So it happened that AP published this short and weird news item today.
Authorities: Burglar wakes men with spice rub
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing.
Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Ian Burrimond says 22-year-old Antonio Vasquez was found hiding in a field wearing only a T-shirt, boxers and socks after the Saturday morning attack.
He says deputies arrested Vasquez after finding a wallet containing his ID in the ransacked house.
The farmworkers told deputies the suspect woke them Saturday morning by rubbing spices on one of them and smacking the other with an 8-inch sausage.
Burrimond says money allegedly stolen was recovered.
This refreshing bit of news has propagated in minutes into hundreds of news sites. Many of them modified its title, making it more interesting. Or just silly.
CNN: Officials: Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage whack
[The title was not funny without the sausage]
Canadian Press: California cops arrest man who beat victim with sausage
[Trying to keep it serious and forgetting the spice. Typical]
The Telegraph: Burglar held for 'spice and sausage attack'
[Let's coin a term for this kind of attack]
KATU News, Oregon: Police: Underwear-clad burglar whacks man with sausage
[Change of focus: It's an underwear clad burglar!]
Melbourne Herald Sun: Police hit a snag in proving spicy crime
[Funny! Is this Australia already?]
The West Australian: Thieves hit workers with 20cm sausage
Brisbane Times, Australia: Spicy night for victims
LiveNews Australia: Sausage slapping burglar gives men spicy rub down
[Yes, it is]
Later, sheriff Burrimond admitted that the attacking sausage was eaten by a dog before he arrived to the scene. Oops. Now the whole story changed. Conspiracy? Foul play?
Detroit Free Press: Dog eats burglary weapon
Until Wales Online concluded, forgetting the sausage and the spices:
Dog eats weapon in a smash, banger, wallop of a case
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