Mysterious News Briefly — May 28, 2021
In Zimbabwe, police arrested a ghost burglar — whose skeletal figure was all victims saw as they ran away terrified and left him to rob their homes – and identified him as a local man in a skeleton Halloween costume. He’s expected to plead guilty after his lawyer explained he doesn’t have a ghost of a chance in court.
Hybrid Air Vehicles announced the routes it will be offering in 2025 when it begins its 100-passenger Airlander 10 blimps as an environmentally-friendly but extremely slow alternative to jet travel — Liverpool to Belfast will take over five hours; Oslo to Stockholm over six; and Seattle to Vancouver in four hours. Warning: you may be kicked off when the flight attendant tells you the price of drinks and you say, “Oh, the humanity!”