school.

“There are technically no more snow days,” Chancellor Banks said during his interview on Sept. 6. “With the new technology that we have – that’s one of the good things that came out of COVID – if a snow day comes around, we want to make sure that our kids continue to learn. So, sorry kids! No more snow days, but it’s gonna be good for you!”

New York State law mandates that students must attend class 180 out of 365 days, which means the switch to a digital alternative to canceling school altogether allows schools to meet the mandate.

The first day of public school instruction in NYC begins Thursday, Sept. 8, with the first scheduled school holidays occurring on Sept. 26-27, in observance of Rosh Hashanah.
https://www.amny.com/new-york/no-more-school-snow-days/
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Q: Should it shock me that the guy in charge of NYC's public schools is one the dumbest f's anywhere?
A: Nope

[lush]

5 Incredible Superpowers Every Human Has
September 6, 2022*

• When everyone is super, everyone actually is super.

Were you aware that you’re a superhero? That’s right, you!

Please don’t go and try to fly off a building or anything, though — that’s not the kind of powers we’re talking about. But comparatively speaking, the human body is capable of absolutely incredible feats.

Some of them are unique to humanity. Others are shared between all forms of life, but their effects are stronger in humans. And still others are just plain weird and interesting.

Here is a collection of fantastic things you probably didn’t even know you could do.


1) You’re a Mind-Reader



Every now and then, you really wish you could know exactly what someone else is thinking. Being able to actually do that would probably be pretty horrible — but the thing is that you do it every day to a sometimes disturbing degree.

Humans are unique in that we possess a theory of mind. Since humans are extremely social creatures, this ability is vital to maintaining our societal structures.

The theory of mind is essentially the awareness that other people have thoughts, knowledge, and views different from yours. Since you know this is the case, you can predict up to a certain point how people will react to different things.

Are you still not convinced? Well, consider this — have you ever worn a certain outfit to make people think you’re a specific kind of person?

Oh, you have? Congratulations, you just got into the head of the average Joe and predicted what he would think about your outfit.


2) You Produce a Cleansing Aura



If someone told you had a very pure aura, you’d probably think they’re some kind of a New Age hippie. But the fact is that you do.

A recent study has found that the oils on the human skin react with air-borne ozone. This reaction produces a field of air-cleansing molecules that constantly wafts about your body.

If you want to get technical, the aura is called an oxidation field. Scientists think that its purpose is to clean the air that we breathe.

But they’re not quite sure about that yet, and the oxidation field could have more sinister side effects. It might even turn certain compounds toxic as they enter the field.

The scientists say more research is necessary before they can fully understand what the oxidation field does and why. But nonetheless, we’re all shining things.


3) Your Heart Can Power a Truck…



Can you feel your heart pounding? In case you’re sitting down, you probably shouldn’t, but it’s also no surprise if you do.

After all, your heart could power a truck.

The heart is the single most hard-working muscle in your body because it never stops (as long as you’re alive). As a result, the amount of work it puts in each day is pretty astounding.

If you took the amount of energy a human heart produces in a day, you could drive a truck for 20 miles. Over the average human lifespan, that truck could make it all the way to the moon — and back.


4) …And Your Brain Can Power a Lightbulb



When a cartoon character has a bright idea, you’ll probably see a lightbulb above their head. As it turns out, that’s actually a very good metaphor for brain activity.

As you’re probably aware, your brain basically runs on electricity. Tiny electrical impulses run across your nerves and neurons constantly to make your brain do its thing.

If you could stick a plug into your brain, the electricity it generates would be enough to power a low-wattage lightbulb. Now you know exactly how bright all of us are — about as bright as an average desk lamp.


5) You’re Made to Endure



In most superhero franchises, there’s always that one character whose entire thing is that they just won’t go down. They might not be the strongest or the fastest, but when the others fall, they’ll just keep going.

That’s you.

Just as we said, there are plenty of animals that are faster or stronger than humans, but they usually can’t keep up that level of performance for very long. Humans, on the other hand, are basically built from the ground up to go and not stop.

It’s partially the reason why we made it to where we are now. One of the leading hunting strategies of ancient humans was to just follow a prey animal until it collapsed from exhaustion.

