how about bridge collapses? like the one in minnesota, or the more famous takoma bridge (might be wrong about the names of the second one, the bridge that collapsed from high winds)
I had a bit of a read around, apparently there are minks nesting in the undergrowth underneath that section of bridge. They tested the different species of dog that have jumped the most and found that the scent of a mink drives them crackers. So when its a warm day and the rain doesnt supress the smell and certain species of dog walk past...
A deserted island where the forest floor writhes with the world's most venomous vipers. A fisherman found dead on his boat, its deck awash with his blood. A lighthouse keeper and his family massacred in a nocturnal snake invasion of their isolated cottage home.What sounds like the script from some tacky, low-budget horror flick may be as much fact as fiction. What's more, these tales have a purpose that goes beyond fireside entertainment. Chilling by design and passed down from fisherman, father to son, the stories perpetuate myths surrounding the forbidden shores of Brazil's Snake Island.That's the name locals have given to Ilha de Queimada Grande, a speck of land off Brazil's southeastern coast. There, a unique species of the fer-de-lance pit viper, armed with a super-potent venom and found only on the island's 430,000 square meters, is jungle king.Legend has it that the snake guards its forest realm with brutal ferocity. Real life has responded with a Brazilian navy ban forbidding anyone to set foot on the island. But it is not just this snake's prevalence that makes it an animal to be feared. The fer-de-lance also comes equipped with a particularly nasty venom. A necrotising element causes living tissue literally to rot, which can lead to the loss of limbs, and anti-coagulants mean some victims simply bleed to death, especially if they attempt that old "remedy" of cutting the bite to suck out the poison.
I've been wondering about this latest violent crime wave in Chicago.
