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Introducing… The Weirdest Thing In The World
As this site continues to grow, I’ve come to realize that the few readers we have are incredibly passionate about this brand of oddity. So in that vein I introduce a new reoccurring Friday feature, The Weirdest Thing In The World. The game...
Local Man Injured After Michael Jackson’s Ghost Pushes Him Off Bike
Pretty much and open and shut case. Man bikes home from concert, gets thrown from bike by mysterious forces, remembers he’s made some terrible jokes about the recently deceased King of Pop, blames Michael Jackson’s ghost for scraping up...
Spring Heeled Jack: A Fire-Breathing Terror For 19th-Century London
Weird Things Culture Researcher Matt Finaly takes a weekly look into the social, political and cultural climates of a populace at the time it was affected by a legendary paranormal, extraterrestrial or cryptid phenomenon. It appears on...
Doctored Pictures, UFOs & Sore Jaws: Top 5 Moon Landing Hoax Videos
The Apollo 11 moon landing happened 40 years ago toady, or as 6% of the country believe according to a new survey, one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated hoodwinked the world at large. Here are five videos that help document the...
Alaskan Sea Blob Identified
After much speculation the bio blob spotting floating off the coast of Alaska has been identified as common marine algae. Here’s the official wording: “We got the results back from the lab today,” said Ed Meggert of the Alaska Department...
Creepy Robot YouTube Megamix!
Robots will one day, systematically, dismantle humanity. Our cries for mercy falling on the literal tin ears of our vengeful creations. But until that time, they’ll settle for creeping us the hell out. Join us and we take a walk through a...
LIFE Photographer Lamets Being “Used” By Military In Roswell Cover
The one man who could have taken a picture of what really crashed in Roswell, NM in 1947 was bamboozled by a military escort into blowing his only chance to capture intergalactic history. That is the story told by an ailing Allan Grant, a...
Columnist Dad Furious His Sons Aren’t Credited For UFO Hoax
It’s the bane of any parent. Your school-aged children shoot a rudimentary “UFO sighting” video, it gets uploaded to YouTube, the troublemakers are thrilled when it sparks debate but just as your little darlings have filled themselves to...
Giant Earthworm Captures Imagination Of Idaho Community
Few people have found the elusive Giant Palouse Earthworm (GPE for short), a mythical dirt worm allegedly slipping through the soil of Northwestern Idaho and Washington State. Documented collections of the species have only occurred in...
Weird Week: Dover Demon, David Berkowitz, Chatty Ghosts, Lonely Bigfoot Hunters
Previously, this week, on Weird Things. • A few tips for the novice Bigfoot hunter. • Could the Son of Sam, a UFO investigating Air Force base and the birth of popular science fiction have helped create the Dover Demon? •...
Tom Green Finds A CHUD
In this classic clip, funnyman Tom Green investigates the Ottawa Sewer system in search of a CHUD, and comes to a frightening revelation!
Recreated Picture Of Cottingley Fairies
It was one of the greatest hoaxes of the early 20th century, ensnaring even famous author and spiritualist Arthur Conan Doyle. Here is the original. Funny at how silly it looks now in the world of modern photography. Pic is credited to the...
Military, Government Sources Talk About UFO Experiences
Here is the trailer for a new documentary entitled I Know What I Saw, which attempts to gather the most decorated, credible panel of people who claim to have seen UFOs. Among those interviewed are military men and government officials from...
South Park & Six Million Dollar Man Reveal Bigfoot As Lovable American Icon
In this column, we look at two pop-cultural interpretations of ubiquitous Weird legends as portrayed by two narrative television programs… like how Sam Malone on Cheers and Al Swearengen on Deadwood both manipulated the politics of an...
So, You Want To Hunt Bigfoot? A Few Tips
Bart Cutino works with the Bigfoot Field Researcher Organization as well as the Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers. He made headlines with his claim that he came face to face with the creature during one hunt. He offers you, the...
The Loneliest Bigfoot Hunter In America
photo credit: Josh Lowe | Thrash Magazine Along with the islands of Hawaii, Rhode Island is the only American state to never officially recorded a Bigfoot sighting. Ever. Ken DeCosta, founder and director of Rhode Island Society for the...
Ghosts Say The Dardest Things
Recordings reportedly capturing the voices of the dead are nothing new, but we couldn’t help but wonder what some of the oddest things ever uttered via EVP were. We contacted Chris Page, the founder of Ohio Researchers of Banded Spirits to...
Michael Jackson’s Ghost On World Tour, Haunting Neverland
King of Pop Michael Jackson may not have opened up his 50-show run in London’s O2 Arena, but the good news is he’s currently appearing in the homes of heart-broken fans nightly. Or at least that’s the word from folks who claim that MJ’s...
Snake Utilizes Sick Crossover Move To Juke Fish Into Mouth
In the NBA, they’re called crossovers or ankle breakers. An offensive player moves convincingly enough one way that a defender follows, only to realize he’s been had when the ball handler darts the opposite direction. Enter the Tentacled...
Reincarnation Proven By Louisiana Boy’s Memories, New Book
During the course of this holiday weekend packed with alcohol, fire works and alcohol it’s likely you worried about your mortality. Well take heart in the tale of James Leininger, a young boy whose family claims he is the reincarnated soul...