One reason for our incredible endurance is our ability to sweat from all over our bodies. You’ll get sticky and stinky, but you can also survive situations where other animals would have a heat stroke.

Our two legs are another reason. Human legs are comparatively very springy and can store kinetic energy better than most other animals’ limbs.

So, if you ever feel like you can’t go on… You can. It’s what you’re built to do.

Man rescued after 11 days lost at sea floating in a freezer



Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues was fishing off the coast of northern Brazil when his boat began to sink. He climbed inside a cooler used to store any fish he caught. After eleven days in the shark-infested waters, Rodrigues was found by another fishing boat near Suraname. From CNN:

"Sharks were surrounding the freezer, but they went away. I thought (I would be attacked). I stayed on the top (of the freezer), I didn't sleep, I didn't sleep. I saw the dawn, the dusk, asking God to send someone to rescue me." Eventually water started to creep inside the freezer, and he says he used his hand to scoop it out. He didn't have food or water[…]

"That freezer was God in my life. The only thing I had was the freezer. It was a miracle."

https://boingboing.net/2022/09/06/man-r ... eezer.html

[johngriffen]

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​Naked sunbather chases wild boar through park after it steals his laptop bag

A naked sunbather was seen chasing wild boar through a park after it stole his laptop bag.
Amusing photographs from Germany show the man running after the animal to try and claim the plastic bag back.
But the cheeky boar and its two piglets appear to be too quick for the sunbather, who can't keep up with their speedy little trotters.
As the incident unfolds, groups of friends and family sat on the grass watch on and laugh.
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[ozswede]

Incredible moment three elephants seen wandering around hospital corridors

Three elephants have been filmed checking out a hospital as they strolled along corridors in front of shocked onlookers.

Clearly there wasn’t much space for the massive animals and one, struggling with a narrow passageway, was forced to go through a set of doors backwards in the Indian hospital.

One of the elephants could be seen standing for a while in a corridor of the Binnaguri army camp hospital, in West Bengal, and looked as surprised as staff.

Indian Forest Service Officer Susanta Nanda tweeted the amazing footage captioning it: “Elephants in the room … From Jalpaiguri Cantonment.”

It has quickly gone viral on social media with many commenting on the unusual scene.


Elephants were filmed at a hospital in India

In the video, one of the elephants comes through a door backwards, squeezing their big body into the corridor.

It stood in the corridor for a little while without moving, while amazed staff took pictures.

Watching from a distance, one of the employees shouted 'woah, woah!' as the elephant squeezed into a doorway.

He continued to shout 'woah!' as another two elephants appeared and followed the first into a doorway.



According to Indian Express, the staff were left intrigued by the visit from the elephants.

And Susanta's Twitter post attracted a swathe of amused commenters.

One person wrote: 'Oh my goodness' while another said 'woah imagine someone coming out of a room.'

And a third person joked: 'Inspection by the special tusk force'.


One of the elephants stood for a while staring back at staff

Not everyone was as amused by the visit, with some using the post to comment on nature and habitats.

One person said: 'I think this happens when you occupy their habitat and make structures on that. It's their land and want it back.'

And another agreed, writing: 'Finally, let them take custody of their own property and land which actually belongs to them and not humans. Good job done by Lord Ganesha.'

Another 'loved the pics' but added that elephants 'always have 1st right' as humans have encroached on their space. There has been an increase in interaction between elephants and humans, due to a loss in the animals’ natural habitat, which often leads to injury and death.

Conservationists have said it is important that forested areas become protected and that migration corridors are restored.

Boston man saves a mother, 2 kids by placing old mattress next to burning home


A fire in Boston led to the heroics of a neighbor who helped a family escape the blaze.

A brave Boston man saved a mother and her two kids from a heavy fire when he provided a soft landing for the family trapped on the second floor of their home.

Clidfod Saint Jean, a next-door neighbor to the duplex, dragged an old mattress of his from against a nearby fence to right under the victims before they took a leap of faith, according to local reports.

“I tell them ‘don’t be scared. The fire, the fire will hurt you guys,'” Saint Jean recalled to the Boston Globe.

First, a 5-year-old girl was dropped out the window by her mother and caught by Saint Jean, the newspaper reported. Then a teenage boy and his mother jumped and landed right on the mattress to escape the fire that started shortly after midnight Saturday.

