Most Americans expect to pay more to host a backyard barbecue this summer, according to a survey released by the discount grocery app Flashfood. The poll, conducted by The Harris Poll on the company’s behalf, found that 85% of Americans think hosting a cookout will cost more this summer than it did last year, Supermarket…
What would you do if a coyote attacked your beloved pet right out in the open? One Madison County, Alabama, homeowner is warning her neighbors to stay alert after two coyotes attacked her dog in her own backyard. Jennifer Bashore, who’s lived on her property for nearly 50 years, said the animals attacked her 135-pound…
Power poles can be precariously placed, and many of them are in areas we don’t particularly want them in. But what if the electric company decided it was going to take over your yard and build a brand new one, all without your consent? One Ashburn, Virginia, homeowner could lose roughly a third of her…
A woman who says a new family next door has ruined her evenings with loud music and late parties is wondering if she’s being unreasonable to complain. Wanting an opinion on whether her reaction was justified, she took to Mumsnet to see what others said. She posted on July 10 in the Am I Being…
Houseguests are fine to invite over when you’re putting together a fireworks show at home. But when that guest is a bear, and you’re using the fireworks to get it to leave, well, not so much. One homeowner in Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan, used fireworks to drive a wayward bear away from his house on…
What kind of collateral damage can a bonfire cause? In this situation that took place in Greenisland, County Antrim, a massive amount. Two houses were destroyed and two more damaged after an Eleventh Night bonfire spread to an entire row of dwellings. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service deduced that the most probable cause…
Thousands of dead fish have been floating in a pond in west Wichita, two days after a mass fish kill. Now, residents say the stench has finally worked its way indoors. The fish are now decaying with maggots feeding on them, KWCH reported. Neighbors say they want the mess cleaned up, but aren’t exactly sure…
A driver crashed into a historic home in Lenox, Massachusetts, on Friday, destroying a porch that the homeowner’s grandfather built more than a century ago. The crash happened at the house at 73 Main Street, according to The Berkshire Eagle. A silver sedan went off the road. It traveled through the wooded yard of the…
If you shot off fireworks on the Fourth of July, you probably checked to see if it was legal and if you had permission to do so where you live. Hopefully, anyway, as you’ll wish you had after this story. A North Brunswick, New Jersey, homeowner is facing a summons and a bill for cleanup…