Curiosities 2024: From naked escapes to the rain of money on the highway!

Curiosities 2024: From naked escapes to the rain of money on the highway!

In a year full of bizarre missions in North Rhine-Westphalia, an incident caused excitement in February. A 26-year-old train traveler activated the emergency button several times in a moment of despair because he was unexpectedly lacking the toilet paper in the on-board toilet. Like TAG24 reported to the Aachen main station to the situation to pursue. Instead of a real emergency, the man received an advertisement for misuse of emergency calls.

In the further course of the year, another incident made headlines: A 30-year-old man not only exposed his intentions in Hennef near Bonn to escape an arrest, but also ended up in a shrub. His attempt to flee over a fence with down pants ended with the fact that the police had to secure him, as Fire brigade . Away from human misfortunes, animals also played a role in the winding operations. So the fire brigade in Hünxe had to tear down several kitchens to free squirrels captured in an extractor hood.

Not only these incidents illustrate the unusual situation in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also the large number of creative, albeit as often perceived, ideas of citizens who led to police and fire brigade operations. Be it the man who hid his bag in the drugstore in Dortmund due to a fully occupied luggage compartment and thus caused a bomb closure, or the 62-year-old driver, who tried to protect himself from flashing with glitter. All of these events show an impressive and sometimes amusing picture of everyday life in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2024.