StrangeSights

• A self-styled superhero in the US city of Seattle has reportedly had his nose broken while trying to break up a fight. Phoenix Jones, part of a group of at least nine called the Rain City Superhero Movement, wears a superhero outfit including a mask and body armour when he patrols the streets of the city. Others in the group include Gemini, Catastrophe and Thunder 88. Jones, who goes by the moniker ‘Guardian of Seattle’, was apparently injured when he saw the makings of a brawl and intervened. The group is apparently part of a growing movement in the US called the Real Life Super Heroes (or RLSH).

• When the local council said it was considering closing down the Stony Stratford Library near Milton Keynes in the UK, locals took umbrage and launched a somewhat unusual protest. They reportedly borrowed out all 16,000 of the library’s books. The Friends of Stony Stratford Library have also launched a Facebook page in their protest to keep it open.

• A cat has been ordered to sit on a jury in the US. Tabby Sal’s owners reportedly told Boston authorities that a mistake had been made when the cat was summoned for jury service but were apparently told it still had to attend. The cat had been listed as household resident on a recent census.