FREDERICA, Del. – The apparent suicide of a woman found hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said.
The 42-year-old woman used rope to hang herself across the street from some homes on a moderately busy road late Tuesday or early Wednesday, state police said.
The body, suspended about 15 feet above the ground, could be easily seen from passing vehicles.
The best creepy campfire stories are always the ones that end with the words, “…And it’s all true, because I have the damned documentation here to prove it!”
In that spirit, we’ve tracked down five of the creepiest tales and urban legends that really happened to real people, proving once and for all that nothing is more terrifying than everyday life.
The mothers at the centre of an astonishing baby mixup last night refused to swop back their daughters.
The two women, who have cared for the girls for ten months, said they could not go through with the exchange agreed earlier this week.
Jaroslava Trojanova and Jaroslava Cermakova, both 25, gave birth in the southern Czech town of Trebic last December.
But it was only last month that the suspicions of one of the fathers led to the revelation that their children had been accidentally exchanged in hospital.
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Cardinals at Redskins
49ers at Giants
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Ravens at Bills
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Chiefs at Raiders
Jets at Bengals
Rams at Seahawks
Vikings at Cowboys
Bears at Eagles
Steelers at Broncos
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