TORTOISE CHAOS
Rail services between Cambridge and Norwich were brought to a halt by a giant tortoise on the line near Harling Road station, just outside Thetford. The 2.5ft (76cm) tortoise, named Clyde, had escaped from a local aquatics company and found his way onto the railway line where he was spotted by a passenger on a passing train. Services were halted while Clyde was rescued and taken to a vet as he had been struck by a train, damaging his shell, but he was not seriously injured. BBC News, 1 Aug 2022.
GONE GOAT
In Galve, Sweden, building a giant straw goat has been a Christmas tradition since 1966. Almost as traditional has been setting fire to it, with the first one going up in flames on New Year’s Eve 1966. Since then, it has been burned on 38 occasions (). It has also been rammed with a car and survived an attempt to kidnap
