Weird News: Diamond Dig

Strange Collector

A 57-year-old man in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan was re-arrested on Sept. 18 after investigators discovered that he had allegedly stolen 50 fire hose nozzles, Japan Today reported. It wasn’t clear why he was stealing them, as he kept them in his possession rather than selling them. Officials say the nozzles aren’t worth much as scrap metal, but the absence of them presents a serious risk to the public.

Lonely Lady

Lisa Catalano, 41, of San Mateo, California, is ready to settle down, KRON-TV reported, so she’s set her sights high. Catalano is using digital billboards along Highway 101 to seek out potential mates, directing suitors to her website to get more information and apply. “I just want to meet somebody,” she said, “and I was just not having any luck any other way.” Catalano was previously engaged, but her fiance passed away in 2023 from illness. As she looks for the ideal applicant, she says, “I hope that this is a great story that we can tell our future children.”

Diamond Dig

Just months after a woman from New York dug up a 2.3-carat diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park, a family from Oklahoma have unearthed an even bigger rock: a 2.79-carat brown diamond. United Press International reported that on Sept. 13, Raynae Madison and her family went to the park to celebrate her nephew’s birthday, bringing beach-digging and sand-sifting tools they purchased at a dollar store. “I honestly thought it was too big to be a diamond,” Madison said. The park said it is the third-largest diamond found at the park this year.