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Man stuffs frozen shrimp into his pants

BRADENTON, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Police have arrested a Florida man for trying to steal bags of frozen shrimp by stuffing them into his pants.

Joseph Young, 32, of Bradenton was spotted with bulging pants Sunday by a detective who happened to be shopping in the Sweebay supermarket, the Tampa Tribune reports.

Detective Robert Stevenson says Young removed several bags of frozen shrimp from his pants after he was questioned.

Young attempted to flee but the Tribune says Stevenson restrained him until deputies arrived.

Bone findings can't move Bible believer

DELPHI, Ind., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- An 84-year-old man in Flora, Ind., says despite the scientific findings regarding a bone tool found on his farm, he finds his historic data in the Bible.

Amos Flora said while an analysis of a bone tool found on his property showed the historical device was at least 10,400 years old, he will continue to use the Bible as his history book, The Indianapolis Star said Monday.

"The Bible only gives us 6,000 years and I believe that," Flora said, referring to the Bible's references to mankind's existence in the world.

But Indiana Prehistory Laboratory Director Chris Schmidt said the tool, which was found on Flora's property along with several mastodon bones, was proof of humans living during the ice age.

"The bone tool confirms the idea that people were here before 10,000 years ago and tells us to keep digging deeper," he told the Star. "It sheds light on the lives of people who lived at the very end of the ice age."

San Diego studies mystery muck

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Emergency response workers in San Diego are trying to pinpoint the cause of a mysterious muck that appears every morning near the Golden Hill Elementary School.

The 14-foot-long patch of moisture has the distinct odor of sewage but no one has been able to determine its origin, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Monday.

"This has been going on since last November or December," says area resident Florence Davich. "The smell is horrendous. Sometimes I have to close my window."

Dye tests of residents' bathroom facilities have failed to pinpoint the cause of the muck, the newspaper said. Neighbors say they are worried that if the seepage contains bacteria it could be hazardous to children walking to and from the school.

The Metropolitan Wastewater Department rechecked the area during the weekend and plans to report its findings, the Union-Tribune said.

Coffin a surprise N.C. State Fair winner

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A 73-year-old man says he is "tickled to death" that a coffin he built from scratch won a crafts and hobbies blue ribbon at the North Carolina State Fair.

Bricklayer Grady Hunter said using maple and Brazilian cherry wood, he created the specialized coffin for his own future use and used it as a surprising entry in the annual event's crafts contest, The News & Observer newspaper in Raleigh, N.C., said Monday.

"I'm tickled to death with it," Hunter said of his creation, which featured photos of his children and grandchildren on the interior.

Hunter told the News & Observer he was motivated to spend three months building the coffin in order to avoid having his family chose a funerary vessel for him when he does die.

But after he is done showing off his burial creation at the state fair, which runs until Oct. 26, Hunter says he will keep the coffin covered until it is truly needed.

"I don't want to flaunt it," he told the newspaper.