Hilarious videos show escaped EMU leading Tennessee police on 20 mile chase at speeds of up to 40mph | Daily Mail Online

April 19, 2023 by humorouz Leave a Comment

Road runner! Hilarious video shows escaped EMU leading Tennessee police on 20 mile chase at speeds of up to 40mph after breaking free of his enclosure

This is the incredible moment a pet emu led police on a bizarre 20-mile chase through a Tennessee town.

The flightless birds are famed for being one of the fastest animals on the planet and MeeMoo certainly lived up to the reputation as he clocked speeds of up to 40 miles per hour.

Harry McKinney said the pet escaped from their farm in Roane County on Wednesday after being spooked by construction workers logging behind his home.

MeeMoo cleared the fence with a seven-foot vertical leap and took off running through the town of Harriman.

The Harriman Police Department quickly got involved and an incredible police chase developed over 20 miles before McKinney was able to bundle a tired MeeMoo into his truck.

MeeMoo cleared the fence of his enclosure with a seven-foot vertical leap and led police on an incredible 20-mile chase through a Tennessee town

Police eventually surrounded the flightless bird, which had clocked speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, and MeeMoo made it back home safely

Harry McKinney said his pet escaped on Wednesday after being spooked by construction workers logging behind his home

McKinney did his best to follow the bird when it first escaped but he soon lost sight of it and posted an appeal on social media.

He was flooded with messages from residents who provided updates on MeeMoo’s whereabouts throughout the neighborhood, which he was then feeding into the police.

McKinney told 6abc News: ‘I said “if you see my emu please let me know” and immediately we were flooded with private messages saying like “hey your emu is in my back yard” and all these videos.

‘The videos posted are pretty amazing to us but it is really the tip of the iceberg considering what is out there.

‘Everybody in the area got their own private video for this.

‘He went by a lot of the landmarks in town, he went to some popular restaurants, so it really appeared like he knew where he was going.’

A video of MeeMoo being tailed by four police cars as he ran on the road was captured by Steven McDaniel.

He said the chase caught the attention of customers at a restaurant who leapt out of their seats to watch the pursuit.

A video of MeeMoo being tailed by four police cars as he ran on the road was captured by Steven McDaniel

It started at 20 miles per hour but quickly progressed to speeds of 40 miles per hour.

McDaniel said: ‘The community coming together just for that few minutes was such a great thing to see last night.

‘There’s been a lot of comments about just how funny it was and you know everybody is wanting to meet MeeMoo now.

‘It was well worth it just to take a little video you know.’

MeeMoo was eventually surrounded by police and McKinney was finally able to collect his exhausted pet from a nearby Victorian home and got him into his truck with the help of a ‘great friend’.

‘We were terrified that he would get hit by a car and somebody would hit him with a tranquilizer dart, that he would hurt himself in the chase,’ he added.

He later revealed on Thursday that his ‘internet famous’ emu escaped for a second but was quickly caught after an hour.

McKinney has now reinforced the fence and raised its height to nine feet.

Hilarious videos show escaped EMU leading Tennessee police on 20 mile chase at speeds of up to 40mph

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Virginia YouTuber shot during prank video

April 19, 2023 by humorouz Leave a Comment

Tanner Cook, a YouTuber who uploads videos for his channel Classified Goons, was shot Sunday while filming a prank video.

The incident occurred at the Dulles Town Center Mall in Sterling, Virginia. Cook, 21, frequently posts content in which he and his friends play pranks on people. He tried pulling one on Alan W. Colie, 31, but was met with gunfire.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release that Cook, who was shot in the abdomen, was transported to a local hospital.

The agency declined to provide additional information about the incident, citing an active investigation.

Colie was charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm to commit a felony and discharging a firearm in a building. Videos of his arrest circulated on social media following the incident.

“I was playing a prank and a simple practical joke, and this guy didn’t take it very well,” Cook told the local CBS affiliate, WUSA, after undergoing surgery. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Colie’s bond hearing was scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Cook told the affiliate that the experience would not prevent him from making more prank videos in the future.

