Strange Times
The bear grabs, then eats, a small bag of five-cent gummy bears
In April 2018, the underwater photographer Ryo Minemizu watched as a creature the size of a ladybug bobbed around 50 feet underwater off the shores of Okinawa, Japan. The thing resembled a jellyfish, a yolk-like center with trailing, wispy tentacles. Minemizu posted photos of the creature to social media, but no one could decipher the […]
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
They heard it, felt it, and a couple of people even said a "loud boom" rattled their homes in West Valley, but an explanation on a cause for the boom was a bust
It's a hot one. This edition is chock-full of strange news stories - record heat, drought, strange animal discoveries, weird crimes, many mysteries.
A wild game processor found the three-point deer antler stuck in the mouth of an 11-foot alligator that some hunters had brought in.
Calling all Extraterrestrial enthusiasts! For almost 100 years, scientists, experts, and average homeowners have shared stories and video clips...
Some visitors to Fresh Pond in Cambridge claim to have spotted a mysterious creature out in the water, which they’ve dubbed the “Loch Fresh Monster.” But Cambridge officials say they can explain what it is.
Woman dies after consuming chocolate she received from a mysterious palm reader who predicted that she'd die in a few days.
The alleged leader is accused of illegally harvesting kidneys from more than 300 people in Pakistan.
The female orca was found far from her normal hunting ground with six whole sea otters in its stomach and one lodged between its oral cavity and the esophagus.
The Perseverance rover has captured footage of an unusually large twister, or "dust devil," moving across the Martian landscape. Based on images of the swirling storm, researchers estimate that it could be more than a mile tall.
An Iowa woman who makes jewelry out of animal droppings tried to bring giraffe feces back from an African safari. It was destroyed after being intercepted during a customs check at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Scientists are puzzled by 5,000-year-old bear bones found on the Unalaska and Amaknak Islands in the Aleutians, Alaska. The ancient bones have been a decades-old mystery due to the fact that bears have never lived on those islands.
Temperatures around the world last month were at levels closer to normal for July.
When they reached the location, they realised there was no danger, but only a decorated house with a fake fire raging behind its window.
You won't believe what one hunter found last week after taking down what biologists say was a 1-in-10,000 deer.
Some believe it’s an extraterrestrial spacecraft. NASA says it’s probably just space junk. Here are the facts.
After the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced an Oct. 4 test of its emergency alert system, conspiracy theorists began spreading false rumors that the alert, which is sent to phones, radios and TVs, would activate particles in the COVID-19 vaccine that enable the government to track and control people. Let’s look at the facts.
Hi everyone. I’m happy to present the weekly roundup of news stories that are a bit weird, maybe scary, but par for the course in these strange times. So let’s get going. This week: flamingos in Wisconsin, another alligator fatality, a secretive church is buying out a town, AI continues to generate chaos, and more.
Scientists uncovered viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages, in animal poop and are testing whether they could work as antibiotics.
Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me for another fun-filled episode of the Weekly Weird News. I’m on the road this week so apologies if the writeups are a little shorter than usual. Welcome to new subscribers! As usual, I have a number of animals stories this week and a few weather related anomalies. Let’s go!
Intriguing 'autocatalytic' reactions appear to be far more common than scientists had thought.
The homeowner said the damage happened just after it felt like an earthquake shook the house.
A much anticipated NASA report on UFOs calls for better tracking and scientific understanding of unexplained phenomena that captivate the public and have raised concerns about military security.
Fake information shakes down social media. It's been a very busy week!
It sparked fears that a grisly crime had taken place
Scientists blast claims of two 'alien' bodies that a journalist presented to Mexico's congress.
"One of the main goals of what we're trying to do here today is to move conjecture and conspiracy towards science and sanity."
The presence of geological polygons can mean "faster rates of erosion" in permafrost, and may be a globally important phenomenon.
Researchers have found that anti-bird spikes are being co-opted for pro-bird purposes: They’re showing up as building materials in nests.
Around 75 crocodiles escaped from a breeding farm after Typhoon Haikui caused flooding in Guangdong.
Dawson City, Yukon, resident David Beaudoin was hiking through Tombstone Territorial Park recently when he spotted something unusual. It looks like an old battery, but Beaudoin has some other ideas.
The alleged bodies of two "non-human" beings were presented during a congressional hearing in Mexico, generating a mixture of surprise, disbelief and ridicule on social media on Wednesday.
Some bereaved folks today are turning to a lesser-known way to hold their loved ones close—by turning their cremated remains into a diamond that they can treasure, and perhaps wear as jewelry.
Sightings of aerial luminous phenomena, often observed during earthquakes, are being shared online. Experts aren’t sure what causes them. **I'm not seeing anything in these videos that suggests they are anything more than electrical wires falling or transformers exploding. Yet, the media sources are incompetent and credulous in saying they are mysterious.**
One researcher hypothesizes that experiments carried out by NASA's Viking landers in 1976 could have inadvertently killed microbes living in Martian rocks. Other experts are skeptical.