here are two stories from different parts of the world. they seem strange but believe it or not, they are both true!
John lee was an englishman who couldn't be hanged! in 1884 Lee was charged with the murder of a woman he used to work with. there was nothing to show that he had killed the woman and he said he was innocent. but no one believed him and he was sentenced to death by hanging. however, on the day of his execution, the door in the floor through which his body should fall would not open! the executioner tried three times, but each time the door stayed closed, although it had worked well the day before. finally, Lee was taken back to prison, where he remained for the next twenty-two years. all this while, John Lee maintained his innocence. he believed it was the 'hand of god' that had saved him from death by hanging.
one night in Venezuela, in south america, the police followed a man home. he was the man they wanted to arrest for theft. however, his house stood right on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, which one half in each country! when the police entered the house, the man run upstairs to his bedroom, which was in Colombia, and called his lawyer. the Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia, so they could not go into the bedroom. they asked the police in Colombia for help, but the Colombian police could not give it. the man's crime was not committed in Colombia. in the wad, the Venezuelan police gave up and returned to their station empty-handed.