Weird Intercontinental Frog Salad Synchronicity

Bath, England (5 days ago): A British family got more than they bargained for when they opened a bag of prepackaged spinach and out jumped a tiny green tree frog. It was dubbed "Popeye" after the spinach-loving cartoon character. Popeye survived the incident unharmed and is due to be re-released into the wild.

Gold Coast, Queensland (1 day ago): An Australian woman got more than she bargained for when she opened a bag of prepackaged spinach and out jumped a tiny green tree frog. It was dubbed "Popeye" after the spinach-loving cartoon character. Popeye survived the incident unharmed and is due to be re-released into the wild.

Anyone else experiencing that nagging itch of skepticism?

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Read more about it:
• Popeye the Frog (S)Hops at Morrisons - The Bath Chronicle (U.K.)
• Family Discover Frog in Spinach - BBC News (U.K.)
• How Tree Frog Hopped to U.K. in Spinach Bag - Guardian (U.K.)
• Popeye the Frog Found Lurking in Spinach Bag - Telegraph (Australia)
• Tree Frog Survives Supermarket Spinach Ordeal - ABC News (Australia)
• Tree Frog Alive, but in Which Spinach Packet? - Brisbane Times (Australia)
• Popeye the Spinach Frog Too Much of a Leap for Some Ninemsn News (Australia)
• 2006: Live Frog Found in Packaged Salad - Netlore Archive