Home delivery hammy
A hamster, nicknamed 'Postie' miraculously survived being sent in the post after being spotted wriggling inside an envelope labelled 'Do Not Bend' by postman Robert Maher.
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Baby Jesus
Laurna Turner and partner Dave Meikle had the shock of their lives when they went for their baby scan in 2006 and saw the shrouded face of Jesus on the screen. Let's hope no-one else turned up or it could've got a little cramped in there!
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Nanananananananana Batbra!
Abbie Hawkins had a shock when the vibrations she felt against her chest turned out not to be her mobile but a baby bat asleep in the padding of her bra. Seeing it on her washing line the young animal must have decided it was perfect for a snooze.
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Pig in the city
Garibaldi the two week-old piglet was found wandering around the high street in Kings Lynn in 2006, obviously out window shopping for the day. He has now been rehomed but has plenty of room to roam.
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Who's Puff's Daddy?
This puffer fish was a resident of the lost property office in Baker Street, London for quite some time after he was found on a bus in 2006.
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Ass seeking ass
This gigantic python scared the living daylights out of an elderly lady in 1998 as it slithered it's way up from the sewers and into her toilet bowl. It had escaped from a house nearby and obviously fancied a change of scenery!
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Strange apparitions
Retired policeman, Andy Key, went to Rome and was visited by a guardian angel as he listened to the Pope in the Vatican - and here's the photo to prove it. Andy, 48, was holiday when he took the picture showing the strange apparition as the sun shone through the window of St Peter's.
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Fishy tales
Andrew Cheatle thought his mobile was lost forever after it slipped from his pocket on the beach and had face that'd been washed away. A week later his girlfriend's mobile rang with fisherman Glen Kerley saying he'd found Andrew's phone in the stomach of a 25lb, 4ft long fish!
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Bear faced cheek
One frosty morning in January this year, to the bemusement of the great British public, a polar bear floated happily down the River Thames...but of course it was just a stunt organised to highlight the plight of melting ice caps and climate change. Must have been quite a spectacle for those early morning commuters!
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Fairy tale
We were so upset when we found out this was a hoax! Dan Baines from Derbyshire claimed he found this fairy corpse in his garden in 2007 but the convincing creature was later found to be man-made and Dan was cautioned for wasting police time (and dashing our hopes!).
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