STRANGE CONTINENT

SMALL FRY

Far less sensational than the fish rain of Texarkana in Arkansas in December 2021 (FT415:4) was a minor incident in Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany, in 2021. On 18 October, police found about 100 dead guppies spread over an area of about some 50 yards at a roundabout. “We cannot say at the moment where the fish came from or how they died,” a police spokesperson said. Police then stated that they believed the fish had been thrown out of a car and that they were looking for possible witnesses. Rheinpfalz, 19 Oct 2021.

MUNICH EUNUCHS

At a trial in Munich in October 2021, a 66-year-old electrician admitted to castrating eight men on their own demand. He was put on trial for severe bodily injury and murder by wilful default – as one of his “patients” died from the treatment while the electrician passively looked on. The electrician had offered his services on an internet platform for sadistic sexual). .