WEIRD STUFF: Englishwoman travels 7,000 miles to scatter pet’s ashes

Englishwoman travels 7,000 miles to scatter pet's ashes

A grieving woman has spent PS3,500 (approximately J$621,300)to travel to Hawaii from Birmingham, England to spread her pet hamster's ashes.

The animal died earlier in March, aged three years and seven months.

Lisa Murray-Lang, 46, was left heartbroken by the death of Spud and is travelling over 7,000 miles with her husband to Honolulu in September to give the Syrian hamster a proper send-off.

During the 2020 lockdown, the professional dog walker created cardboard cut outs of destinations for Spud to visit with Hawaii being his favourite.

The Birmingham resident said it will be nice to take her beloved rodent on a "real holiday" and she will mark the occasion by stopping off at Amsterdam first, a trip she refers to as "Hamsterdam", and take Spud "down to the beach, to play Beyonce's song, I Was Here, while we scatter his ashes and leave a message in the sand saying 'Spud visited'.

"It's the perfect send-off for him - he'll finally get to come along on a real holiday for once.

"The average age a hamster will live to is about two and a half years - so it's amazing really that he kept going for so long. He really gave us a reason to get out of bed in the morning, particularly during the lockdown when work stopped. He was a real part of the family.

"He might have only stayed at home during his life but he managed to visit lots of places. The Hawaii set was always Spud's favourite - he loved the sand, especially given at the time it was winter and we were all surrounded by snow at the time."

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Horseback rider uses drive-thru line

A man rode his horse through McDonald's drive-thru and galloped away with 100 Chicken McNuggets.

The horse rider took to TikTok where he shared a video of himself on his platform @theblessedequestrian that showed him rocking up to McDonald's drive-thru on horseback and placing a huge order from an East London branch.

The video was captioned: "After our hack we got hungry, so I went to get 100 chicken nuggets."

The rider is seen ordering the mammoth McDonald's order from the window of the popular fast food chain before galloping away to the next window to collect the gargantuan portion of nuggets.

The clip has amassed more than 1.6 million videos on the video sharing platform with TikTok users flocking to the comments sections to express their views.

One person wrote: "Could of got a carrot bag for your ride bro."

Another said: "What's the horse power on that beast?"

A third person added: "One horse power, I've seen it all."