Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe N.Z. airline crew strip down for safety WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 2 (UPI) -- A New Zealand airline has created an in-flight and online hit with a safety video featuring a pilot and cabin crew dressed only in body paint. Advertisement The Air New Zealand "Bare essentials of safety" video features the pilot and crew going through the plane's safety procedures while dressed only in body paint made to resemble their uniforms and concealing their private regions with oxygen masks, life jackets, seat belts and other objects, Britain's The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. The video, which utilizes "Under My Skin" by New Zealand singer Gin Wingmore as background music, has attracted more than 2 million views on YouTube. Air New Zealand first experimented with the body painting gimmick in its recent "nothing to hide" marketing campaign, which featured a body-painted cameo by chief executive Rob Fyfe. Advertisement Bear attacks man for his hoagie VERNON, N.J., July 2 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man said a black bear attacked him in his driveway and stole his Italian hoagie. Henry Rouwendal said he was in the driveway of his Vernon home at about 10:30 p.m. Friday packing for a business trip when something struck him from behind, The (Newark) Star-Ledger reported Thursday. "It blind-sided me. I was on the ground and I was thinking, 'What the hell just hit me?'" Rouwendal said. Rouwendal said he rolled onto his back in time to see the bear grab his sandwich. "I kicked him three times in the snout and one time in the throat. I think the one in the throat got him," he said. Rouwendal, who suffered a head injury, a dislocated shoulder and deep bruises on his knee, elbow and buttocks, said it took him about an hour to make his way back into his house, where he was tended to by his wife, who works as a nurse. Police said the bear is believed to be a mother of two cubs that has been spotted several times in the area. 10-foot python caught in New York Advertisement NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- Police said a 10-foot python discovered in a New York couple's driveway may have been a pet that was released once it became too large to keep. John and Karen Trapani said they discovered the snake in their driveway as they were preparing to leave for work Wednesday morning, the New York Post reported Thursday. "It was startling, because we never got to see something like this before -- weird but true," John Trapani said. "It was like watching the Discovery Channel," Karen Trapani said. Police arrived at about 9 a.m. and with the help of a neighbor caught the snake in a cage. Authorities said pythons are illegal to keep as pets in the city. Investigators said the snake may have been a pet that was released after it grew too large. Free coffee at funeral home drive-through CHATHAM, Ontario, July 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian funeral home in southwestern Ontario is taking a community-friendly trend further by offering free coffee to commuters at a drive-through window. For the next nine weeks between 7 and 9 a.m. on Wednesdays, drivers can pull up to the window at the Bowman Funeral Home in Chatham for a free cup, the London (Ontario) Free Press reported Thursday. Advertisement Manager James MacNeil told the newspaper Wednesday's inaugural giveaway confused some commuters. "They keep asking us what we are doing -- I just say 'no, really it is free coffee,'" he said. "We just want to reach out in a way that is not spooky or weird the way a funeral home can be." Rick Ludwig, past-president of the Ontario Funeral Service Association, told the newspaper there is a growing trend of funeral homes becoming more active in communities in ways not associated with death. Along those lines, MacNeil said his business is also a supporter of the Ontario Senior Games, which will be hosted by Chatham this year.
