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MELONHEADS ALLEGEDLY ROB CONVENIENCE STORE

A bunch of melonheads allegedly robbed a convenience store in Louisa, Va., earlier this month.

According to the Louisa Police Department, one person was arrested and theyre on the lookout for a second after two people allegedly stole from a Sheetz convenience store wearing hollowed-out watermelons on their heads as a disguise.

News outlet WAVY reported two individuals drove to the store in a black Toyota Tacoma on May 5. Wearing the watermelons on their heads with eyes conveniently cut out, because you know, sight the duo entered the Sheetz where they allegedly robbed it.

Cops eventually caught one of the suspects, 20-year-old Justin M. Rodgers, who was charged with wearing a mask in public while committing larceny, underage possession of alcohol, and petit larceny of alcohol.

His melon-wearing cohort is still on the lam. Authorities are still working to identify him.

Sheetz customers couldnt believe the suspects disguises.

Well, I was like at a time like this you couldve worn any kind of mask, but to come up with a watermelon, customer Barry Welch told WAVY. But it wasnt super shocking being out here in Louisa, weve always had some crazy new stories going around. I definitely give them some points for ingenuity.

Why? Why would they do that? Its so stupid, said customer Candice Wendt.

In this file photo a Walmart store logo is seen on the building of a Walmart Supercenter in Rosemead, California on May 23, 2019.FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images

MAN ACCUSED OF VISITING WALMART, PEEING IN SHOE AISLE

Some say the best place to take a pee is in the shoe aisle at a Walmart.

Thats what a man from Bowling Green, Ohio, allegedly did this past Monday returning to the store after getting booted out once before.

According to Bowling Green Police, 64-year-old Timothy Cole was asked to leave the Walmart after he urinated in the stores shoe aisle.

Cops were called to the Walmart, where they cited Cole for disorderly conduct and public urination, the Sentinel-Tribune reported. Authorities told the man not to return to the store.

Well, Cole didnt listen because he allegedly returned to the store about an hour later and urinated again, this time yelling at an employee who told him he had to use a bathroom.

Cole was cited again, this time for criminal trespass. When cops approached him again, Cole reportedly said he wasnt aware that he was banned from the Walmart.

THERES A MOUSE THATS 4% HUMAN

Scientists at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute have been playing God by breeding a mouse thats 4% human.

In a case report published in journal Science Adventures, scientists have created a chimera an organism thats made up of a mixture of different genetic tissues. In this instance, a mixture of mouse cells and human stem cells.

So how were they created?

Researchers injected human stem cells into mouse embryos in an effort towards creating advanced genetically modified embryos for the future, for applications such as generating human organs in animals.

While this may be a circle for science, the production of chimeras may be ethically immoral, the study noted. However, its not the first time this weird experimentation has taken place.

According to Popular Mechanics, the bonding of different genetics date back to at least the 1980s when a sheep-goat chimeric was created by combining embryos from both animals.

Late last year, Chinese scientists reportedly created two monkey-pig chimeras. Those animals only survived for a week.

TAKING A POOP IN PUBLIC IS ILLEGAL IN THIS TOWN

You might want to think twice before defecating outdoors in this Idaho town.

Almost all public bathrooms in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, have been closed thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This has caused a problem for those who are out and about and you shouldnt be with a bowel movement.

According to Bonners Ferry Police, they have received a number of calls about town residents relieving themselves in public spaces.

News outlet KTVB, reported the calls became so regular that city council passed an ordinance that made it a misdemeanour to poop or pee in view of public property.

Andrakay Pluid, the city attorney for Bonners Ferry, said most of the public bowel movements were intentional, as if its some sort of punishment for the closing of public bathrooms. The newly-created ordinance was made because the citys current statutes didnt cover public defecation and urination, Pluid said.

So its safe to say, if youre venturing through Bonners Ferry, please dont go to the bathroom on someones lawn.

Not only is it illegal, its just plain gross.

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