Jeremiah Button even had a bike-powered generator for those overcast days when his solar panels weren't doing the trick.Marathon County Sheriff’s OfficeJeremiah Button successfully hid himself away for more than three years in his bunker — until curious hunter Thomas Nelson noticed an odd shack hidden in the foliage.
About a year and a half after Jeremiah Button was released on a $25,000 cash bond, he vanished into thin air. It was early 2016 and he was two weeks away from a jury trial in Portage County, Wisconsin to face charges of first-degree child sexual assault and possession of child pornography.
La Granja de San Ildefonso, the 18th century royal palace is always stunning, but takes on a chilly, sparse beauty as temperatures drop.After visiting Spain for the commemoration of the nation’s 60-year membership with the United Nations on October 30th, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon took a private tour of the city of Segovia.
Located in central Spain, the small, walled city makes for a wonderful trip for history lovers, with its medieval castles and the best-preserved Roman aqueduct in the world.
Though rhino poaching is historically more common in this region, the man was found in what is considered lion territory.NPRLion and lioness at Kruger National Park.
Animal poachers are hunters who illegally poison, catch, and kill animals so that they can sell the animal or its parts on the black market. In an incident that took place at a private game park in South Africa, it was the other way around.
From protesting the Vietnam War to founding the Youth International Party, Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman became one of the most iconic activists of the New Left.Abbie Hoffman was one of the most passionate and eccentric American political activists of the 1960s. He fought social injustice, nurtured the country’s antiwar movement, and highlighted political corruption — and he did it in style.
While some of Hoffman’s protests were more traditional, he was never afraid to orchestrate the outlandish to attract an audience.
In 1954, geologists came across the first recorded case of a meteorite colliding with a human being. Ann Hodges had the unfortunate luck of being that person.Jay Leviton/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesAnn Hodges’ doctor shows off her bruise, caused by the meteorite.
According to astronomers, Ann Hodges had a better chance of getting caught in a tornado, struck by lightning, and swept up in a hurricane all at the same time than she did being hit by a meteorite.