COMPELLING EXPLANATION In Bainbridge Township, Ohio, a 60-year-old man called police on Oct. 22 after firing two warning shots into his backyard, WOIO reported. The unnamed man told officers he was trying to scare an animal away, but when asked if it might have been a bear, he said, “It ain’t no… bear because it […]
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News of the Weird: Filibustering the judge, an arsonist terrier, and a lasagna thief
FALSE POSITIVE Mothers Lounge, a company catering to new mothers, has conceived some awkward conversations for women on the receiving end of a recent marketing campaign. The company sent out maternity congratulations cards signed by “Jenny B” that included gift cards and coupons for products attractive to pregnant women. The problem is, as the BBC […]
News of the Weird: Out of control pet rats, Tupac lives, and a defiled Olaf
SPOOKTACULAR! Fans of fright may want to travel to Summertown, Tennessee, to see if they can become the first visitor to make it all the way through the haunted house experience called McKamey Manor. The rewards are compelling – along with notoriety, a person who completes the tour will receive $20,000. But the demands are […]
News of the Weird: Hacker’s delight, and Elvis impersonator’s fetish, and a man grows devil horns (just in time for Halloween!)
PEOPLE WITH ISSUES There’s so much to unpack about Sexy Vegan, a 37-year-old from West Hollywood, California, that we scarcely know where to begin. His real name is Hansel DeBartolo III. After changing his name in 2016, he had the new handle tattooed on his forehead and chest. He’s an “Instagram sensation” and a 2020 […]
News of the Weird: An excited dog makes a questionable purchase, classy stoners, and the Civil War resurfaces
BRIGHT IDEA Joshua Jack of Auckland, New Zealand, received an email from his bosses at an ad agency informing him that he was expected at a “redundancy meeting” to discuss his future at the company. Kindly, the New Zealand Herald reported, they suggested he was welcome to bring along a support person, such as a […]
News of the Weird: It’s Raul vs. Raul, octogenarian new parents, and beware of ‘police’ drones
SERVING THE PUBLIC The Sharonville, Ohio, police department found a way to turn a resident’s misconceptions about marijuana laws in Hamilton County into a teaching moment on Sep. 3. The department posted on its Facebook page a recording of a call received on Aug. 25 from “Mr. Marilyn Manson,” who complained that “two Sharonville cops… […]
News of the Weird: How to protect a Smart Car, putting baby-daddy on blast, and a pizza heist
EWWWW! A Whataburger location in Bastrop, Texas, was the scene of a gruesome plunge to an oily demise on Aug. 31. As customers waited in line at the counter, the Austin American-Statesman reported, kitchen workers tried to catch a mouse scampering across the food prep counter. A customer captured the scene on video as the […]
News of the Weird: Two-mouthed trout, an audience of dogs, and this week in unusual fetishes
INEXPLICABLE Jacob Pina, 20, of Westport, Massachusetts, can’t explain his physical oddity, but that’s not stopping him from firmly grasping his 15 minutes of fame. Pina, recently dubbed “Thumb Boy,” unveiled his unusually long (5 inches) right thumb on the TikTok app on Aug. 24, reported Metro News. “There’s no reason it’s so big just […]
News of the Weird: Rich kid problems, when your conscience kicks in, and a company goes too far with Dildo
FOWL! An upscale neighborhood near the Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, is all a-flutter over some unwelcome guests: dozens of black vultures. The Palm Beach Post reports that a New York family can no longer visit the $700,000 vacation home they bought earlier this year because the birds have defecated […]
News of the Weird: Australia cracks down on semen smuggling, self-defeating nunchucks, and miniature horses get cleared for air travel
MONKEYING AROUND Singer Wayne Newton was sued in District Court on Aug. 6 by a mother and daughter over an incident involving a monkey that took place in October 2017 at Newton’s home in Las Vegas, where the daughter was an invited guest, according to court documents. Genevieve Urena, a minor, was touring the home […]
News of the Weird: An explosive septic tank, a bank robber tells on himself, and introducing the ice cream hotdog
CHUTZPAH! Lake Worth, Florida, homeowner Phil Fraumeni emerged from his house on July 19 to find a white Tesla not only parked on his lawn, but tethered to an outlet on his house, charging the car’s battery. Fraumeni told WPBF he waited a couple of hours, then called police. The car was not stolen, and […]
News of the Weird: It’s raining men and meth, and a neighborhood board tracks a pool pooper
LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS If you’re trying to smuggle a half-kilo of cocaine through airport security, you might want to try harder than an unnamed middle-aged man from Colombia, who was detained in late June at Barcelona-El Prat airport in Spain, according to Spanish police. The man arrived at the airport on a flight from Bogota […]
News of the Weird: Vermont’s ‘Johnny Appleweed,’ dogs get high on human waste, and a woman goes on the wrong ride
ONE OF THOSE DAYS Sometimes a routine traffic stop (in this case, for an expired license plate) is the most interesting incident in a cop’s day. So it was on July 10 for Guthrie, Oklahoma, police officers. Around 11am, they stopped a car driven by Stephen Jennings, 40, who had a friend, Rachael Rivera, 30, […]
News of the Weird: Weapons do grow on trees, the dangers of bubble tea, and what to do with gallons of horse lube
COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS The Philly Voice reported on Jun. 5 that a resident of White Haven, Pennsylvania has solved the mystery of why that state has experienced more tornadoes than usual this year. The unnamed amateur meteorologist called WNEP’s “Talkback 16,” which allows locals to opine on the issues of the day, and left a voicemail […]
News of the Weird: A stripper outsmarts the law, Jesus take the wheel, and an unconventional weapon
IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED… Jennifer G. Hernandez, 58, is nothing if not persistent. On April 22, Hernandez walked through the vehicle gate at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where she was stopped by a police officer. She explained that she had an interview in the complex, but the officer discovered she had no […]
News of the Weird: A man dressed as a building fails, book a fake vacay for the ‘gram, and who says Idaho isn’t a big destination?
FLORIDA! Police officers in Indialantic, Florida, responded to at least seven calls about a man disturbing the peace on April 7. Patrons of Starbucks and Sassy Granny’s Smoothies, among others, were startled when 61-year-old Thomas Devaney Lane started yelling, calling himself “the saint” and threatening to unleash his army of turtles on the community. According […]