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Someone Built Mysterious Towers out of Scavenged Construction Waste on a Beach in TorontoFor some people, the beach is a place they’d go to to enjoy the picturesque natural scenery. For others, it’s where inspiration strikes to build and add to that scenery, sometimes with improvised and scavenged materials.In the 1970s, the Leslie Street Spit in the outer harbor of Toronto, Canada, fell into disuse. Tons of materials, such as cement blocks, stones, and bricks were left behind. As a result, the peninsula quickly became a dumping site for long-time residents before it was turned into a neighborhood park called the Tommy Thompson Park.With all those construction materials and supplies around, it’s only a matter of time before creativity strikes. Someone created a winding bike path on the less-used side of the park, but it was removed following some complaints. Last year, the site became a hidden outdoor gallery of some 200 pieces of art, complete with a fireplace and places to sit.Now, a mysterious stranger has built a set of unusual and striking towers made of leftover construction waste. The towers, located on the east side shoreline of the park, were made from cement construction blocks, bricks, and rocks and looked quite solid as many of the blocks seemed to be mortared in place. Images: Mike McInnis/blogTO#Toronto #recycledart #beach #cementblocks #brick #TommyThompsonPark

Woman Fought Off a Coyote on the Beach with a Stick for 10 MinutesWhen New York City assistant principal Marcy Sterlis took a walk by herself on the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, she didn't realize that she'd run into a unique - and scary - form of wildlife: a coyote stalked her for 10 minutes until she could get help from nearby fishermen.“I sat down to put my sneakers back on and as I was getting up, I look over and this coyote was four or five feet from me,” Sterlis said to Boston 25 News. “It was a little too curious because it wasn’t responding to my screams to get away from me or shaking at the stick.”Sterlis swung a stick at the persistent coyote, who circled her for 10 minutes until nearby fishermen heard her screams for help and came to the rescue."As I took my binoculars out, I said that’s not a dog," said fisherman Andrew DeCarton. "I pulled up close enough, started banging my ore on the side of the boat. That’s when he started to run away. I told Andrew, 'we need to get her on the boat,'" added boat captain William Kelley.Luckily, Sterlis came through the whole ordeal unscathed. When asked whether she'd go back to the area, she immediately said yes and added that she actually ended up going to another beach to "chill out and decompress."Video clip: Andrew DeCarton#beach #CapeCod #Massachusetts #coyote