The IAC was not only the place for the IAC Games, but also news articles featuring Animalians. Some of them were rather surprising because of their subjects.
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Because of the circumstances of one of the articles, many just assumed that finding a stolen armored car from the same time as the JFK assassination with the money (relatively) intact was just fake news. But the video touchscreen that showed the Animalian-featured news articles showed that it was definitively real. According to the article, Jill and Beauregard were enjoying air boating in the bayou to celebrate spring when the throttle got stuck due to a combination of age and rust. Bart had decided to stop the boat by dropping the anchor. It did stop the boat, but did so by getting caught in the wheel well of the armored car. After moving the armored car closer to the bank, a plan was put into action. While Bart and Jill alerted the authorities, Beauregard lurked nearby as a kind of sting. When the authorities signaled (by bird call) that they were in place, Beauregard went full-on swamp monster to the two 70-year-old men that were salvaging it, and seemingly were responsible for it going missing at the time, and scared them right into police custody, who later gave them a chance to laugh at themselves. After salvage, the armored car company that owned the car gave Jill and Beauregard a $5000 reward/finders fee.
Not only was this story featured in the local news (both paper and television), but also made an appearance on Highly Questionable as part of the ¿Si o no? segment as Justice with a side of biscuits?. Beauregard and Jill also managed to get their 15 minutes of fame on The Tonight Show. Everyone was both amused and surprised to find that it really happened.
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Another thing that was surprising was the appearance of a 1968 Ferrari Daytona with a zebra-stripe paint job and showroom finish. This drew a lot of people toward it since it was one of those that some people would consider "cool cars". Anne and Stuart were more than happy to talk about how they got it, as well as the news article that talked about it's discovery and retrieval. What made it rather funny was that the guy who got the prediction about it being buried treasure/a car had decided to test his luck at the casino but only managed to break even.
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There was also some that made some people really get confused, especially uplifted Animalians.
"So Kara," asked the PR-MD agent, "What do you think of the articles that covered your visit to a liquor store?"
"Do people really make those kind of excuses while drunk at the liquor store?" asked Kara, not really getting the comedy news shows.
"I think that the real problem was that the reason why the owner was upset with you is because all liquor stores keep their best stuff on the top shelves." said the PR-MD agent, "That's why it's known as top-shelf liquor."
"But don't drink if you're over 21." joked a Horizon Scientist, "But our newest member managed to rack up a bigger bill of damages than you did."
"What did she do?" asked Kara, a little surprised at that.
"First off, it was a male." said the scientist, somewhat knowing that Kara was suffering an internal spike in temperature, "Second it was more than $10,000 in vandalism damages." That got Kara even more confused, "And third of all, it was by bringing his powerful beak and talons against his own reflection in a luxury car because, as you are probably well aware, it's mating season for peafowl." He then showed them the video that showed it.
Apparently during a car show in Venice Beach, Los Angles, a peacock caught his reflection in one of the cars and challenged it. One of the people at the car show caught the whole thing on video as the peacock dug countless gouges and scratches into the car. When the owner of the car saw what had happened, his friends were clearly so "sympathetic" to his plight that they took photos and were clearly going to post them all over the internet.
The same video caught some comments from his friends. One of them said "*Bleep*, did you cheat on her or something?", while another said "Yeah, Geico ain't covering that." Somehow it made it all the way to Farmer's Insurance, who made it into a commercial as well as an exhibit in their "museum".
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The number one surprising thing, and was clearly the highlight of the IAC was the donation of a surprising thing. While a largemouth bass wasn't too unusual, what made it unusual was the fact that it was a shining golden color. Apparently it was caught in Nebraska and was so unusual that scientific studies were being written about it.
Apparently it was suffering from an extremely rare mutation that prevented it from developing green pigment that allowed it to blend into water. After genetic tests revealed that it was a female, it was donated to Horizon for uplifting. After uplifting, and the mandatory acclimation classes, Aurora (as she called herself) was now one of the most popular "aquatic" dancers at the Meat Market, due in no small part to the fact that light reflected off of her golden scales in nearly breathtaking patterns, so it wasn't unusual to hear a guy shout at her during her shows, "Shine on, you crazy bass!"
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Because of this, it was clear that the 2019 IAC was shaping up to be quite unique.