Putin impersonator fears for his life

A man who made money posing as a doppelganger of Vladimir Putin says he fears for his life after the Russian president ordered a fullscale invasion of Ukraine Slawek Sobola 53 has spent the past eight years professionally impersonating 69yearold Putin and has travelled to the US the UK and Hong Kong for special gigs Sobola who hails from the city of Wroclaw in southwestern Poland said he has earned ldquogood moneyrdquo parodying the president but is now concerned that locals will turn on himSlawek Sobola 53 has spent the past eight years professionally impersonating 69yearold Putin PicGettyldquoBefore the war I wasnrsquot afraid for my safety on the streets but nowhellip Irsquom a little afraid because in Wroclaw a lot of people from Ukraine live and workrdquo the infamous celebrity lookalike added ldquoThere have been many times that people told me I look like Putin and now because of the war Irsquom a little afraid that these people could be angry or aggressive when they see merdquo he further explainedSobola says he used to ldquorespectrdquo Putin but his opinion has changed since the war in Ukraine began last week He has vowed to no longer impersonate Putin saying he does not want to profit from the conflict ldquoThis war is no good and I do not think about earning money from itrdquo he said ldquoI had a lot of respect for him Putin but now I think that this man did a lot of harm and I do not know today how I will play his role in the future In this situation I am standing with Ukraine I think that they have to fightrdquoMeanwhile Sobolarsquos wife is relieved that he has stopped the Putin parodies admitting they often made her ldquouncomfortablerdquo ldquoSometimes itrsquos funny when we do this job and we meet other lookalikes and have funrdquo she stated adding ldquoBut sometimes it gets uncomfortable especially when we are with family on a holiday by the beach or in a restaurant or bar people touch him and say lsquoHey hey you look like Putin can I get a picture with yoursquordquoWhen asked what he would say to Putin if he came face to face with him Sobola said ldquoI would ask him to look at me and think how we can have the same face but perceive the world differentlyrdquoToddler with lsquouncombablersquo hairLocklan a child from Atlanta has a rare condition that makes his soft and fuzzy hair stand straight upA Georgia mother is campaigning to spread awareness and positivity after her oneyearold son Locklan was diagnosed with Uncombable Hair Syndrome UHSmdasha rare condition afflicting about 100 people around the world Katelyn and her husband Caleb first noticed something was wrong when Locklan turned five months old and his hair started to grow ldquoIt was coming in straight up and so soft and fuzzy As it continued to grow it never laid downrdquo said Katelyn ldquoHearing that your son has a genetic lsquoconditionrsquo isnrsquot easy especially when itrsquos so rare that there isnrsquot a lot of information on it but as I learned more about it and connected with other parents around the world in a UHS Facebook group I became less scared and more appreciative of how unique Locklan isrdquo she said ldquoOther than wild and crazy cool hair he is perfectly healthy and very happyrdquoFat as a child You will age fasterPeople who were obese smoked daily or had a psychological disorder during their adolescence years could age faster The revelation was made in a study published in the journal JAMA Paediatrics As part of the study a group of international authors analysed data from 910 participants of New Zealandrsquos Dunedin who were born between April 1972 and March 1973 tracking their health and behaviour from age three to 45 They found that participants with the abovementioned health concerns walked slower and had their brain and appearance aged by two and four yearsGorillas meet a newborn babyIt was one of the more unusual ldquobring your child to workrdquo days A video captured the heartwarming moment when a zookeeper introduced her new baby to her gorillas in a series of interspecies play dates The video has collectively amassed over 30 million viral views on TikTok as of this week ldquoThe sweetest boy meeting my sweet baby for the first timerdquo Kate the zookeeper who didnrsquot disclose her last name captioned the flagship clip which she reportedly shot at her undisclosed zoo 10 weeks into her maternity leavePigs runs free in the state of FloridaA pair of pigs escaped from their backyard pen in Florida leading police and neighbours on an hourlong chase through the neighbourhood Residents said the pigs escaped in Lehigh Acres and the porcine fugitives were on the loose for more than 12 hours Lee County Sheriffrsquos Office deputies neighbours and Randy Love a cousin of the animalsrsquo owner chased the pigs around the neighbourhood The second pig is still on the runMountain lion sneaks into cityResidents of a California city were warned of an unusual danger when a mountain lion took a daylight tour of a neighbourhood before settling in to relax on the porch of a home The mountain lion was spotted wandering near Country Club Lane in Selma California Department of Fish and Wildlife tranquillised and trapped him to later release him back into the Kings National ForestMan marries triplets on the same dayA Congolese man proved that good things come in threes when he married triplets all on the same day after they all reportedly proposed to him simultaneously ldquoIt seemed like I was dreamingrdquo said Luwizo When the husbandtobe met one of the triplets he quickly fell in love However things took a turn after she introduced him to her twin sisters who became equally smitten by him