{"id":587,"date":"2007-04-05T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T21:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/04\/05\/something-fishy-in-austria\/"},"modified":"2011-10-01T01:03:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:03:04","slug":"something-fishy-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/04\/05\/something-fishy-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Fishy in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>In early March residents of a northern area of Austria were puzzled by a bizarre mystery.  The carcass of a three foot long shark had been discovered in a fresh water river. <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Fortunately the mystery was solved rather quickly when a man confessed that he&#8217;d put the shark carcass in the river as a joke.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>The prankster was an apprentice chef who worked at a hotel in the province of upper Austria. 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