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           Hisfacewasuntouched,butthebackofhisheadwascompletelydestroyed,andseveralwordsinaforeignalphabetwerewrittenonthebathroommirrorinbrownlipstick.

           InapostalsortingstationinPhoenix,Arizona,amanwentcrazy,wentpostalastheysaidontheeveningnews,andshotTerry"TheTroll"Evensen,amorbidlyobese,awkwardmanwholivedaloneinatrailer.Severalotherpeopleinthesortingstationwerefiredon,butonlyEvensenwaskilled.Themanwhofiredtheshots—firstthoughttobeadisgruntledpostalworker—wasnotcaught,andwasneveridentified.

           "Frankly,"saidTerry"TheTroll"Evensen’ssupervisor,ontheNewsatFive,"ifanyonearoundherewasgonnagopostal,wewouldhavefigureditwasgonnabeTheTroll.Okayworker,butaweirdguy.Imean,younevercantell,huh?"

           Thatinterviewwascutwhenthesegmentwasrepeated,laterthatevening.

           AcommunityofnineanchoritesinMontanawasfounddead.Reportersspeculatedthatitwasamasssuicide,butsoonthecauseofdeathwasreportedascarbonmonoxidepoisoningfromanelderlyfurnace.

           AlobstertankwassmashedinthelobbyofanAtlantaseafoodrestaurant.

           AcryptwasdefiledintheKeyWestgraveyard.

           AnAmtrakpassengertrainhitaUPStruckinIdaho,killingthedriverofthetruck.Nopassengerswereseriouslyinjured.