Fake Bear Attack Gang caught because they didn't do their homework
Johnny Mac shares five upbeat stories: Jamie turned his intentionally clumsy “bad” paintings—first made as a joke gift for his wife in 2024—into a side business earning thousands, with pieces selling for $60 to several hundred; he’s fulfilled heavy demand and even had Judi Dench sign and donate one for auction. A hot air balloon with 13 passengers made a controlled emergency landing in a California backyard due to shifting winds, low wind, and limited fuel. “The Baron” set a record by pulling a 2,184-pound carriage using nipple piercings. In North Carolina, 6,500+ volunteers and Lowe’s employees built 10,027 beds in 24 hours for children in need. Finally, three people were sentenced for staging fake bear attacks on luxury cars in an insurance fraud scheme.
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0:03 Kalioka Shock Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny mag with five good new stories. A dad has turned his deliberately terrible artwork into a thriving side business. He's even earned thousands of dollars. Jamie first created one of his now signature paintings as a joke if for his wife in twenty twenty four. She shared it on social media. The response was huge. Viewers were drawn to the intentionally clumsy style. He explained. Most people respond with joy and laughter in my paintings, which is why it's been so fun, because they absolutely get it. I didn't expect it to be a big part of my life, but sometimes I spend more time painting than I do on my actual full time job. Each painting takes roughly forty five minutes to an hour to complete, depending on the number of people in the painting. At peak demand, he was painting up to five hours a day, including a stretch in January when he received one hundred and thirty orders in a single month. These paintings are going for sixty bucks. More complex pieces sell for several hundred dollars. He's used the money to fix up the house, including a new garden.
1:03 Jamie says, my kids say the paintings are terrible. You know, kids are like they speak the truth, but deep down I know they love it. It's colorful and it's fun. Recently he painted Judy Ditch. Judy Ditch signed the painting and donated it to auction. He explains, to have somebody like Judy Dench look at a piece of my artwork and agree to sign it is absolutely insane. A hot air balloon was carrying thirteen passengers it made an unexpected emergency landing in a California backyard. Hunters said he was watching TV around eight thirty in the morning. A neighbor knocked on his door and said, hey, balloon. Hunter went outside, he found a balloon filled with passengers in his yard to not notice. Video of the incident shows the balloon to setting into the property, passengers calmly waving as a touchdown among the trees. The pilot said shifting wind conditions forced the unplanned landing. Brianna was one of the passengers and said the group had been celebrating an anniversary when the pilot announced they needed a land due to low wind and a limited fuel. Despite it being an unusual location, the landing was controlled and uneventful. The balloon was secured and removed, All passengers exited the basket, and you know somebody had to be like, can I use your bathroom? Right? Yeah?
2:11 Congratulations to the baron. The baron has set the record for heaviest vehicle pulled by the nipples. This is for that German TV show where they break world records with this guy. He goes by the name of the Baron. He used body piercings attached to what he describes as the world's strongest nipples to pull the carriage, beating the previous record of twy one hundred and seventy nine point twenty seven pounds. The previous record had been set by Sage who goes by the Great Nippolini. But let's not get into that. The new record and eighty four pounds. Now. To make sure that the carriage was heavy enough, a friend sat in the carriage to get some extra weight in there. Back in twenty thirteen, the Baron set the Guinness record for heaviest weightlifted by the nipples when he lifted seventy one point eighty seven pounds and held it for more than eight seconds, more than sixty five five hundred volunteers have built over ten thousand beds in just twenty four hours for children in need across the US.
3:06 The effort took place inside the Charlotte's A Convention Center, North Carolina. Employees from LOWS worked alongside thousands of volunteers in support of Sleep and Heavenly Peace. Volunteers turned roughly two hundred miles of raw lumber into ten twenty seven beds, using two thousand gallons of stain, more than seven hundred and thirty thousand screws, and nearly eighteen thousand standing discs. Jenna works for Low's. She was there and said, I'm thinking about my own kids. I'm so fortunate to put them in their own beds. I hope every child feels as safe and comfortable as mine. The volunteers worked across sixteen assembly lines, each handling a specific task including cutting, standing, assembling, and finishing. Organizers say the goal is simple, give every child a safe and comfortable place to sleep. If you are a longtime listener, you will remember this story. Here's an Up to eight three people have been sentenced in California after staging a series of fake bear attacks on luxury vehicles. Is this ringing a bell short version? So people were dressing up as bears and smashing in the cars and some hucksters. Apparently we're running an insurance fraud scheme.
4:07 Three fake bears pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud, and they were each sentenced to one hundred and eighty days in jail. A fourth suspect is awaiting at preliminary hearing. At the time of this recording. Authorities say the group submitted multiple insurance claims alleging that a bear had entered and damaged high end vehicles, including a Rolls Royce, Mercedes and a different Mercedes. Investigators had reviewed the video footage. One investigator noted that bear appeared to move more like a human than an animal, so they called it a biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife who was like, yeah, that's a human in a bear suit. They started an investigation Operation bear Claw. There was also a key flaw in the story, and this is important if you want to run such a scam. Brown bears have not been seen in California since the nineteen twenties, so it was incredibly unlikely that a brown bear showed up and started breaking into cars. Captain Hood, who led the investigation, said, I don't think we saw anything to the extent in the past where they got a bear suit.
5:03 This is unique. Those see five good news stories for today. I have a good one.
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