Bizarre Encounters

CANADA

A small selection of cases that have been called bizarre by some, amusing by others, and often downright terrifying by those involved... but one thing they all have in common is that they're true. 

In this episode, we unravel the facts and fallout from each incident, proving that reality can indeed be stranger than fiction.

Please note: for privacy reasons, we’ve altered the names of those involved in the stories featured in this episode.

Monthly Donation:
Canadian True Crime has donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Credits:
Script Consultant: Carol Weinberg
Audio Editor, Voice of Disclaimer: Erik Krosby 
Senior Producer: Lindsay Eldridge
Researcher, Writer, Narrator, Sound Design: Kristi Lee
Theme songs: We Talk of Dreams
All other music from Epidemic Sound and Blue Dot Sessions

Sources

Balloonatic
https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/balloon-man-who-flew-over-calgary-strapped-to-lawn-chair-pleads-guilty

https://edmontonsun.com/2015/07/06/calgary-police-looking-into-bizarre-sunday-afternoon-stunt-high-over-calgary-stampede

https://calgarysun.com/2015/07/06/calgary-balloon-man-dan-redacted-speaks-out-police-lay-charges 

https://www.cbc.ca/search?q=daniel%20redacted&section=news&sortOrder=date&media=all

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calgary-judge-blasts-man-who-flew-over-stampede-on-chair-tied-to-balloons/article34341252/

https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/man-who-flew-in-lawn-chair-over-calgary-plans-legal-record-breaking-flight-6748841

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj6YngZLgT8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight 

Man breaks in, feeds cat, makes dinner, writes in diary

https://globalnews.ca/news/2249178/nova-scotia-man-breaks-into-kamloops-home-feeds-cats-watches-tv-and-takes-a-shower/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/christopher-hiscock-b-c-nova-scotia-1.3253916

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/porters-lake-man-kamloops-ranch-1.3250791 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/nova-scotia-man-gets-overly-comfy-after-breaking-into-bc-home/article26584273/ 

Other strange break-ins

https://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/154347/Naked-man-ruins-home

https://www.vice.com/en/article/avyp55/naked-bc-man-crashes-through-ceiling-proceeds-to-completely-destroy-vacationing-familys-home-vgtrn 

https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/nova-scotia-man-arrested-for-breaking-into-tim-hortons---to-make-coffee/article_586689c9-0ff1-5758-a771-8a11b0840605.html

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/double-double-trouble-man-accused-of-breaking-into-tim-s-making-coffee-1.2642794 

https://globalnews.ca/news/2318628/late-night-caffeine-craving-leads-to-double-double-trouble-after-tim-hortons-break-in/

https://macleans.ca/economy/business/tim-hortons-the-brazilian-coffee-chain-that-wants-to-be-canadian-again

https://www.reddit.com/r/TimHortons/comments/120pw7g/roll_up_the_rim_is_the_fun_gone/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/man-tosses-snake-behind-tim-hortons-counter-over-diced-onion-dispute-1.2864389 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/redacted-tim-hortons-snake-thrower-fails-to-appear-in-saskatoon-court-1.3119317 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/tim-hortons-roll-up-boat-glitch-1.7176728 

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/roll-up-to-win-customers-seek-10-000-each-from-tim-hortons-after-false-boat-win-1.6857086 

Fly-in-the-bottle
Clippings from the Windsor Star news archives accessed via newspapers.com

[ Name Redacted ] v. Culligan of Canada Ltd., 2008 SCC 27 (CanLII), [2008] 2 SCR 114

[ Name Redacted ] v. Culligan of Canada Ltd., 2006 CanLII 41807 (ON CA)

https://ojen.ca/wp-content/uploads/5.-redacted -v-Culligan.pdf 

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2010/2010onsc725/2010onsc725.html 

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2008/2008canlii67408/2008canlii67408.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Tankship_(UK)_Ltd_v_Morts_Dock_and_Engineering_Co_Ltd