Harry Potter’s Dobby spotted on CCTV

Vivian Gomez, from the US, shared CCTV footage from outside her home which appeared to show Harry Potter’s Dobby character.

In the footage, the creature can be seen walking away from the property, before bending his arms and flapping them in and out like a chicken.

The figure then takes a big step to his right and continues walking with his legs slightly bent, adopting a cocky swagger.

The clip has gone viral with tens of thousands of shares but many social media users have branded it a hoax, albeit a well done one. Twitter profile ‘Now Paranormal Podcast’ wrote: “The cuts in this video scream edited hoax. There is no CGI. The figure is real.

“The shadows match. However, that wasn’t a door shadow, it was another person. And the truck with its lights on (brake lights) is suspicious. Robot/puppet.”

However, others have responded with tongue firmly in cheek.

Breakfast in bed world record broken

A total 574 people climbed into beds and dined on morning cuisine in South Africa to break the Guinness World Record for most people eating breakfast in bed.

Cappy, a juice brand, gathered 574 volunteers in Johannesburg and had them each sit in bed while eating the Guinness-required two food items and one beverage.

Guinness confirmed the attempt surpassed the previous record of 418 people eating breakfast in bed at the same time. The beds used for the attempt were later donated to several charities and hospices in the Gauteng area.

Antique $6 chess piece now valued at $1.3 million

An ivory chess piece bought for $6 by a Scottish antiques dealer in the 1960s was found in a drawer and is now expected to sell for up to $1.3 million.

Auction house Sotheby’s said the piece, dubbed the Lewis Warder, is believed to be among the Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides in 1831.

The pieces are believed to have been carved in Trondheim, Norway, in the late 12th or early 13th century before making their way to the Isle of Lewis, where 93 pieces were discovered in 1931.

The Lewis Warder, which would have been used in the same way as the rook in a modern game of chess, was described as an “Antique Walrus Tusk Warrior Chessman” by the antiques dealer who purchased it in 1964.

The piece was passed on to the man’s daughter, who stored it in a drawer until it was recently discovered by her family and analysed by experts, who identified it as a Lewis Chessman.

The auction house said the piece is expected to sell for up to $1.3 million dollars when it goes up for auction July 2.

Published in Dawn, Young World, June 15th, 2019