On his channel, he has played practical jokes on Target store workers, Uber drivers, mattress store employees and others.

This is not the first time a prank video has resulted in violence. In 2021, NBC News reported that Timothy Wilks was shot and killed after trying to play a prank on a group of people by approaching them with butcher knives. David Starnes Jr., who shot Wilks, said that he was unaware that his group was being pranked and that he opened fire in self-defense. Starnes was not charged.

Arnold Schwarzenegger fills in neighborhood pothole himself after ‘waiting’ for three weeks: ‘This is crazy’ | Fox News

April 19, 2023 by humorouz Leave a Comment

Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at the ceremony honoring Jamie Lee Curtis and celebrating her getting her hand and footprints cemented in Hollywood and called her an inspiration.

Hasta la vista, pothole!

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently took it upon himself to fill in a pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood that he said he had been “waiting” for three weeks to be repaired.

The “Terminator” actor posted a video on his social media account of himself and his “team” working up a sweat as they poured concrete into the hole.

“Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it,” the former California governor wrote. “I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger fills in a pothole in his neighborhood. (Arnold Schwarzenegger/Twitter)

In the video, one of his neighbors stopped her car to thank him.

“You’re welcome,” he told the woman. “You have to do it yourself. This is crazy. For three weeks I’ve been waiting for this hole to be closed,” he said.

The ‘Terminator’ star and former governor is still doing his part for the state of California. (Getty Images)

Schwarzenegger’s spokesperson Daniel Ketchell said that residents in the neighborhood made repeated requests to fix the pothole and others in the area after the streets were ravaged by recent storms.

The city has received nearly 20,000 requests to fix potholes since the end of the year. Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan last week to address the unprecedented damage incurred by Los Angeles streets over the stormy winter.

Los Angles streets have been ravaged by recent winter storms. (David McNew/Getty Images)

“City workers are pulling out all the stops, but not to just prepare for every pothole that is reported, but also to be proactive,” she said. “That means driving around the city, throughout this district and all others, to assess the conditions of our streets and identify and repair the damage right away.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Lakers’ Anthony Davis, LeBron James Joke They Wish They Got Foul Calls Like Reaves

April 18, 2023 by humorouz Leave a Comment

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 111-105 on Sunday night behind a 35-point performance from Austin Reaves. Reaves, who plays primarily off…

45 Funny “English Bruh” Moments Shared On This Twitter Account

April 18, 2023 by humorouz Leave a Comment

In 2022, there were around 1.5 billion people worldwide who spoke English either natively or as a second language, according to Statista. Surpassing more than 1.1 billion Mandarin Chinese speakers, unsurprisingly, it comes as the most spoken language in the world.

But that doesn’t mean it’s immune to language fails, poor translation, misspelled words, and hilarious double meanings. In fact, it serves as a perfect ground for language fails that are as entertaining as they are absurdly funny.

Thanks to the Twitter account “English Bruh Moments” which boasts 29K followers, we have quite an impressive collection of examples of the English language taking a wrong turn to laugh at!

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Bored Panda reached out to the creator behind the “English Bruh Moments” Twitter account named who calls himself a “semi-professional YouTuber, photographer, painter, digital artist.”

Harkits told us that he really enjoyed reading posts shared on subreddits like r/Ihadastroke and r/Engrish on Reddit. “I just wanted to create a similar place on Twitter,” he said, recounting the origins of the account.

The creator also said that the audience of “English Bruh Moments” can be described as people who want to have a quick laugh and something that will make their day better. The lighthearted and fun content has amassed 29.1K followers already, but the number is likely to grow.

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“I usually get posts submitted in my DMs and I find more on the previously mentioned subreddits,” Harkits said when we asked about creating the content that gets shared on the account. “My main message is that anyone can mess up English. I can relate since it’s also my second language,” he explained.

The creator also said that his current wish is to grow all his Twitter accounts, as well as his YouTube channel “Harkits,” where his goal is to create and share original content.