Charles McCowan parked his truck in front of a convenience store and left his dog, Max, in the passenger seat, the Associated Press reports.

But when he came out, both the truck and Max were nowhere to be found.

McCowan, assuming his truck had been stolen, called the cops. But when police got there, they found the truck across the street in the parking lot of a fast food joint.

Security video from the store shows the truck backing out of the lot and rolling across the street through traffic.

Police say Max must have knocked the vehicle into gear and made his getaway just after McCowan got out of the driver's seat.

Luckily, both the dog and the truck were unharmed.

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This Just in from the Dept. of Shock! Horror!

When they were handing out super powers, Mavis Price must have been at the back of the line.

That's because she makes household appliances explode -- and she doesn't even have to change into a dorky outfit in a phone booth before she does it.

It seems Price's body generates a lot of static electricity.

The Daily Mail reports around 15 kettles, 20 irons and 10 vacuum cleaners have fallen victim to Price's electrifying touch in the last few years.

What's more, Price says she can't even use a computer.

"I am just an electrifying person really, who seems to build up an unusual amount of static," she told The Daily Mail. "It's all a bit mind-boggling really."

Price says so much as standing next to her can be a hair-raising experience.

"My grandson sometimes tells me off for holding his hand," she told the paper.

And the jolting hijinks aren't limited to her home. Price says when she walks by the TV at her daughter's house, it goes berserk.

Apparently her high-voltage dilemma began 50 years ago when she plugged in a TV set. The whole thing blew up, and Price ended up flying across the room.

"I had a really bad day last week where I got up, turned the light on, and managed to blow the fuse. Then I went to the supermarket and broke the checkout," Price told The Daily Mail. "Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, I went to get some photographs printed and managed to completely freeze the whole machine."

Shocking, isn't it?

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Tickle me terrified

Murderous Muppet? Hmmm. He must be set to "evil."

A Florida family wasn't tickled when their talking Elmo doll started making death threats against their 2-year-old son.

Apparently, once the family put fresh batteries in James Bowman's Elmo, the doll went all Chucky on them, Tampa Bay Online reports.

"It's not something that really you would think would ever come out of a toy," Melissa Bowman told TBO.com. "But once I heard, I was just kind of distraught."

What she heard was a fuzzy red Sesame Street character say "Kill James" in a merry, sing-song, tickle-me-terrified kind of voice.

The Elmo Knows Your Name doll, aside from having a really creepy moniker, connects to a computer to learn certain words and phrases.

But the Bowmans aren't sure how Elmo learned to issue death threats against a toddler.

Fisher-Price said they will issue the family a voucher for a new Elmo. They plan to examine James' doll and check to see if other Elmos are inciting violence elsewhere in the country.