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The Big List: Lost and Found THE BIG LIST: Stories of missing soldiers and standed sailors are as old as literature itself – Homer’s hero Odysseus was cursed to wander for 10 years after the battle of Troy before returning home. Here are some strange but true tales of men who were lost and then found a long time later.

Latest Phuket News » Weird World ‘MIA Vietnam vet’ exposed as hoax WEIRD WORLD: A man claiming to be an American soldier missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War has been exposed as a hoaxer. Sno Cone Joe wages street war on Mr Ding-A-Ling WEIRD WORLD: There ain’t enough ice-cream eaters in this town for the both of us – that was the message Joshua Malatino had for his rival ice-cream van drivers in Gloversville, New York. ‘Queen’ scolds noisy protest WEIRD WORLD: Street protestors promoting a gay and transgender festival in London were amazed to see a regal woman dressed like Queen Elizabeth scolding them for making too much noise.

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