BANFF, Canada- Mellisa Brandt and her husband had talked about hiking here for years. They saved up and finally got to take their dream trip. And then right as they were taking a picture to memorialize their vacation, a squirrel ruined the shot, stole their camera and dropped it in a puddle. According to Brandt, "The camera was ruined but I got the memory card out so at least we got the pictures. At first it was cute when the squirrel walked into the shot but then things got ugly. And it seemed so intentional."

HARARI, Iraq- As American troops exit Iraq a strange thing is happening--monkeys are checking out U.S. weaponry. "All the time we have been here we have never had monkeys so curious about how we use our weapons," said Col. Bob Samlatte. "I hope the Iraqis guard what we leave here and guard it well. I would hate to see what an angry monkey could do with an M-16."

FRESNO, California- Carter Pedee used to sun bathe in the nude and still does but now he does it with a gun. "I installed high fences so the neighbors wouldn't squawk when I hung out in the buff but now mountain lions are hopping over and coming in here. I was having coffee in my kitchen one morning and looked out and saw a cougar right where I was sleeping nude the day before," said the frustrated homeowner.

STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin- A lost classic album of the religious rock era has found its way back into circulation. Cindy Hoerter was going through her attic when an album jacket by The Faith Tones caught her eye. "My generation grew up listening to "Jesus Use Me." Then the controversy came, people burned their copies and it seemed none were left." The "controversy" occurred when one of The Faith Tones, Dolores Bedore, told a reporter "We wish we were as good as Jesus Christ," right at the time John Lennon of the Beatles said his band was more popular than Jesus Christ and the two statements were, incorrectly, lumped together.

BILLINGS, Montana- A Colorado man used a chain saw to fight off a mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming. Dustin Britton, was cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite when he saw the lion staring at him from some bushes. Britton raised his chain saw and met the lion head-on as it pounced. Wildlife officials said there is plenty of natural food supply, elk, deer and bighorn sheep, in the area, and "That lion was acting completely out of character for how a cougar would normally act around a full grown man who has a chain saw in his hand." After the confrontation, Britton and his wife, Kirsta, decided to spend the night at their campsite with their two children rather than risk packing up with the lion still on the loose.

SUSSEX, England- A new study has found cats do control humans. If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat. "The embedding of a human baby sounding cry within their purr which we normally associate with contentment is quite a subtle means of eliciting a response," said Karen McComb of the University of Sussex. "They know us. They know we can't help but respond to the human infant cries which they are mimmicking."

YAKIMA, Washington- The Yakima County sheriff's office says a man riding a motorcycle collided with a bear crossing the road, who acted like it had the right of way. The Yakima-area man was taken to a hospital with serious rib injuries. The sheriff's office says the bear did not appear to be hurt and wandered off from the scene. While Greg Grossman lay on the road trying to gather himself he told deputies he saw the bear stare at him, shake his head, snort derisively, and then walk off.

NASSAU, Bahamas- Feral pigs have taken over the beach on Big Major Island. And some tourists have had it. "We didn't come down here to swim with pigs," said Jimmy Krandlehoff of Mason City, Iowa. "We paid a ton of money for this vacation just to end up swimming with pigs." Krandlehoff raises hogs on his Iowa farm.

KISSAPIPPEE, Florida- A family picnic/reunion was disrupted by a determined carp that kept stealing a ball from a large group of frightened children."If it was just once you'd say it was a freak accident but this fish was like an All-American corner back intercepting passes," said Slim Grabbee. "That thing scooted all over the field and just ruined their good time," said the frustrated father.

PISMO BEACH, California- Parsley Abel was surfing away her last summer before college when a shark, thought to be a great white, took a bite out of her board. "Before getting serious and all life-oriented I wanted to have one last good time summer and now it's ruined. No way I go back out in the water and once September comes my life is over," said the local wave rider.