Boston Fire Department spokesperson Brian Alkins told WCVB it was quick thinking of Saint Jean to realize he had a mattress that could be used.

“Neighbors helping neighbors makes our job a lot easier,” the fire official said.

Overall, five adults and four children evacuated the duplex, WCVB reported.



Saint Jean, an Uber driver in his 40s, has remained humble through the well-deserved praise, even insisting he’s no hero.

“When that happens everyone is supposed to get scared, but when you see fire, people in the fire, you know what the fire means [for them],” he told the Globe. “I saved a life, but I don’t feel like a hero.”

https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/clidfod-s ... -and-kids/

Wisconsin couple's 'Mewseum' gives 'rescued' cat figurines a home



When Shawn Redner told his wife, Hilary Siegel-Redner, that he wanted to turn their Menomonee Falls, Wis., home into a museum for cat figurines, she had a predictable response: "We're gonna do what?"

Redner's Rescued Cat Figurine Mewseum held its first open house in 2020, a few years after the couple started amassing their collection of second-hand -- or "rescued" -- cat figurines.

Redner told UPI in a recent Zoom interview that the collection started as a result of "boredom."

"I was just sitting here, and we weren't doing anything, and I remembered a friend of mine collected mushrooms about 20-something years ago," Redner said, "We would get all those from second-hand shops and antique malls. I said to Hilary, 'Come on, we're gonna go find some cats!'"

The collection began that day with a dozen cat figurines and a picture they purchased from local thrift stores.

"It just became our thing to do. We're pretty lucky we have probably 10 to 15 Goodwills within 50 miles of here. So we can just make a whole day of it," he said.

The couple said that, aside from about 12 items, the entirety of their more than 13,000 pieces came from thrift stores, antique malls and, more recently, donations from fans.

Making a 'Mewseum'

Redner said he was looking at some of his figurines one day when he suddenly came up with the idea of opening the house to the public.

"I looked around and I was like, 'I've got a great idea,'" Redner recalled.

Siegel-Redner was skeptical initially.

"Her mouth fell open and she said, 'We're gonna do what?'" he said.

It was the idea of collecting donations for local cat rescues that convinced Siegel-Redner that her husband's plans had merit.

"That's what brought me on board: Raising money and helping cat shelters," Siegel-Redner said.

She said seeing the house transform into Redner's Rescued Cat Figurine Mewseum reassured her that they were doing the right thing. They installed display cases, painted walls and installed track lighting to give the house a museum-like atmosphere.

'Crazy cat ladies' and beyond

The Mewseum opened officially in 2020, with open houses scheduled on the third Sunday of each month, or the fourth Sunday if there's a holiday. Visitors are asked to make a suggested $5 donation, all of which is donated to cat rescues.

Redner said the couple averaged about 30 visitors per open house in the spring months. He said there was some drop-off in the summer, but they are less concerned with the quantity of visitors than they are with the quality of the experience.

"The response from the people has just been fantastic. Like, it's 'I can't believe this place is real,' or 'It makes me so happy,'" Redner said. "We had a woman come in here on Sunday that just started bawling."

The museum attracts a wide variety of visitors.

"We've had college students, we had a biker here the other day, we've had firefighters, we had a girl here with green hair -- punk rockers, goth people, all kinds! We had a woman who was here in June, and in July she brought her 90- and 89-year-old parents," Redner said.

The couple said even small children seem entranced by the museum.

"We have four mice dressed in their Sunday best hidden among the cats, and if the kids can find the mice they win a prize," Redner said.

"Kids love it," Siegel-Redner said.

Redner said he's "surprised we haven't had more crazy cat ladies," leading Siegel-Redner to dryly add: "We've had a few."

The couple said their museum is a unique experience.

"I believe the cat museum in Poland has like 2,500 things on display, and we've got that beaten in like a room and a half. It's crazy," Siegel said.

Redner and Siegel-Redner still buy cat figurines from thrift stores, but a large part of their collection's growth comes from donations from visitors and fans who learned about their project from news reports or online.

The collection has grown so large that they now keep thousands of items in storage, which is part of why they are now looking to find the museum a new home.

