Georgia

A 1,500-pound Boy fell down a well. No bull! Actually, it was a bull named Boy that got trapped in the 15-foot well in rural Georgia. Abel Ambrosio Lopez, whose farm is in Fairburn, a city south of Atlanta, believed the 3-year-old jumped a fence and took off when he didn't see Boy early Wednesday. But it turned out that the animal fell through rotten wood that was covering a well on his property. What was utterly amazing to rescuers was that the bull took a nap while they worked feverishly to free him. "We spoke with a man who breeds this type of bull and apparently they are very stubborn," Fulton County Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Charles Stubbs told WGCL. "And when they get angry, they tend to pout and sit down. And that is what this bull did." Rescue crews dug around the well using a backhoe and then used a sling to hoist the animal free after it refused to budge. The animal appeared none the worse for wear. That a Boy! With News … [Read more...] about Oh, Boy! Rescuers save 1,500-pound bull named ‘Boy’ from Georgia well after it falls in, takes a nap (VIDEO)

A Georgia repair worker was stunned to discover a gigantic snake coiled up in an air conditioning unit he was hired to fix. Ralph Craven was called out to the property in Lee County on Tuesday morning after the machine suddenly stopped working, reports WALB. He carefully removed the panel — and found the dead Oak Snake lying on the capacitor. The non-venomous serpent appeared to have been electrocuted when shorting out the wires. The Leesburg Heating and Cooling engineer said he usually finds around 15 snakes in units at this time of the year. They slither in for a cool resting place. "Most of the time if it's a non-poisonous snake, and I'm at a customer's house I haul it off down the road, because most folks don't want snakes in their yard," he told WTVM. Indigenous, non-venomous snakes are illegal to kill or capture in Georgia. Department of Natural Resources conservation ranger Sgt. Scott Carroll said the snake was probably … [Read more...] about Georgia repair worker discovers huge snake coiled up in air conditioning unit (VIDEO)

A high school graduation in Georgia turned bizarre Friday night when the school’s founder and principal accused African-American attendees of disrupting the program that she had flubbed herself. Nancy Gordeuk, of the nontraditional TNT Academy in Atlanta suburb Stone Mountain, blurted out, “Look who’s leaving — all the black people” to the stunned audience at a local church, two videos of the incident show. The graduation had fallen off track when Gordeuk somehow forgot to call on the school’s valedictorian to speak and then attempted to call the room back to order when alerted to her mistake at the end of the bumpy ceremony, WAFB-TV reported. “You people are being so rude to not listen to his speech,” she tells the audience in the footage. “It’s my fault that we missed it in the program.” She adds: “Looks who’s leaving — all the black people.” … [Read more...] about SEE IT: Georgia principal spews racial comments in flubbed graduation ceremony, tells audience, ‘Look who’s leaving — all the black people’

A Georgia teacher is behind bars after allegedly putting a student in a headlock and then ordering other kids to steal and smash a boy’s cell phone that recorded the entire scene, police said. Kasey Christian Green, who until recently taught seventh grade at Rome Middle School, is now facing felony charges following at least two violent incidents in her classroom, CBS46 reported. The 32-year-old's alleged misbehavior finally caught up to her when one of her students, Gary Jones, accused her to his parents of being repeatedly physically and verbally abusive. His parents advised him to use his cell phone to record any future incidents. So when Gary saw Green grab a boy by his neck, he said that's exactly what he did. The decision ended with his phone being taken away from him and destroyed by fellow classmates under Green's orders, he later claimed. When his parents went searching for his iPhone by … [Read more...] about Georgia teacher put child in headlock, ordered cell phone that recorded incident destroyed: police

A lesbian couple is suing a Georgia sperm bank after discovering that their donor is a schizophrenic criminal whose photo was also doctored to make him look more attractive, they allege. Angela Collins and Margaret Elizabeth Hanson of Port Hope, Ontario, claim that when they purchased sperm from Xytex Corp. in 2006 they were promised it’d come from a healthy, well-vetted donor, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Their supplied donor was described as having a 160 IQ, a bachelor of science in neuroscience and a master's degree in artificial intelligence. He was also working on his Ph.D. in neuroscience engineering, and was described as healthy, mature beyond his years and an eloquent speaker, their suit claims. He appeared to be any desiring mother's dream. Then the bomb dropped. Just one month before celebrating their son's seventh birthday the couple claims an email sent from Xytex to them and other parents inadvertently identified James Christian Aggeles as … [Read more...] about Couple sues Georgia sperm bank claiming donor was schizophrenic criminal

Elton John is siding with incarcerated transgender women for their fight against “brutality, torture and horrible conditions" inside Georgia prisons. The LGBT activist teamed up with Georgia native and REM frontman Michael Stipe to issue a joint statement calling on the state’s Department of Corrections to end “sanctioned” abuse that plagues transgender inmates like Ashley Diamond and Zahara Green. “Transgender women in male prisons have an equal right to protection from violence and abuse in prison, and yet they continue to face horrific injustices,” the openly gay musicians wrote, listing the denial of hormone therapy as one method of discrimination. The lack of protections for transgender women housed in male prisons is also of concern to John and Stipe because trans prisoners are more likely to be sexually assaulted while incarcerated. Green and Diamond allege to have been repeatedly raped while imprisoned. Green claims her pleas for … [Read more...] about Elton John, Michael Stipe ask Georgia prisons to extend civil rights to transgender inmates

Armored and dangerous! A Georgia man shot his mother-in-law in a freak accident after a bullet he fired at an armadillo ricocheted off the creature's back. Larry McElroy, 54, was outside 74-year-old Carol Johnson's mobile home in Lee County on Sunday night when he took aim with his 9-mm pistol at the animal, WALB reported. The critter was killed by the round. But the projectile bounced back off its armor, hit a fence and traveled 100 yards to fly through the back door of the property, police said. Johnson, who sat in a recliner, was struck in her back. She was rushed to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating the bizarre incident. "Just the circumstances, just all the way around, the whole situation was unusual," investigator Bill Smith told WALB. He recommended McElroy use a shotgun next time. No charges have been filed. Follow … [Read more...] about Georgia man shoots armadillo, bullet bounces off critter’s shell, hits shooter’s mother-in-law inside mobile home 100 yards away: Police (VIDEO)

A Georgia teacher was yanked from the classroom after telling students President Obama was an anti-Christian Muslim, school officials said. Parents complained in February that teacher Nancy Perry tried to persuade the middle schoolers Obama is lying about his religious beliefs and it was wrong to support him. “If your parents voted for Obama, they're evil and I don't see how your parents could vote for someone that's Muslim,” Perry allegedly said, parent Jimmie Scott told WMAZ. The idea that Obama is a closeted Muslim, born in Kenya remains a popular conspiracy of critics on the far right wing, even though the claims have long been debunked. When the disgusted parents met with Perry, she tried to defend her loony position with “propaganda from the Internet,” Scott told the station. Perry’s husband, who is a school board member, also attended the meeting, Scott said. Perry won’t teach … [Read more...] about Georgia teacher pulled from classroom for anti-Obama rant