Divers Find $1M In Lost Spanish Coins At Aptly Named Location: Weird News & Oddities

The turquoise waters off a stretch of southeastern Florida known as “Treasure Coast” has given up another of its namesakes, a long-lost Spanish treasure estimated at $1 million.

A team of divers from a shipwreck salvage company discovered the long-lost treasure of more than 1,000 silver and gold coins in the remains of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, which foundered during a hurricane in the 18th century. The coins are thought to have been minted in the Spanish colonies of Bolivia, Mexico and Peru.

The history of Treasure Coast dates back more than 300 years ago, when 11 Spanish vessels shipwrecked between Cape Canaveral and the St. Lucie River. The purpose of the fleet was to transport “American possessions of the Spanish Empire” and return them to Spain, but when hurricane winds hit, the treasure aboard the ships dispersed onto the Atlantic Ocean floor.

The coins were at home in the seabed until recently.

“This discovery is not only about the treasure itself, but the stories it tells,” Sal Guttuso, director of operations, said in a news release. “Each coin is a piece of history, a tangible link to the people who lived, worked and sailed during the Golden Age of the Spanish Empire. Finding 1,000 of them in a single recovery is both rare and extraordinary.”

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Dog Finds Missing 86-Year-Old

A Florida deputy said a dog named Eeyore “practically dragged” him to the spot where a missing 86-year-old woman had fallen while walking him.

The woman’s husband reported her missing the night of Sept. 25 after she didn’t return after walking Eeyore around her Destin neighborhood. Their walks usually take 10 or 15 minutes, but they had been gone for more than an hour, the woman’s husband told Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Devon Miller.

Miller drove around the neighborhood until she spotted Eeyore, his leash still attached and the woman nowhere in sight. In body camera footage, Miller is seen taking Eeyore’s leash and asking, “Where’s your mommy?”

“He seemed like he was on a mission,” Miller said in an interview the sheriff’s department shared on social media. “He practically dragged me to her.”

Eeyore lay by the woman’s side, clearly protecting her, Miller said, adding, “He deserves lots of belly rubs and a steak dinner. That dog did everything.”

The woman was alert and later taken to a medical facility to be checked out

• Watch the video: Dog Leads Police To His Injured Human

Busted In The Buff

An inmate in the custody of Harris County, Georgia, walked away from a work detail Tuesday but was apprehended after reports of a man flagging down vehicles in the nude, authorities said.

You could say he was busted in the buff.

Authorities didn’t release the man’s name, nor did they disclose the crime he’s accused of committing or when and why he decided to shuck his clothes.

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An Appetite For Spite

A Florida man faces felony animal cruelty charges after he ate his two pet peacocks in an ongoing dispute with a neighbor.

Craig Vogt, 61, of Hudson, said he put the letter in her mailbox “to prove a point that he will continue to kill his pet peacocks if she continues to feed them,” according to a Pasco Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.

Vogt said he cut the necks of the two peacocks with a knife “out of spite” before letting them bleed out and cooking them in a frying pan, the affidavit said. He also said he planned to kill all of his peacocks to prevent anyone from taking them from him, authorities said.

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A Haunting? No.

A woman in her 60s died on Oct. 6 while riding Disneyland’s famous Haunted Mansion ride, but authorities quickly discounted any eerie inferences that might be made due to the proximity to Halloween or the attraction itself.

Anaheim police said there were no indications of operating issues with the attraction, one of the most popular at the Southern California theme park. It reopened soon after first responders left.

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