FAKE COW TIPPING

A Burlington, Vermont, man faces jail time after he and a friend vandalized six fiberglass cows that had been installed in the city's downtown area.

21-year-old Christopher Newton and his friend allegedly knocked the 150-pound sculptures over, with one landing on and subsequently breaking Newton's foot.

He got a two day jail sentence and will be forced to pay $1,000 in restitution.

(Originally reported by the AP)

GAS BAG

A Middletown, Ohio, man who had been hitting a punching bag in his home accidentally struck and knocked out a gas meter, causing a natural gas leak that forced several nearby homes to be evacuated.

Apparently when the meter was struck it fell off of the wall and the gas starting pouring out. One person was taken to the hospital complaining of nausea.

(Originally reported by the AP)

NO MORE WILDMAN

An Ohio county has decided to stop replacing signs for rural "Wildman Road," because the signs are stolen so frequently.

"You could put it up today and it'd be gone tomorrow," says Greene County Engineer Robert Geyer. "It's out in the boonies and easy to steal."

Geyer says the stolen signs are now decorating bedrooms, garages and dorm rooms.

(Originally reported by the Dayton Daily News)

BLACKBEAR INTRUDER

A Laconia, New Hampshire, home was victimized by an unlikely intruder -- a black bear.

The bear walked into the home through an open door and helped himself to two pears and a pile of grapes before taking a sip of water from a fish tank, grabbing a stuffed bear and leaving.

Mary Beth Parkinson -- the resident of the home -- believed that the opening of her garage door spooked the bear and caused it to leave.

(Originally reported by the AP)