1. Unwanted Shelter Dogs Get the Supermodel Treatment to Help Them Find New Forever Homes
Lonely dogs were treated to a special furry photoshoot to help them find their forever homes. The photoshoot will promote residents of the London, England rescue shelter All Dogs Matter, and featured some of their older, bigger, and less ‘photogenic’ pooches. The focus was also placed on pairs of pups that need to be adopted together.
Ready for their close ups included 12-and-14-year-old Bobby and Brandy, a bonded pair of Yorkshire Terriers (pictured above), who’ve been looking for a home for several months.
2. Real-Life ‘Aladdin’ Jumps From Mountain Peak on a Flying Carpet in Thrilling Video
A daredevil has turned his childhood fantasy into reality—by soaring from mountain cliffs on a flying carpet. The 44-year-old has spent years honing his skills with a triad of extreme sports to get ready for his dream of becoming a real-life Aladdin.
Freddy Montigny developed the unique stunt using his expertise in paragliding, skydiving, and hang gliding, all of which gave him the control needed to launch himself on a magic carpet ride.
“I’ve always wondered what part of the myths and legends we were told as kids was true,” said the adventurer who lives in Choranche, France.
“I started paragliding at 25, skydiving at 30, and hang gliding at 35.
“All these activities helped me master the art of carpet flying.”
Freddy believes his carpet flights are safe after his years of practice at the Vercors range, near the city of Grenoble—and he always has a trusty parachute, his main safety net.
3. Scottish Woman Scatters Bracelets Randomly All Over City to Make Locals Smile
A Scottish woman has been leaving notes and trinkets of affirmation in random places around her hometown. Reading “I AM ENOUGH: Radiate Positivity” she hopes they serve to put smiles on the faces of those who find them and lift the spirit of the whole city of Glasgow. Education worker and admitted “Swifty,” Beth McNeill said she made around 70 of the bracelets for the Wembly Leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, where fans regularly exchange them with each other.
But dealing with depression and anxiety herself, McNeill felt there was a place for the bracelets beyond the concert venue, and began leaving them inside envelopes around Glasgow.
“It’s infectious really, making someone happy in turns makes you happy. I think more than ever we need the little things in life to put a smile on our face,” McNeill told the Daily Record. “We never know what someone is going through, if my bracelet puts a smile on someone’s face that is having a tough time or not it’s a win for me.”
The envelopes read “Open Me!” and pictures are beginning to appear on social media from people discovering them.
“I like to be that cheerleader for my students. I came up with the idea that if I can put these affirmations on bracelets it can be a lovely reminder on your wrist how wonderful a person you are, that you aren’t your anxiety, you can get through the day,” said McNeill.
