Weird News: Flaky Feline

A Little Rattled

Rona Davies of Sittingbourne, England, ordered a baby rattle from Shein for her stepdaughter’s 5-month-old, Kent Online reported on July 2, but what she saw inside turned her off of online shopping for good. Among the rattling beads inside the toy was a human fingernail. Davies said she was “disgusted” and added, “My concern is, if things like this are getting into a baby’s toy, then what are their standards for health and safety?” Oh, Rona. Shein offered her a refund and 100 Shein points, which Davies called “a joke really, because that’s not the point of it.” Shein had no comment.

Trouble for Tesla

MSN reported on July 2 that a Tesla in “self-driving mode” tried to mix it up with a train in mid-June in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. Western Berks Fire Commissioner Jared Renshaw said the vehicle turned left onto some train tracks; the three people inside the car were able to get out and gather their belongings before a train came along an adjacent track a few minutes later. The Tesla suffered only a damaged mirror, but it had to be lifted with a crane off the tracks so as not to disturb its highly flammable battery. “We’ve had accidents involving Teslas,” Renshaw said, “but nobody has expressed to us that the vehicle was in self-drive mode when it happened.”

Flaky Feline

In Wirral, England, residents are unsettled by someone in a black cat costume who’s been prowling around secluded beach areas, the BBC reported on July 3. One witness wrote on Facebook that she “heard a man making cat noises, shone a torch he was waving his arms at me before crawling up the hill. Never been so scared.” A man who was walking his dog along the beach was more amused than frightened: “I don’t know his name, I think it’s just a wind-up. He’s definitely not out to frighten people, he does it for fun,” he said. “He just likes being a giant cat.” Well, yeah, who doesn’t?