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In Terrible Economy Ohio Woman Proves Honest People Exist Returns Lost Wallet $4600 Cash

September 3, 2011 2:23pm by copythat

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It's one of the most rough and tumble economies since the Great Depression--and, still, the world is filled with some truly honest people. While one guy rejoices in regaining lost funds, one woman can rejoice in doing the right thing. It was a serious wad of cash turned into Cleveland-area cops, in what must have been one fat wallet stuffed with money. A guy got his $4600 back. Read more

10 Million in New Mexico Weed Doesn't Go Up in Smoke Pot Gets Black Hawk Airlifted

September 3, 2011 12:59am by hearit

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It seemed to be luck shone from the marijuana gods above. In one of the summer's largest disasters, a scorching New Mexico fire began burning tribal lands and threatened to destroy one of the U.S.' top nuclear facilities. And flash floods followed. Yet, through it all, more than 9,000 pot plants survived--without going up in smoke. Read more

First Time Flier Snaps Aerial Pictures Then Sees Home Being Robbed

August 31, 2011 5:02pm by copythat

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There’s a lot to see from a plane and those beautiful aerial views. But an Arkansas man’s first airplane flight turned from serenity to outrage and panic when he happened to spot his home from above – while being burglarized. The robbery scene gives whole new meaning to a fear of flying.
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Highway Drivers Stash Cash After Bank Transport Truck Rains Money

August 29, 2011 8:27pm by hearit

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For those who have dreams of cash falling from the sky, the idea became reality as driver saw twenties raining down upon them. Read more

Cops Take Down Drunk Clown Seen Driving NY City Streets in Golf Cart

August 29, 2011 3:33pm by copythat

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People think it sucks to have a DUI or DWI--but it must suck even worse to be mistaken for a clown while dressed in (what you believe to be) golf attire. New York cops were first sure a guy from Massachusetts, in what's proven the worst fashion faux pas in golf attire, was posing as a clown when cops busted him for allegedly drinking and then driving a stolen golf cart. Read more

Tennessee Men Use Funeral Home Caskets for Overnight Stay Found Sleeping in Coffins

August 24, 2011 6:48pm by editor

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Tennessee has apparently been the hot spot on Tuesday: First 'smoking' canisters of bull semen--emitting a foul smell--hit the I-65 highway after a spill from a Greyhound bus before 6 a.m., causing emergency crews to ponder contents and toxicity Read more

Brazilian Man Sleeps in Casket 23 Years in Coffin Gifted by Deceased Friend

August 24, 2011 5:30pm by copythat

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There are traditions--like Friday-evening get-togethers--and then there are traditions, like sleeping in a casket every Friday night. A guy in Brazil has slept in a casket every Friday night for 23 years running. Zeli Rossi, of Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, swaps out a mattress for a coffin once a week. Read more

Bull Semen Canisters Take Spill Off Greyhound Bus at I 65 Crews Ponder Foul Smell

August 23, 2011 6:19pm by copythis

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A lot of things fall to prompt freeway or highway closures--but it's not usually bull semen. Oranges, lemons, fruits of many varieties have all caused major arteries to be shut down. But fruit spills -- unlike unidentified canisters in Tennessee -- don't cause a scare to emergency crews over vapors, foul smell and wonders of toxicity. Read more

Babysitter Claims No Handbook States Baby in Truck Bed Is Child Neglect

August 20, 2011 9:57pm by copythat

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Forget about nanny cams--some things can't be recorded: A baby sitter in Florida was spotted carting around a baby in a stroller--in a truck bed. Apparently there's no car seat required when you're carting around a baby who's already seated in a stroller. Volusia County drivers called 911 in what responding Daytona Beach officers deem child neglect. Read more

West Memphis 3 Supposed Satanic Ritual Cub Scouts Killers Freed in Lack of Evidence

August 20, 2011 3:53am by hearit

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It's been 18 years and three men are freed from prison after convictions in a gruesome crime that put them behind bars for one-fifth their lives. To see freedom, they've got to enter a guilty plea while maintaining innocence, in the strangest legal scenario possible. Read more