All news by author: Michael Havis

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'Britain's most dangerous plant' leaves mum with agonising blisters
Kelly Sherry, 41, initially thought she'd had a reaction from a dog before discovering the true cause of the blisters. She's had to cancel work appointments due to the incident
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'World's deadliest snake' found hidden at retirement home – but can you spot it?
Snake catchers found one of the world's deadliest snakes at a retirement home, where residents first found the venomous creature wandering the dining hall before disappearing
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Terrifying moment great white shark suddenly appears to stalk deep-sea divers
Paul Dabill, 49, was spearfishing with a friend off the Florida coast when they had a “very rare” encounter with the great white shark, with the footage showing the predator just a few feet away
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Loch Ness Monster hunter's shock after mystery 10-foot creature spotted in lake
Eoin O’Faodhagain, 59, was “shocked” to spot a 10-foot wake on the surface as the infamous creature reportedly prowled the waters just beneath, while he watched via webcam
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'Doomsday wreck' packed with explosives threatens major UK river with tidal wave
Part of the SS Richard Montgomery must be urgently removed as the wreck - which contains 1,400 tonnes of explosive - is decaying faster than expected, experts have claimed
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Woman lets giant spider hatch hundreds of babies in bedroom to conquer fear
Kristy Griffin let a huntsman spider stay in her bedroom in New South Wales, Australia, to hatch hundreds of babies as she didn't have the heart to turf the arachnid out
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Heart-pounding moment fishing boat gets rocked by huge whale emerging from deep
A humpback whale surfaced just metres away from a fishing boat, sending fish flying and knocking the hull, in an encounter captured by Kenny Namowitz during a fishing trip off the coast of New Jersey
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'Hybrid-panther' spotted prowling through fields near UK village
Footage shows the alleged big cat limping down a hillside, before disappearing in the long grass at the field's edge - and the man who spotted is convinced he knows the species
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Experts left baffled as mysterious orange sea creature washes up on UK beach
One social media user has likened the orange sea creature to a chestburster, a creature which fatally bursts out of John Hurt’s torso in the 1979 horror film Alien
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'Hybrid panther' caught on camera prowling UK countryside in jaw-dropping video
Footage shows the alleged big cat limping down a hillside, before disappearing in the long grass at the field's edge - and the man who spotted is convinced he knows the species
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North Korean nuclear blast 'could be imminent' as secret test site trail found
Experts claim North Korea President Kim Jong-un has rebuilt his Punggye-ri test site in readiness for a seventh nuclear test, with rumours concentration camp Hwasong is providing slave labour for it
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Brit diver attacked and headbutted by shark after it made a beeline for him
Exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt’s Red Sea Coast, Gary Virgo, who is from East Sussex, encountered a deadly shark, which circled around him in a terrifying experience
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Disney100 branded 'shambles' as furious guests 'crammed inside like sardines'
Many guests said they were "crammed in like sardines" after having to wait more than an hour in the cold to access the Disney100 exhibition at ExCel London, with visitors in prams or wheelchairs struggling to see exhibits
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Freaky fish with human teeth scares fisherman but daughter wants for tooth fairy
Brian Summerlin was fishing in Tangier Sound, off the US state of Maryland, when something huge snagged his line with eerily human gnashers - and it has gone on to break record
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Treasure hunter 'getting close' to rediscovering long lost mythical gold mine
A man who has spent 23 years searching for a gold mine believes he has come across a major lead. Legend has it the mine - if it exists - is “worth billions”
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Bizarre fish with hands found 20 years after it was thought to be extinct
Kerri Yare was running along a beach in Primrose Sands, Tasmania, Australia when she sighted the elusive spotted handfish and was amazed to learn what it was later on
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Kim Jong-un 'assassination attempt' with bombing after tyrant beefs up security
Kim Jong-un has been "feeling uneasy about his safety" following the incident, according to reports, and since it happened, there's been a "tightening of security measures"
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Face of 'oldest ever Homo sapiens' unveiled for first time as 'strong and ready'
For the first time in up to 120,000 years, we can see what the face of what is thought to be the oldest ever Homo sapiens, after his skull was used to complete a forensic reconstruction by a Brazilian expert
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Kim Jong-un ready to detonate new nuke amid fears site can't contain radiation
North Korean experts believe the country's leader is ready to give the orders to detonate the nuke despite fears his underground site isn't safe
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Blood-sucking 'vampire fish' surge in numbers as destructive species bites back
The sea lamprey, which owes its monstrous nickname to its appetite for blood, are an invasive species in the Great Lakes that straddle the US-Canada border
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UK's 'most dangerous plant' puts teen in hospital for three days and on morphine
Jayden Channon struggled to walk and needed morphine following an innocuous encounter with a giant hogweed plant, which has been dubbed Britain's "most dangerous plant"
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Man finds locked safe washed up on beach with hidden mystery inside
Jace Tunnell was searching for sea turtles near Port Aransas, in the US state of Texas, when he discovered a mysterious safe, which was too heavy to lift on his own
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Jaw-dropping moment gigantic sea monster swallows shark in one huge gulp
Video footage shows the moment a fishing crew were left stunned when a blacknose shark was suddenly gobbled up whole by an Atlantic goliath grouper that weighed some 500lbs
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Schoolgirl vomits after discovering 'tooth' in her McDonald's nuggets
Eight-year-old Siena Mochrie, who was enjoying a day out with her mum when they stopped off at a McDonald's near Glasgow, "actually vomited" when she discovered a 'tooth' in her McNuggets
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Kim Jong-un launches 'most powerful' missile yet from his private golf course
The new Hwasong-18 rocket blasted off last week from a private launch site east of Pyongyang, in Kim Jong-un's private mansion
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