Cats and coffee

The ultimate goal is to relocate the museum out of their home to a combination coffee shop, museum and temporary home for adoptable cats. They said trying to find a new venue to host their collection comes with its own challenges -- primarily, trying to find a property for rent in the Milwaukee suburbs that is suitable and affordable.

"The whole plan with the museum is that the coffee has to pay the rent," Redner said. "The coffee and the pastries. Because, with the museum, the idea was to always donate that money."

A larger venue will allow the couple to not just display the figurines, but also tell the stories of where they came from.

"That's the plan, to try to keep everyone's stuff together," Redner said. "It's their stuff, it's part of their lives. I don't want to just wrangle it all together and call it a bunch of cats, because it's much more personal than that."

Another benefit of a new venue would be to persuade strangers to visit a museum because inviting them to tour the inside of a home can be a hard sell, the couple said.

"I can't make it [sound] as cool as it really is, because it's just some weird dude telling you, 'We have a house full of cat stuff,'" Redner laughed.

He said even his own friends often are skeptical until they visit the museum.

"I understand it's weird going to somebody's house," he said. He said he repeatedly asked a co-worker to come, and when they finally showed up. "they're like, 'I owe you an apology,' and I'm like. 'Why?' and she goes, 'Well, I thought it was going to be like Hoarders.'"

Once visitors see the inside of the museum, they're hooked, the couple said.

"It takes probably a good hour, hour and a half to go through the museum, but if you get hooked to one of the cats, you're here for quite a while," Siegel-Redner said.

Redner and Siegel-Redner said they will continue to operate the museum, whether at home or in a new location, for as long as they are able.

"At some point, we're going to have like a Willy Wonka contest when we get too old to do this," Redner laughed.

He said he would never sell the collection, especially the donated pieces. They would much rather pass management of the museum along to a new generation.

"Hopefully, in 40 years, we'll meet some 20-year-old who is like, 'Yeah, cats!' and I'll be like, 'Here you go, pass it on,'" Redner said.

Redner's Rescued Cat Figurine Mewseum will hold its next open house from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18. Private tours can be scheduled by contacting the museum on Facebook or by emailing [email protected].

[Fatima99]

Worried neighbours feared dog ate postman after finding pooch with 'severed hand'



Shocked neighbours feared a massive dog had eaten the postman before realising the body part hanging out of its mouth was a Halloween prop.

The 16-stone dog worried residents when it was spotted racing around with a bloody "severed arm" - before realising it was a grisly toy.

Owner Debra Ann Ridge heard her five-year-old English Mastiff Tatanka careering around the garden and rushed out to find the excited pooch with a gruesome severed "body part" in his mouth.

Stay-at-home mum Debra Ann claims they were given a "look" by neighbours before realising the mischievous dog had raided her Halloween collection and swiped a bloody forearm.

The 57-year-old says locals now joke that Tatanka has hunted down the postman or quip he had been "digging in the yard again" - having munched his way through eight of the life-like limbs.

In hilarious images, Tatanka can be seen bouncing around the lawn with the grisly accessory flailing through the air - transforming his owner's leafy suburban street into something from a horror movie.

Debra Ann, from Des Moines in Iowa, US, said: "It is very funny, we laughed very hard.

"Tatanka is a 224lb English Mastiff so his size alone makes people take a second look but a body part in his mouth really makes people stop and look."



She added: "He prances around with the arm in the yard and the neighbours do give us quite the look until they realise it is a Halloween prop and not the real thing.

"They always make comments like 'you certainly have a helping hand', 'has Tatanka been digging in the yard again?' and 'don’t need security cameras with Tatanka'.

"They make jokes like 'I see he’s been digging in the backyard again' or 'is that the mailman?'

"He runs around carrying it and throwing it up in the air."

[lush]

Minnesota woman goes skydiving for 91st birthday
Sept. 6, 2022 / 12:50 PM *



Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Minnesota woman celebrated her upcoming 91st birthday by going skydiving for the first time.

Ida Shannon, who turns 91 later this month, said her skydiving plan began when friends from Heights Church in Columbia Heights asked how she was going to celebrate her 90th birthday after she impressed the congregation by going ziplining for her 80th.

"Someone asked me what I was going to do next, and without even thinking about it, I said, 'Oh, I'll just go skydiving,'" Shannon told WCCO-TV.

