Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 26, 2011
December 25, 2011
December 27, 2011
Transcript:
In the US, about 25% of people wrongly convicted of a crime have falsely confessed to what ever they were accused of! Kagen Shaefer, a woodworker from Denver, Colo., crafted a work desk with an internal pipe organ and more than 20 puzzles and secret compartments incorporated into the design! Bushwhacked! Since October 2008, no US rodeo rider has managed to ride Bushwhacker the bull for 8 seconds- the minimum amount of time required to earn any points!
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jennifer almost 13 years ago
You have to have a death wish to ride *any bull at a rodeo, much less Bushwhacker.
oldpine52 almost 13 years ago
Bulls and I have an agreement: I don’t try to ride them and they don’t try to ride me.
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
That’s a buncha bull!
Loijen almost 13 years ago
That bull would be T-Bones in my family.
Bob. almost 13 years ago
Tough T-bones. Maybe hamburger?
iced tea almost 13 years ago
How would you like to be a bull, and have some big dude jump on your back and kick you. You’d throw him off in 1 second! And that’s no bull!
corpcasselbury almost 13 years ago
You’d be amazed at how many people voluntarily confess to crimes they did not commit. There’s a clinical term for it, but it’s basically just an extreme form of trying to get attention, IIRC.
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
Is that bull kicking the rider in the nuts? Yeesh.…Sadly, we’ll never know accurate percentages with respect to wrongful convictions.
MrsETPerry almost 13 years ago
Well there are some police that are very persuasive, “we have evidence and if we don’t by the end of the day we will create some, one would do.” Also I’m with @Night-Gaunt49 there is alot more, hake did you hear or read how suspected witches were convicted? Pretty amazing stuff. They had no chance funny things they were convicted simply from a witch or person with power desired something of theirs, maybe even was caught themselves in the act so to get them off their back made up the story.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
How about the case where a man accused of rape was found innocent via DNA, but a check of the databases tied him to a rape 3 states away 10 years earlier!
Ulo almost 13 years ago
It was October 2009 that someone rode him, not 2008. Thiago Paguioto stayed on him at the 2009 PBR World Finals, turning in a score of 89.75 when Bushwacker was a 3-year-old. Doesn’t anyone do any research for this strip?!?