Some news is so weird it’s hard to believe. Here are a few examples:

Really Stupid Crook

This thief may want to rethink his approach. Police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly stealing several large pieces of equipment from a lumber yard after detectives followed drag marks to his house.

The man allegedly took an engine, transmission, compressor and a bucket for a front end loader early Sunday, said Deputy Chief Brian O'Keefe. The equipment was worth about $4,500, he said.

The suspect apparently made several trips to his house about five blocks away, pulling the goods by a cable, leaving grooves in the road, O'Keefe said. Detectives arrested him Sunday.

Want Money? Move Here

Who wants to be a millionaire? Travel to Graested, a small sleepy town north of Copenhagen, and you might improve your chances. Or if in Britain and seeking better your odds, head to Kilmarnock in southern Scotland.

Graested saw its fifth resident in three years win a seven-figure Lotto pot on Saturday, when Jimmy Petersen's numbers earned him $1.1 million, said Morten Mauritson, of the state-owned lottery organizer Dansk Tipstjeneste Group.

"It's impossible to explain why there are so many wins in Graested," Mauritson said Tuesday after delivering a check, champagne and flowers to Petersen.

Graested, which is part of the Graested-Gilleleje municipality of 21,000 northwest of Copenhagen, was the first town ever cited in the winnings on Dec. 15, 2001, when an unidentified buyer received the inaugural lottery prize of $835,000.

In Britain, six seven-figure lottery prizes have gone to residents in Kilmarnock, lottery organizer Camelot said.

The latest, Rosemary Ferguson, 51, picked up a check for $3.9 million in Saturday's draw, after having played the same six numbers based on family birthdays since the lottery was launched nearly a decade ago.

Just two months ago, former ice cream saleswoman Georgina McIlvanney, 74, scooped $2.1 million on the lottery.

Asked the secret of winning the lottery, a company spokesman said Tuesday: "Move to Kilmarnock."

With a population of 43,000, Kilmarnock has the highest number of lottery millionaires per head of population, with the game paying out a prize fund of nearly $22 million to its residents last year alone, Camelot said.

Lotto sales in Denmark total about $491 million, accounting for more than 60 percent of Denmark's gaming market.