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Texas Has Gone Chupacabra Crazy!
Someone print a t-shirt! Thanks to Weird Things reader Katy for sending this in. [WFAA]
Debunking The Merciless Monkey Soldier Threat In Afghanistan
[CNN]
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Gator Attack!
Where does, “Mommy, an alligator bit my hand off” rank in the Top 100 Calls You Never Want To Make? [CNN]
Propellers In Saturn’s Rings Could Mean A Million Moonlets
There’s some kooky stuff going on inside the rings of Saturn. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has identified distinctive giant propellers that could be created by a new class of moon. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted the distinctive structures...
Oh Behave! Mojoceratops Unveiled As Swinginest Dino
You’ve found the physical remains of a dinosaur who a gaudy heart-shaped skull which by all probability was used to capture the attention of the opposite sex. What do you call it? Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he...
Photo Proof Of Alien Life! Rank The Best! [WeirdThingsTV]
UFO Traffic Grounds All Flights From Chinese Airport
From The Daily Mail: Chinese airport was closed after this mysterious object was spotted in the sky. Arcing over Zhejiang’s provincial capital Hangzhou, the UFO appeared to glow with an eerie white light and left a bright trail in its...
Wild Amazonian Cats Make Monkey Sounds To Lure Prey Into Destruction
So you’re a cute little monkey, scampering about the Amazon. For the sake of this discussion, your name is Joe. All of a sudden you hear someone yell, “Hey Joe! Nice haircut!” You look around, but don’t see anyone. What anonymous stranger...
Lucasfilm Trying To Kill Real-Life Lightsaber! Don’t Let Them! [WeirdThingsTV]
Stunning! Paul The Octopus Spurns Germany, Picks Victorious Spain
Undefeated. Undisputed. Unequaled. Paul The Octopus wins again.
Chinese Scientists Want To Shoot A Diamond In Crystal Methane To Create Nuclear Power, Awesomeness
Shooting a diamond bullet at anything might be the most Bowie badass thing ever conceived of, but if, as Chinese scientists are now theorizing it can also create nuclear power then we have a new favorite source of alternative energy....
Odd Moon Light Created By Dust Fountains
As long as we’ve been circling the darn rock, astronauts have been baffled by the glow surrounding the moon during sunrises and sunsets. A new theory posits that overactive electrons are vomiting lunar dust off the surface and creating...
The Japanese City Humanity Abandoned
A Japanese coal city abandoned in 1974 has been officially off-limits for anyone looking to explore the slowly decaying buildings that once was home to thousands. That did not stop this brave explorer and his trusty guide who not only...
Podcast: Zos Braining Zos
Justin Robert Young recounts his harrowing ordeal in the Forest with a Million Eyes. Brian, Andrew and Justin then step into the treacherous mental playground of a loyal listener and reveal their most deep-seated primal motivations when...
Neanderthal Males Want To Know If You Have Your Tickets? To The Gun Show!
Skeletal remains of a primitive Neanderthals shows the males of the species were hormonally jacked and wielded “Popeye”-esqe arms. Project leader Maria Mednikova told Discovery News that Neanderthal males hunted in the “extreme,” helping...
Psychic Animal Arms Race Begins! We Need Your Help! [WeirdThingsTV]
Psychic German Octopus Again Picks Home Team, Argentina Counters With Sooth Sayer Dolphin
We’ve covered the antics of the zoo at Oberhausen, Germany before. To recap, they’ve forced all of their animals to make predictions on German national World Cup games. The most accurate is Paul, an octopus who has correctly predicted...
Free Tibet (From Evolutionary Restrictions)!
The fastest case of human evolution is credited to the Tibetan people who have evolved the ability to live in high altitudes without mountain sickness when compared to the Han Chinese. Congrats! [New York Times]
Lightning Kills African Soccer Team, Curse Suspected
If we are going to live in a world where lightning kills a soccer team whilst leaving their opponents unharmed, why can’t it happen in Portland? Or Stockholm? Or London? You know, somewhere where the buzz the next day would be about lapses...