How Baby Got Unakite Thirteen Hotel As A Name [Weird News & Oddities] – Patch.com

February 28, 2025 ndowd

A toddler born in 2022 and given the nonsensical, computer-generated name of Unakite Thirteen Hotel while in foster care finally has a Social Security number, but still doesn’t have a proper name on her birth certificate.

Her father, Jason Kilburn, 49, who lives just outside of Omaha, has been struggling for two years to give his daughter, who he calls Caroline Elizabeth, a legal existence.
Kilburn didn’t know about his daughter until after a former girlfriend gave birth. By then, the baby was already in the custody of child welfare authorities in Nebraska and had been given the supposedly temporary computer-generated name. A DNA test proved Kilburn was the baby’s father.
He cleared a bureaucratic hurdle Wednesday when his daughter was given a Social Security number, which will make it easier for Kilburn to change her birth certificate.
Ever wonder where that one sock went? For a Riverside County, California, family, it wasn’t one sock but two dozen that disappeared, and where they went was into the dog’s intestines.
The 7-month-old Bernese mountain dog named Luna had a 44-course meal in all — along with the socks, a scrunchie, hair ties, a shoe insert, a small onesie and other partially digested pieces of cloth.
Luna survived “against all odds and is now wagging her tail again!” the vet clinic said on Instagram.
Veterinarians called the x-ray results “jaw dropping” and said the dog had a “serious obsession” with eating cloth. As it turns out, Luna’s behavior wasn’t all that out of the ordinary for a Bernese mountain dog.
A New Hampshire woman is accused of next-level “crop dusting.”
Police in Keene said she posted “disturbing videos” of herself online as she urinated on food products at a food co-op. Authorities said they received an anonymous tip about the incident.
And, police continued, it wasn’t the first time. Their investigation revealed numerous other videos of the woman performing similar acts in Keene and surrounding communities dating back to 2021.
The woman is charged with felony criminal mischief.
A confused, underweight gray seal pup who wandered from a beach to an ice-packed New Haven, Connecticut, street — and into the hearts of many — now has a name: Chappy.
The name, a reference to Chapel Street, where the pup was rescued by police, was chosen in an online naming poll.
Now in the care of the Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Clinic, Chappy is getting his fight back. He just ate his first fish.
A “mildly venomous” snake found in a batch of bananas at a Manchester, New Hampshire, grocery store is now in the custody of a reptile show, according to state Fish & Game Department officials.
A conservation officer identified it as an ornate cat-eyed snake indigenous to Ecuador.
It’s illegal in New Hampshire to possess venomous species, except the hog-nosed snake, in the Granite State. The “hitchhiker” was donated to the Rainforest Reptile Show.
An alligator carrying a turtle shut down traffic in South Florida as it crossed a road to a nearby lake, and it was caught on camera by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“Welcome to Chez Alligator, where the chef’s special is whatever fits in the mouth,” USFWS wrote in a Facebook post accompanying the video.
“American alligators treat turtles like nature’s hard candy,” the agency said. “An alligator’s jaw is so powerful they have no problem crunching through a hard turtle shell. Enjoy this fine dining experience, brought to you by nature and questionable table manners.”
The conservation nonprofit Urban Rivers is seeking suggestions for a name for “remarkably rotund” beaver that hangs out on the banks of the Chicago River.
The rodent, who “lives, eats, and knocks down trees” in the surrounding park area may be pregnant. Or maybe the beaver just has a hearty appetite because she has been “remarkably rotund for longer than a beaver pregnancy lasts,” Urban Rivers said in an r/Chicago subreddit discussion.
“She’s the largest, and obviously therefore most deserving of a name, but so far we haven’t come up with one. She seems real tough, if that helps you find a name that fits. The spots she hangs out at are absolutely filled with coyotes, and we can’t figure out how she hasn’t been eaten.”
What’s up with this coyote trio in a screaming contest?