Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Gator crawls under lawmaker's car MERRITT ISLAND, Fla., March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., said he was shocked to find a 6-foot alligator hiding under his car when he left a Florida church. Advertisement Posey said he was at a church in Merritt Island, Fla., when a friend told him about the reptile under his car, Central Florida News 13 reported Monday. "Of course I had to come out and go along with the joke, and there was really a gator under my car," Posey said Sunday. "So we're waiting for the trapper. I hope he's a gator trapper and not a squirrel trapper when he finally gets here." The trapper arrived and was able to coax the animal out from under the lawmaker's car. Medical pot delivery man: Ninjas robbed me WEST COVINA, Calif., March 27 (UPI) -- Police in Southern California said a medical marijuana delivery man told them he was robbed by two people dressed as ninjas. West Covina police said the man, who is in his 40s, told investigators he was returning to his vehicle after making a delivery shortly before 10 p.m. Friday when "he was approached by two subjects in ninja costumes who chased him with batons," the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune reported Monday. Advertisement "The victim said he was scared and he dropped a bag with some marijuana and money. The suspects took it," police Lt. Alan Henley said. Police said they had no reports of other recent crimes in which perpetrators were dressed as ninjas. Golfers brave snow in Sweden KIRUNA, Sweden, March 27 (UPI) -- Golfers with a high tolerance for cold gathered in northern Sweden for the 2nd annual snow golfing competition. Organizers said Tomas Wagberg and Susanne Mellgren were named the winners of the event in Kiruna after completing the nine holes twice with the lowest scores, The Local reported Monday. "Those who are golf-crazy find it really exciting to play golf in the winter," Mellgren said. "You need to have more precision in the winter." Wagberg said he does not find snow golf to be all that different from non-snow golf. "It's quite special to play on the snow, but it's just like normal golf anyway. You need to have a clean hit, the ball goes where you aim it," he said. 4,428 set dance record in India MUMBAI, March 27 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records said the TV series "Dance India Dance" set a world record when 4,428 people in Mumbai simultaneously danced a Bollywood routine. Advertisement The record-keeping organization said an adjudicator was on hand to see students from local schools and colleges join the 13 contestants from this season of the show in a dance set to the Bollywood song "Dhinkachika Dhinkachika." The dance was choreographed by Terence Lewis and Remo D'souza.
