A California man clad in a Santa Claus costume and strapped to a paraglider wound up needing to be rescued by firefighters after his ride went wildly awry. The bizarre yuletide incident reportedly occurred in the community of Rio Linda on Sunday morning when the unnamed individual took to the skies over the town with the intention of distributing candy canes to local children. Shortly after takeoff, however, the powered parachute suffered a malfunction and the faux Saint Nick’s journey hit a literal snag when he was swept up in some power lines.

Initially thinking that perhaps the strange calls about Santa being stuck in some power lines were a prank, police eventually realized that the reports were genuine and dispatched firefighters to go and save the man who was dangling upside down over a road. As one might imagine, the weird scene drew quite a crowd as resident Colleen Bousliman marveled that “half the town was down here,” including several children hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive Father Christmas.

Fortunately, the youngsters were spared the therapy-inducing scenario of seeing Santa Claus fried by some power lines as firefighters cut the electricity to the area and safely brought the jolly pilot, who was uninjured in the event, back down to terra firma. “It’s a good thing they caught him, but didn’t electrocute him,” Bousliman said in what may be the understatement of the holiday season. Reflecting on the “unfortunate” incident, firefighter Chris Vestal commended the man for wanting to spread some cheer in the community by way of his well-intentioned, but ill-fated candy cane misadventure.

 

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ABC News’ David Wright, Bonnie McLean and Lauren Effron report:

Just down the road from Area 51, the infamous U.S. military base in Nevada, where top-secret alien autopsies were supposedly conducted, is a new business.

It’s a galactic-themed brothel that brings to life sci-fi geeks’ wildest fantasies, incorporating sex into an array of settings from famous sci-fi films and TV shows. It’s what you might call the XXX-Files. And it’s legal.

“The Trekkers are going to line up for miles,” said owner Dennis Hof.

Hof is already the most successful brothel entrepreneur in the state, were prostitution is legal. His Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Carson City, Nev., is the most profitable brothel in the country and is featured on HBO’s “Cathouse.”

Hof believes he has a new Nevada gold mine in this alien-esqe “Cathouse” idea, and he imagines his new brothel will be something like the bar from “Star Wars.”

And for the right price, any “Star Wars” enthusiast can spend a steamy moment with Princess Leia dressed in chains and her iconic gold bikini.  If they prefer, clients can also dress up  – as Darth Vadar – and have their way with a lady in a Storm Trooper costume.

In a landscape that already looks a bit like the Star Wars planet Tatooino, it is truly the middle of nowhere, the brothel property also houses a gas station, a truck stop and a convenience store.

While the place is still under construction, Hof said he has big plans. He wants to build a “Captain Kirk” room that would have the actual chair from the Starship Enterprise used in the TV series “Star Trek.”

Hof’s muse and partner in this particular enterprise is his old friend Heidi Fleiss, the former Hollywood Madame who was arrested in the ’90s for running a high-price prostitution ring. Now she fashions herself as the alien Madame, right down to designing and ordering skimpy spacesuit costumes and props for the employees. She draws some of her inspiration from an unusual film choice: “Avatar.”

“You want sexy, ‘Avatar’ sexy aliens,” she said. “Sexy aliens that’s the way we are going.”

While some critics might say the brothel exploits women, or that some things, like “Star Trek,” are just too sacred to be messed with, Hof and Fleiss aren’t fazed.

“In a way it’s always fun to have those people against you,” Fleiss said. “It does make you rise up a little bit and grow to a higher level in way.”

And Hof is convinced he will have plenty of customers, such as guys like on the hit TV show “Big Bang Theory,” whose sexual fantasies run towards “Battlestar Galactica.”

“A lot of our business at the Bunny Ranch is gamers,” Hof said. “Because of the computers and because of games men sometimes don’t develop the social skills that they used to.”

And those guys might well need the confidence boost that comes from a costume.

“The biggest sex organ is right here – it’s all in our head,” Hof said. “It’s not as much physical as it is mental, and the fact that you can try living out fantasies- it doesn’t hurt anybody. You just have a little fun, and then you go home.”

A talented chainsaw artist in South Dakota has created what is believed to be the world’s tallest wooden Bigfoot sculpture. According a local media report, the monstrous piece was unveiled over the weekend at the community of Keystone’s ‘Bigfoot Bash’ event. The man behind the enormous Sasquatch is Jarrett Dahl, who began fashioning the individual parts of the sculpture out of pieces of pine, cedar and cottonwood back in October. Alongside a crew of workers from Kentucky, he assembled the complete sculpture over the course of eight days.

At the ‘Bigfoot Bash,’ the Keystone Chamber of Commerce measured the artwork and determined that it is “exactly 22.8 feet from sitting on his butt to the top of his head.” The epic size of the statue has the community feeling confident that can now boasting having the “world’s largest wooden chainsaw sculpture of Bigfoot.” While they very well may hold that specific record, it’s worth noting last month’s unveiling of ‘Gasquatch’ in Oklahoma, which measures a whopping 30 feet tall and, therefore, likely still holds the title for the world’s tallest depiction of Bigfoot.

Whether or not you believe in Bigfoot or Sasquatch, there’s no denying that the existence of this half-man/half-beast has been the subject of conversation for the better part of 180 years when reports of this creature first surfaced in the Pacific Northwest back in the 1840s.

And while there’s never been any definitive proof of Bigfoot, except for a grainy photograph or shaky home movie, one thing is certain – all 50 states (except Hawaii) have reported sightings over the years – including South Dakota.

According to numbers compiled by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO), the Mount Rushmore State is on the board with 19 reported Bigfoot encounters over the years.

And while that number may be disturbing to some, it’s among the fewest sightings in America, the ninth-lowest to be exact.

Just a reminder, experts estimate that for every reported sighting there are 2-3 sightings that go unreported. Some people don’t want the ridicule.