Angry Elves Wreak Havoc at Construction Site in Icelandic Fjords

The employees of the contractor Ósafl in Bolungarvík, the West Fjords, had trouble with their construction equipment this week. Two machines broke down on Tuesday and on Wednesday two other machines didn’t work.

Yesterday an accident occurred when an explosion in a mine in the slope of Mt. Tradarhyrna went wrong, so rocks rained over four residential streets in the town, Morgunbladid reports.

“I thought everything was about to collapse in my house when it happened,” described resident Jóhanna Bjarnthórsdóttir. The material they were mining is intended for the construction of avalanche protection walls above the town.

No one was harmed in the accident. Most people were at work; it happened in the middle of the day. “It was lucky that no one was outside when it happened,” Bjarnthórsdóttir added. About a dozen windows were shattered.

This is the 14th time that explosions have been conducted in the mine using the same methods and there haven’t been any accidents before. “We regret this mishap and are very sorry. We have reviewed our work methods,” said Leó Jónsson, an engineer at Ósafl.

Mexico Charges 8 in Saint Death Cult Killings

Mexican prosecutors have formally charged eight people in the grisly cult slayings of two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman.

The suspects are mainly members of an extended family whose purported leader has said they killed the victims as an offering to "Santa Muerte," or Saint Death, between 2009 and 2012.

The idol is usually depicted as a robed skeleton, and her followers include criminals and drug traffickers.

Sonora state prosecutors' spokesman Jose Larrinaga says the eight will face charges of first-degree homicide, robbery, conspiracy, corrupting minors and illegal burial.

The charges carry sentences ranging up to 50 years, and sentences would be served concurrently. A 15-year-old suspect will be held at a youth facility until she is 18 and then face trial.

[ABC News]

UFO In Denver Nearly Takes Out Private Jet

An unidentified flying object over Denver on Monday has aviation experts scratching their heads.

As first reported by 9News, the object did not appear on radar in the area, but nearly collided with a private jet at 8,000 feet above Cherry Creek.

In an audio recording from the jet cockpit, provided by LiveATC.net, a pilot can be heard telling air traffic officials, "[I] don't know if it was a remote controlled aircraft or what, but something just went by the other way. About 20-30 seconds ago... And it was like a large remote controlled aircraft.

In March of 2011, residents of nearby Lafayette, Colorado, recorded video of three hovering, seemingly disconnected lights in the sky there.

The three lights remained in a triangular pattern, moving slowly toward the northeast. The Daily Camera reports that when one light extinguished, witnesses say the other two "just turned off and were gone."

In 2010, Denver voters rejected a ballot measure that would've created a commission to track extraterrestrials. The proposal was the brainchild of Jeff Peckman, who gained fame in 2008 after claiming to have video of a live alien peeking through a window in Nebraska.

[Huffington Post]

Flesh-eating condition caused by common bacteria (necrotizing fasciitis)

(CNN) -- Flesh-eating bacteria are common in the environment, but they rarely infect humans.

When they do cause an infection, they attack the body quickly, and doctors must act immediately to prevent their spread.

Many different types of bacteria cause the condition known as necrotizing fasciitis, in which the bug attacks healthy tissue and destroys it.

One of the bacteria is Aeromonas hydrophila, which caused the infection in Georgia student Aimee Copeland. The bacteria entered her body through a gash in her leg, which she suffered in a May 1 zip line accident. Doctors have already removed part of her abdomen, amputated a leg, and expect to remove her fingers to try to halt its spread.