Charlotte Thompson of Indianapolis believes the Bible she was carrying in the backseat of her car slowed a stray bullet that ripped through the vehicle, saving the life of her 13-year-old great-granddaughter.

Gunfire broke out while Thompson and her two great-granddaughters were stopped at a red light. A bullet entered through the back door of the vehicle, struck the younger of the two girls in the stomach, then passed through Thompson's Bible, which was on the seat between the girls. It came to rest inside a watermelon the older granddaughter was holding on her lap.

"The word of God and the Lord’s power saved," Thompson told NBC News. "He sent the bullet into the watermelon."

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A young woman named Patches Wegmann was arrested last week in Houma, Louisiana after two different men accused her of spraying them with cologne samples that caused them to feel dizzy and light-headed. One, an 18-year-old who was admitted to the hospital with symptoms including numbness and shortness of breath, said he even passed out.

According to the Houma Courier police are still investigating and it's unclear that anything other than perfume was sprayed on the men.

The case is reminiscent of an Internet urban legend claiming that gangs of thieves have used ether-tainted perfume samples to knock out their victims before robbing them. However, the victims in these stories, of which there are many variants, are usually female. What's more, none of the alleged incidents -- including one reported to police in 1999 that served as the inspiration for all the Internet tales to follow -- have ever been substantiated.

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