Weird News

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Seven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Maybe it’s trying to shield its own head from what pigeons usually do to people. A pigeon wearing a tiny sombrero has been spotted in Reno, Nevada. City Manager Sabra Newby has tweeted

CANTON, N.C. (AP) — Puppies come in all kinds of colors. But in this case, the color — kind of weird. When a white shepherd named Gypsy gave birth to a litter of eight pups recently, the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Don’t eat yellow snow. That sound advice is being tweaked for riders on the Mexico City subway system: don’t use yellow escalators. Seems the people-movers break down often — and travelers often blame

HARLAN, Iowa (AP) — It’s true that divorce battles can get rather messy — but a proposal by a Kansas man has the potential to get very messy. David Ostrom wants a judge in Iowa to let

MILFORD, N.H. (AP) — Usually when a customer disregards the note at the bottom of a check saying what an appropriate tip would be, it turns out to be a bust for the server. But in this

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thanks, but no thanks. That’s the message a county in Virginia given officials in neighboring West Virginia. Officials in West Virginia have been wooing residents of Frederick County, Virginia to join the state.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Ho, Ho, NO! Authorities in Georgia say a man has been arrested for trying to send some illegal holiday cheer to a woman in jail. News outlets in the Macon area say 40-year-old

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana man who spent months heartbroken after losing his late wife’s wedding ring has been reunited with the gold band thanks to a posting on social media. Charles McNally was shopping

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anything that piles up over time can offer clues about past climate conditions or surrounding landscapes and how they’ve change, and that goes for bat poop. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that researchers

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rare salt formations are being documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and they could yield insights about salt structures found on Mars before they disappear

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A volunteer at the Clark County Museum in Nevada has discovered two human skulls and two human jaw bones in archival storage boxes prompting an investigation. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Thursday that

BERLIN (AP) – German officials say that experts have successfully defused two 330-pound bombs from World War II in the western city of Dortmund. Earlier, about 14,000 people were asked to leave the area as a precaution.

A very brave 6-year-old kelpie-border collie named Patsy from Victoria, Australia  rounded up 900 sheep into a safe enclosure during a brushfire on New Year’s Eve.  

Corn spilled on the tracks by my house the ducks and deer haven’t found it yet pic.twitter.com/UIdcT0aWKO — Mike Parker (@Mike1Parker) January 5, 2020 CRYSTAL, Minn. (AP) — Bushels and bushels of corn spilled from a freight

                CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —The FBI is asking the public’s help in catching a so-called “bad wig bandit” who’s been robbing banks in North Carolina. The FBI said in a

BESSEMER, Mich. (AP) — Is that a skunk? No, it’s marijuana. A small town in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula is buying an odor-detection device and drafting an ordinance to crack down on the unpleasant smell of blooming

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas firefighters have discovered what officials describe as an illegal, homemade gas station in a backyard. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue shared images online of the makeshift gas station discovered by firefighters

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State University is preparing to host the world’s largest conference dedicated to chile peppers. The 2020 New Mexico Chile Conference will run Feb. 3-4 at the Las Cruces Convention Center.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities say a burglar prepared food and took a nap inside a Taco Bell restaurant he had just broken into. Police have asked for the public’s help in identifying the man who

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A bill has been proposed in Vermont that would ban cellphone use or ownership for those under 21. The bill states lawmakers have concluded those under 21 “aren’t mature enough” to possess guns,

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Two men who pleaded guilty to trespassing on the cone of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park last fall were sentenced to 10 days in jail and have been banned

PINE KNOT, Ky. (AP) — Drivers traveling along a Kentucky highway didn’t have to check their direct messages to be asked the infamous sexting request: send nudes. An electronic road sign that was hacked early Thursday morning

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Among the many robots at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week is one busily making pizzas for hungry crowds. The robot from Picnic resembles an assembly line and can churn

DENVER, Co (AP) – A Colorado sheriff has rescinded his previous call for the public to be on the lookout for a command vehicle that may be operating the mysterious groups of drones spotted in recent weeks

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — Police say a Texas man accused of choking and headbutting his girlfriend because she complained about the smell of his flatulence has been jailed on an assault charge. Officers responded to a

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A Florida mom says doctors told her she had a better chance of winning the lottery than of giving birth to two sets of twins in the same year. But Alexzandria

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — It’s not what the Egyptians had in mind, but it worked: A group of Michigan high school students made a pyramid out of toilet paper — more than 27,000 rolls. It took 16

FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) – Authorities in Mississippi say two men tried to scam the state lottery commission by submitting a losing ticket that had the winning numbers glued onto it. News outlets report 47-year-old Odis Latham and

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The parents of a 5-year-old girl say a Las Vegas dentist set their daughter’s mouth on fire as she underwent a routine dental procedure. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the parents last week

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say they’re looking for a person who lured a group of seagulls with popcorn before running them over with a car. The Daily Times reports that the incident occurred Saturday

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Charmin wants to solve a familiar feeling: being stranded on the toilet with an empty toilet paper roll. Its solution: a two-wheeled robot that can fetch a fresh roll. The robot, around 6-inches

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has marked the start of the decade with a new formal photograph of her and the first three heirs to the throne: son Prince Charles, grandson Prince William and great-grandson

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A woman is suing TripAdvisor after she claims a runaway camel tossed her to the ground during a tour in Morocco. Breanne Ayala is accusing the Massachusetts-based company and its subsidiary Viator of

SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Massachusetts woman claiming to be a psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her 10-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Someone in Florida dialed 911 after hearing chilling cries and the words “Let me out!” But the cries were that of a 40-year-old parrot named Rambo. After the call, four Palm

  The last daily “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz ran on January 3, 2000.  Check out these five things you may not have known about one of the most popular comic strips of all time…

HOWELL, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man set off fireworks near a New Jersey movie theater as his friend made a marriage proposal and created panic among moviegoers who mistook them for gunshots. The confusion caused

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say a man was arrested on New Year’s Day after he allegedly took a truck and drove it more than 100 miles with a sleeping passenger and a goat