Shannon said she was surprised when the members of her church stepped up to put her plan into action.

"I didn't really think that was ever going to happen, but then they went ahead and raised money for me to do this," she said.

The sky diving trip had to be delayed until closer to her 91st birthday.

"Life would be pretty dull if you didn't embrace adventures," Shannon said. "I like taking risks I think I was born that way."

Shannon's church friends accompanied her to witness the tandem jump on Sunday.

"She's like the real Wonder Woman. She's strong and loves the people," church member Daisy May said.

[PennySerenade]

'You get old because you stop playing': Winnipeg senior continues to take the ice as he approaches his 89th birthday



A Winnipeg man is proving age is just a number as he continues to lace up the skates at nearly 89 years old.

Ray Newman continues to take the ice with his friends as part of a senior’s league.

“You don’t stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing,” said Newman.

Newman has been around the game for most of his life, even getting involved in a rec group that his son was a part of that started up in 1978 when he and his friends were done high school.

“Whenever we would play the Red River College, Ray was the president at the time and a staunch supporter of sports in general. So he would coach the Dukes against his Red River Rebels,” said Dwayne Newman, Ray's oldest son.

Dwayne said his dad would also drive the team bus for the Dukes when they hit the road for games and was also the mechanic when the bus needed some work.

“He became the coach. He’s got a green suit and white tie that matches the Dukes' stuff, and so he just became the OG of the Dukes.”

Dwayne said his dad became a mentor and a father figure for so many of the guys who played for the team.

“He’s just kind of an inspiration. Well, certainly for me. He’s my dad. He’s my hero, but for all these other guys. The age range in our group is from 53 to 89, so a lot of these guys are just saying ‘hey, there’s hope. This is great’. They’re all inspired by him.”



He said the league got underway in 2014 as a way for guys to continue playing hockey throughout the summer.

“We have a group of guys where good sportsmanship transcends ego. It’s just a totally gentlemanly group of guys, and we have a great time together. We have a great time after having a beer or two at a pub, or something. It’s just so great. I look forward to it.”

To show support, many of the former Dukes showed up to Newman’s game last week to cheer him on.

Newman said he just loves the game of hockey and doesn’t plan on quitting anytime soon.

He also offered some advice to those who hope to play hockey for as long as he has.

“Take care of your body. You only get one, and stay away from the stuff that is body damaging, and you’ll be able to do what I’m doing.”


Ray Newman, who is set to turn 89, continues to lace up the skates and hit the ice, participating in a senior's hockey league. (Source: Jamie Dowsett/CTV News)

[BigGlen]

September 7 in History!!!



September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 115 days remain until the end of the year.

Pre-1600
70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen.
1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1303 – Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

1601–1900
1620 – The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1652 – Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
1695 – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
1706 – War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
1764 – Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
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Did US archaeologist Arthur Kinglsey Porter fake his death when he vanished from an Irish island? New documentary explores if 1933 disappearance was suicide, accident or even an ancient curse

American Arthur Kinglsey Porter vanished from Inishbofin on July 8, 1933
After almost 90 years, his disappearance still remains a mystery
There are many theories, from a fatal accident, suicide, and faking his own death
A new Irish language documentary has delved into the mystery

American archaeologist Arthur Kinglsey Porter vanished from an Irish island in 1933, beginning a mystery that still captures the imagination to this day.

The July 8 disappearance of the Harvard university academic from the remote Atlantic island of Inishbofin even made the front page of the New York Times, with the headline that read 'archaeologist lost from boat in storm.'

The inquest into his vanishing, the first to be held in Ireland without the discovery of a body, concluded that Porter had stumbled from a cliff while out for a walk, and washed out to sea.

Many locals, however, have a different theory: He faked his own death.

Now, almost 90 years later, Irish language channel TG4 will make a new attempt to find the truth in its documentary Ar Iarraidh (Missing).


American archaeologist Arthur Kinglsey Porter (pictured left with his wife Lucy) vanished from an Irish island in 1933, beginning a mystery that still captures the imagination to this day

The mystery surrounding Porter's disappearance has entered into the folklore of the island, with people believing one of three things.

One theory is that he did in-fact suffer a fateful accident, and fell into the waters. This was his wife's description that was accepted at the inquest.

