As I reported in my previous article, ‘The World’s Top 10 Dumb Truck Stories’, trucks and truck drivers seem to make a habit of engaging in some of the wackiest news in the world. Well, with a little digging, I’ve uncovered many more ridiculous truck stories. Here is my second top 10!

chickens race

A trucker made a 100-mile trip with a live chicken under the hood. The truck driver only heard the chicken clucking when he arrived at an Asda depot near Chepstow, Monmouthshire. Transport employee Alex Viljoen said: ‘The truck driver was afraid to pick up the bird. He was a little hot and had oil on his feathers, but he seemed happy enough. The chicken was taken to vet Caroline Marlow and given a clean bill of health, then laid an egg. Caroline said, “We think she was copying Chicken Run and trying to get away.”

false alert

A German trucker caused an accident on a busy motorway after biting into an apple and swallowing his false teeth. Peter Seiler, 57, was driving on the A3 motorway near Würzburg when he decided to eat the apple. But he got hit with a piece of the apple and as he coughed he ended up swallowing the dentures. As he struggled for air, he lost control and crashed his transport vehicle into another car. Nobody was hurt in the incident.

bow wing 747

A retired trucker and his wife stopped a packed plane just before takeoff after seeing their dog jumping off the side of the runway. Terry and Susan Smith, both 58, were ready to fly to a new life in Lanzarote when they saw the spaniel Poppy, who is believed to have chewed out of her cage as the plane was about to taxi onto the runway. . Terry said: “We were in our seats ready to take off when suddenly we saw Poppy on the runway. He was really worried about her. Pet carrier Animal Airlines said it was the first time a dog had escaped in its 40-year history.

strange signs

Polish-language road signs have been put up in Cheshire to prevent Polish-speaking lorry drivers from getting confused. A sign reads “Do A 49 Whitchurch skrec w nastepna droge w prawo”, which means “For A49 to Whitchurch, turn right at the next junction”. The council said there was a significant Polish population in the Crewe area, believed to be around 3,000, with some making a living as commercial truck drivers. Cheshire County Council Borough Engineer Steve Kent said: “Poles are part of the community and we need to meet their needs.”

snake break

A trucker who stopped to use the bathroom at a rest area was shocked to discover an 8-foot python watching him. The snake made its way to his feet when he stopped his transport vehicle to take a rest on the A59 near York. He called the police who alerted RSPCA staff, the York Press reports. Animal collection officer Helen Martindale said: “The truck driver said he got the shock of his life when he saw him come out of the bushes.” The snake was put in a box and taken to a sanctuary in Knaresborough.

Haunted house

A former long-haul trucker prepares to sue the previous owners of his house for not telling them it was haunted. Gaetano Bastianelli, 57, and his wife Stefania bought the house in the Umbrian city of Spoleto in 2005. “Ghosts started haunting them the first night,” Bastianelli said. He claimed that malevolent spirits had left “luminous green mold all over the walls,” and that his wife’s lawnmower and car had spontaneously burned. A local historian, Sergio Grifoni, confirmed that an exorcism had been performed on a girl in the house in 1977.

truck driver lockout

A trucker came home to find himself locked up and his clothes dumped on the street, after a bank repossessed the wrong house. Robin Naylor, 57, said: “I tried to open the door and found the locks had been changed.” Mr. Booth finally got to the bottom of the mystery when he discovered that Halifax Bank had sent bailiffs to the wrong address after “a clerical error.” Angry Robin said, “I can’t believe how they can get something so important wrong.” The Halifax said: ‘we’re so sorry. It was a human error.

Look, no hands!

Police who stopped an overloaded transport vehicle in China were surprised to discover that the truck driver had no hands. The truck was stopped for carrying five times its permitted load of six tons. “When we got to the cab window, we were surprised to see that the driver had no hands,” said a spokesman for the Jimo city traffic police. The driver, Zhang, was driving the unsuitable truck with wrist stumps and didn’t even have a driver’s license. Police gave Zhang, whose hands were blown off by firecrackers when he was 12, a £15 fine and vowed never to drive again.

helmet head

A Chinese trucker whose vehicle was totaled in a crash bought a protective helmet and continued on his journey. The officers couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw the driver with his crash helmet on the crushed frame of his cab. A police spokesman said: “We signaled to the driver to stop immediately and he told us that he had to continue as he was under contract and had a very tight schedule.” The driver, Mr. Zhao, from Wuhan City, told them that he had an accident while delivering vegetables to Hunan Province. “I found out the truck was still running, so I bought a helmet and kept going,” he said. The police forced Zhao to repair the truck before driving it again.

The one with the 55 anteaters

Police in Thailand have arrested a man on suspicion of trying to smuggle 55 anteaters out of the country in a truck. The man claimed that he had been hired to deliver anteaters, a protected species in Thailand, to Nong Khai province, where a smuggler was planning to cross the border into Laos, reports The Bangkok Post. He told police that the animals would have continued on their journey to China, where they would have eventually been killed and eaten.