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Man wearing birthday suit steals socks from Wal-Mart

Kelsea Daulton | TNR Contributor

What is seen on PeopleOfWalmart.com doesn’t compare to what customers and employees of a Wal-Mart in Exton, Pa. witnessed Feb. 15.

The store’s employees called police at 5:30 p.m. after recovering from the shock of seeing 32-year-old Verdon Lamont Taylor, of the 100 block of East Church Street in Downingtown, Pa., enter the store completely nude.

Surveillance videos captured Taylor removing his clothes in the parking lot of the store before entering and proceeding to clear a path through the startled customers to the customer service desk.

Once at the desk, he found a bag, withdrew a pair of socks, and put them on. Video footage of the incident shows customers that appear to be torn between fleeing from Taylor, who stands at 6-feet, 4-inches and weighs 300 pounds, and standing rooted to the spot to
watch the bizarre spectacle.

Authorities used a stun gun on Taylor after he resisted arrest and spat in an officer’s face.

Taylor has been charged with indecent exposure, aggravated assault, simple assault, retail theft, receiving stolen property and disorderly conduct.

Investigators have reported their belief that Taylor was under the influence of drugs.

He is detained at Chester County Prison on a $50,000 cash bail.

Heart Attack Grill lives up to name

Natalya Daoud | TNR Contributor

The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas — known for its unhealthy and fatty foods — might have lived up to its name when one hungry customers was hospitalized after experiencing heart attack-like symptoms.

The grill serves four types of burgers: the Single Bypass Burger, the Double Bypass Burger, the Triple Bypass Burger and the Quadruple Bypass Burger. The grill also serves “flatliner” fries instead of a salad bar, non-diet soft drinks and alcohol.
The prescriptions (burgers) are served by waiters and waitresses referred to as nurses and doctors.

The nurses and doctors refer to their customers
as patients.

But the restaurant, where calories are posted on the menu and customers weighing more than 350 pounds eat free, doesn’t deter consumers from coming in and ordering.

Paramedics were called to the restaurant Sunday because one man — whose name was not released — was eating a Triple Bypass Burger when the owner, Jon Basso, noticed the man was having trouble eating. He was also shaking, sweating and could hardly talk,
Basso said.

The man was taken away on a stretcher shortly after.

Buried under snow, man layed dormant since mid-December

Natalya Daoud | TNR Contributor

A 44-year-old man was rescued in Northern Sweden Friday by snowmobilers in a town near Umea after being trapped inside his car under several feet of snow since Dec. 19, 2011.

Rescue personnel said they thought Perter Skyllberg was in a car accident until they saw movement inside the car.

The man was found in the backseat wrapped up in a sleeping bag. Skyllberg survived by eating snow and going into a dormant state.

Physician Stefan Branth said that Skyllberg’s dormant state is, “A bit like a bear that hibernates.”

“Humans can do that,” Branth said. “He probably had a body temperature of around 31 degrees [Celsius], which the body adjusted to. Due to the low temperature, not much energy was
used up.”

Why the man ended up in the snow is still unresolved, but some, such as his neighbor Magnus Jernberg, speculate his disappearance is due to the fact he was considered a “loner” to the outside world.

“He had gotten into a lot of debt, and he couldn’t pay his bills, and then he just disappeared,” Jernberg said. “It was a bit of a joke for us. We said, ‘Oh, I think they just found Peter,’ and then it was Peter.”