A second theory says he committed suicide as he felt as if his life was falling apart around him, and a third is that - in order to escape - he faked his death and fled.

A fourth theory, involving the supernatural, involves a sarcophagus. In 1926 Porter removed the lid off the 11th-century Spanish tomb of Alfonso Ansúrez, and took it back with him to Harvard, where it was displayed in the Fogg Museum.

The lid was returned to Spain on July 8, 1933 - the day Porter vanished. Some suggest Porter's death was a supernatural punishment for taking the lid.

Inishbofin's cliffs are less cliffs and more rocky slopes, meaning anyone falling down them is unlikely to be killed. Because of this, few believe it was an accident that killed Porter. The other second and third theories are considered the most likely.

Porter was born into a wealthy New England family, and owned Glenveagh Castle in Co Donegal, the northwest of Ireland, around 12 miles south-east from Inishbofin - having purchased it for around £5,000 in 1929.

In addition to the stunning estate - which sits in Glenveagh National Park and on Lough Beagh - he also owned a cottage on Inishbofin, where he lived with his devoted wife Lucy - who travelled Europe with him for his research.

He was also a highly respected academic. He was chair of Harvard's art history department, and was a renowned scholar of romanesque architecture.

But despite giving the outward appearance of living a perfect life, he was also deeply troubled. He was secretly gay, and took a young lover - Alan Campbell.

Lucy knew about his extramarital relationship, but Porter was terrified that Harvard may find out about his sexuality - a scandal which at the time would likely have put an end to his career. Meanwhile, Porter was also worried about his fortune that was running out amid the economic depression of the 1930s.

Author Lucy Costigan, who wrote a 2012 book 'Glenveagh Mystery: the Life, Work and Disappearance of Arthur Kingsley Porter,' told The Guardian that she inclines more to the theory of suicide.

Porter's mother died when he was young, and his widower father scandalised Connecticut high society by chasing after much younger women. Because of this, Costigan said Porter was terrified of the prospect of a sexual scandal himself.

His marriage to Lucy hid his sexuality, but suspicion grew when he hired Campbell as an assistant at Boston's Harvard University. Campbell was outwardly gay, and Harvard had a history of expelling gay people.

Campbell later left him, with Costigan telling The Guardian that Porter grew increasingly introverted as his fears of being ostracised grew.

Costigan, who has also co-authored a book about understanding suicide, believes his personal struggles led him to suicide. However, she said she would like to believe he faked his death.


Porter's marriage to Lucy hid his sexuality, but suspicion grew when he hired Campbell as an assistant at Boston's Harvard University. Campbell was outwardly gay, and Harvard had a history of expelling gay people. Pictured: Harvard is seen in 1943, a year after Porter vanished

The romantic version is that Porter continued with his travels,' she said. 'He would be free of Harvard and his marriage, that constrained him in some ways.

'It would be lovely to think he got away and escaped it all and continued with his archaeology work under an assumed name, that he did find some peace.'

The TG4 documentary leans towards the theory that Porter was able to slip away from the island, pointing to the fact that he amended his will making Lucy his sole beneficiary three months before he vanished on July 8, 1933.

It also reports that no thorough search was done of the island after he disappeared, and Lucy behaved strangely in the immediate aftermath.

Just a few hours after he left, she began to write letter - that she never send - declaring that her husband had vanished, The Guardian says.

That same evening she travelled to the Irish mainland and told a friend: 'Kingsley will not return tonight. Kingsley will never return.'

The documentary - which sees journalist Kevin Magee delving into the story - also highlights a fishing boat that was on the island the night before porter vanished, never mentioned at the inquest.

It also says the American was also fascinated with the Irish medieval monk Saint Columba - who sailed to exile in Scotland in the 500s. Porter also wrote a poem that uses the word free 21 times, the documentary points out.

TG4's documentary includes interviews with Inishbofin locals who claim they saw Porter in Paris, Marseille, Spain and in India - suggesting he did continue his travels.

His grand nephew Scott Arneill has no doubts: 'What I believe happened, to put it simply as possible, is that he faked his own death,' he told the documentary.


Almost 90 years later, Irish language channel TG4 will make a new attempt to find the truth in its documentary Ar Iarraidh (Missing). Pictured: A still from the documentary

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