Host Johnny Mack presents five good news stories: a small climbing rock called “Portable the Rock” disappeared from Squamish, British Columbia and was later spotted 1,700 miles away at the Iron Man bouldering area in Bishop, California, with plans to return it; six American bison (three males, three females) were released onto Native prairie land at Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Kane County, Illinois, marking their return after about 200 years; in China, doctors preserved a 30-year-old woman’s severed ear by grafting it to the top of her foot for five months before reattaching it to her head; in California, $6,270 in lost cash and personal items were found scattered in a front yard and returned after deputies identified the owner via social media; and a train from Hull to Liverpool in the UK was delayed after a driver reported an emu on the tracks, which was safely removed before service resumed at 10:14 AM. Johnny also promotes an ad-free podcast option via Apple Podcasts for $5 per month and notes the show has gone three episodes without a world record story.
00:11 The Traveling Boulder 01:10 Bison Return to Illinois 01:34 Ear Saved on Foot 02:27 Lost Cash Returned 03:11 Ad Free Listening Plug 03:29 Emu on the Tracks
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Transcript
Hello, I'm Johnny Mac with five good news stories.
Now this one bewilders me a small rock beloved by climbers in British Columbia as resurfaced
1700 miles away.
Now the rock known to climbers as portable the rock, which is an interesting name given
the story.
Portable the rock had been at the base of the Superfly Boulder in Squamish, BC, where
it was commonly used for practicing balance and grip techniques.
And then one day it was gone.
Then on Reddit, people said the rock had shown up at the base of the Iron Man Bouldering
area in Bishop, California 1700 miles away.
Ethan the climber ran into it and said that minute I saw the shape.
I knew it was it.
It just looked like home.
It felt like home.
It weighed like home.
How the rock traveled from Squamish to California is unknown.
Ethan the climber said the rock was slightly greasy, but otherwise was fine.
And they're going to bring it back to its original location, very, very strange.
Good news for a herd of six American bison, three males and three females.
They've been released onto native prairie land in Illinois.
The bison are back after roughly 200 years.
This happened at the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Cain County, 60 miles northwest
of Chicago, a tribal elder Robert told CBS News, it's different one.
You're welcoming them back home.
That's their home.
Not mine.
In China, doctors preserved a woman's severed ear by grafting it onto her foot, allowing
the ear to survive until it could be reattached to her head.
The patient identified as 30 year old miss son had lost her ear in an industrial accident.
Doctors determined that the blood vessels and nerves at the injury were too damaged
for immediate reattachment.
So they used a technique known as heterotopic survival in which severed body parts are
grafted to another location to maintain blood flow and tissue viability.
Miss son's ear was attached to the top of her foot.
Why the doctors say the skin at the top of the foot shares characteristics with the ear,
including thinness, stable circulation and similarly sized blood vessels.
For five months, Miss son had to wear a shoe several sizes larger than usual.
Doctors did reattach the ear, miss son is now recovering.
Wow.
In California, a man had lost $6,270 worth of cash.
But good news, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office said that a member of the public contact
the officer, poority, had found several personal possessions in the front yard of his home,
not belonging to anyone at the home, along with some loose cash scattered on the property,
amounting to $6,270.
Deputies were able to identify the owner of the cash.
On social media, they said his cash on items had been in a satchel, but was left unsecured
in error and had fallen out on his walk home.
The man retraced his steps after realizing what happened, but wasn't able to find his
money or stuff.
Operations Captain Rusty said the good Samaritan serves as a reminder that doing the right
thing doesn't require recognition, only compassion and the willingness to act.
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Now, John, why we lay for work?
Well, you see boss, I was there on the train and then they were as delays because there
was an e-moo on the tracks.
Yeah, a train driver traveling from whole to Liverpool reported seeing an e-moo.
Now, an e-moo is native to Australia and this happened in the UK.
The e-moo was safely removed from the area.
How it got there?
I can't tell you, but when I can tell you normal service resumed at 10, 14 a.m. network
rail was sorry to anyone whose journey was affected, presumably, including the e-moo.
And those are your five good news stories for today.
Now, interestingly enough, as I host the show, we went three straight episodes without
me having to do a world record story that in itself may be a record.
You have a great day.
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