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When Failure to Listen Costs Teens Their Life

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Teenagers aren’t exactly known for listening.  In fact, they tend to gravitate toward the precise opposite of listening.  Sometimes they pay a heavy price for this failure to heed advice. In East Chicago, a 14 year-old-boy was playing along lake Michigan.  Adults warned him not to jump off the breakwall into the water along the lake’s northwestern Indiana shoreline.  You can probably guess what happens next.  He jumped off anyway, and lost his life because of it, drowning in the … Continue reading →

Four Kids Survive 40 Days Alone in Jungle

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In a rather incredible survival story, four children, ranging in ages from 1- to 13 years-old, were found alive 40 days after their small plane went down on May 1st in the rainforest of Columbia. Sadly, the plane crash killed their parents.  The mother had survived for four days after the crash, but ultamatly succumbed to her injuries before help could arrive.  Prior to her passing, she told her children to go out and find food and water.  It’s normally … Continue reading →

All Good Mother’s Duct Tape Their Children

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Here’s a tip: if you want to prove you’re not a bad mother, duct tape your children to chairs. Or at least that’s the dubious logic that led to one of the more unique cases of child abuse we’ve seen. ‘Mommie Dearest’ with duct tape restraint A mother and her boyfriend wanted their kids to watch the movie “Mommie Dearest” to show the kids that she wasn’t in fact, the worlds meanest mom. But apparently, the kids weren’t to keen … Continue reading →

‘Friendly’ Fox Attacks Toddler

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6-24-07 This female red fox considered a west Denver neighborhood it’s home. She had set up a den and was raising two pups. Local residents often fed her, and this fox was such a community regular that she had even been nicknamed “Foxy” by the local children. Up until Sunday, her biggest crime had been snatching a pair of leather gloves from a local resident doing her yard work. But that day, for no apparent reason, Foxy attacked, biting a … Continue reading →