US Sisters Take Bare-Butt Photos at Sacred Temple
When visiting a UNESCO World Heritage Site, taking pictures seems a given—taking pictures of one's bare butt, less so. Two American sisters were deported from Cambodia late Saturday night after being...
View ArticleGiddy Tourists Stop Huge Turtle Army From Nesting
A huge swarm of sea turtles emerged on the Costa Rican shore earlier this month to lay eggs, like they do every year. Only problem: Thousands of tourists were there too, getting in the way, prancing...
View ArticlePlane Fears Strand Thousands of Tourists in Egypt
British PM David Cameron stopped flights to and from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort city Wednesday as investigations continued into the crash of Flight 9268 . Now the UK is scrambling to retrieve...
View ArticleIndia: US Tourist Dead After Falling Into Rice Paddy
An American tourist died earlier this week after a mob of Indian villagers mistook him for a thief and chased him until he fell into a swampy rice paddy, where he choked on muddy water, local police...
View Article'Rambo' the Elephant Gores Tourist to Death on Thai Trek
A Scottish tourist was gored to death by an elephant that he and his 16-year-old stepdaughter were riding on the resort island of Samui, Thai authorities tell the AP . A police lieutenant says the...
View ArticleTourist Shatters Historic Statue in 'Boneheaded' Selfie Attempt
Portugal's revered King Sebastiao, also known as the child king, was crowned as a 3-year-old when his grandfather died in 1557. His father, having died two weeks before his birth, never got to meet the...
View ArticleIrritated Elk Charges Yellowstone Tourist
First we had Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. the elephant ; now, Yellowstone tourist vs. the elk. Yellowstone's wildlife rules are clear: Stay at least 25 yards away from large animals, quadruple that for...
View ArticleMan Dies While Posing for Photo at Machu Picchu
It wasn't quite death-by-selfie , but it wasn't far off. Peru This Week reports that a German tourist died Wednesday while posing for a photo at Peru's famed Machu Picchu site. Oliver Park, 51, went...
View ArticleChinese Tourist Loses Wallet, Becomes Unwitting Refugee
A well-dressed tourist visiting Germany from China was robbed in Heidelberg, but he filled out the wrong set of paperwork in an attempt to report the crime. Known only as Mr. L and fluent only in...
View ArticleCops: Tourist Falls 150 Feet Escaping Harasser
A 23-year-old US tourist lost in Thailand asked for assistance getting back to her resort Thursday night, and a local offered to help. But that local is now in custody and the woman is in the hospital...
View ArticleUS Tourist Says She Was Gang-Raped in India
Four men have been arrested in India after a US tourist says she was gang-raped but only remembered the assault three months later. The 25-year-old teacher from Pennsylvania claims she was given...
View ArticleShe'd Been to 6 Continents by 23, Is Found Dead in Panama
"I found paradise and it's called Isla Ina," wrote Catherine Johannet on Jan. 28 on Instagram of an island off Panama's coast. It would be the 23-year-old's final post. The 2015 Columbia University...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong During Kimmel's Tour-Bus Prank
Jimmy Kimmel pulled a prank on a bunch of unsuspecting tourists at the Oscars Sunday night to mixed reviews. The award show host arranged for a tour bus to be brought to the Dolby Theatre, at which...
View ArticleBahamas' Swimming Pigs Dying, Likely Due to Tourists
The Washington Post calls the untimely demise of some of the famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas—the friendly feral animals who live on the uninhabited island of Big Major Cay, aka "Pig Beach" —a...
View ArticleUtah Man Killed in London Terror Attack
Not much was initially revealed about the two civilians killed in Wednesday's terror attack in London, which also ended in the death of a British cop and the attacker being gunned down by police, but...
View ArticleFlorence Brainstorms 'Elegant' Solution for Rude Tourists
The mayor of Florence says some tourists have no "decorum" these days—something he hopes to fix with a water hose. Mayor Dario Nardella says a small number of the Italian city's 12 million annual...
View ArticleJet Blast Kills Tourist on Beach
A tourist from New Zealand was killed by a jet blast Wednesday at a Caribbean beach famous for being under low-flying aircraft. According to 721News , the 57-year-old woman was holding on to the fence...
View ArticleBritish Tourist Shot in Brazilian Shanty Town
A British woman traveling in Brazil took a terrible wrong turn Sunday and ended up getting shot in front of her family. Eloise Dixon, who's reportedly from Kent, was on holiday with her husband and...
View ArticleAfter Canoe Crash in Canada, Tourists Walked for 11 Days
It's a good thing Wolf Wagner and John Hoentsch had planned to spend three weeks in the Canadian wilderness. After crashing their canoe on rapids in Manitoba's Hayes River just 11 days into a planned...
View Article4 US Tourists Injured in Acid Attack in France
Police say an acid attack on four American tourists in France Sunday morning was not terror-related, ABC News reports. The four women, all in their 20s, were attacked around 11am local time while...
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