It should come as no surprise that 2017 saw more than a few miscreants, ne'er-do-wells, and unsavory characters caught up in all sorts of strange misadventures. Some highlights from our proverbial police log this past year:
Arrested:
Sri Lankan astrologer who predicted president's death
Oklahoma city psychic charged with violating a 1915 law against fortunetelling
A pair of 'jokers' in Virginia and Miami
Florida man who ate his breakfast in the middle of traffic
Grave robbers in Italy & rogue treasure hunters in India
'Woo Woo' and the trespassing ghost hunters of South Carolina
Dentist in Alaska busted for performing an extraction while riding a hoverboard
A 'time traveler' in Wyoming, a vandal working at the behest of aliens in Wisconsin, and a Reptilian-hunter in Washington state
Three squirrels in New Orleans
Stolen Items:
Dinner for 120 people in Spain
Pet parrot replaced by imposter parrot in Australia
Mummified human toe from bar in Canada
Golden Apollo lunar module model
Life-sized 'Elf on a Shelf' in New Hampshire
Clowns:
Armed clowns menace children in Arizona and North Dakota
Clown arrested for murder in Colorado
Machete-wielding clowns literally coast to coast in California and Maine
Clown panic in Australia, Israel, and Pennsylvania
Mysterious & Unsolved Capers:
Fresh grave discovered in 12th century cemetery
'Cat shaver' prowling parts of Virginia city
'UFO Welcome Center' burglarized
$3 million dollar painting vandalized in Colorado
Stalker torments Florida psychic
'Coke bottle' robs restaurant in Kentucky
Serial cow killer torments Hawaiians
Menacing fliers accuse singer-songwriter Jackson Browne of leading a vast global conspiracy
On Trial:
Russian police officer who attempted to build a zombie army