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Seattle Superhero Arrested For Pepper Spraying Violent, “Drunken” Pedestrians
Phoenix Jones prowls the streets at night, keeping things safe for the citizens of Seattle. But today he finds himself on the other end of the law, accused of needlessly pepper spraying a pack of late-night revelers who may press charges...
Creator Of Creston Flats Bigfoot Video Explains Why He Isn’t A Hoaxster, That Isn’t Bigfoot
In the comments on our post yesterday about the Creston Flats Bigfoot footage, and the resulting controversy over it’s legitimacy, we got a very interesting comment. A person claiming to be Troy Hunter, the creator of the video, gives us a...
Philippine Slums Are Using Water Bottles As Light Bulbs
Need light? Can’t afford electricity? Here is a novel solution being implemented in the slums of the Philippines. WARNING: it does involve cutting a hole in a roof.
Proof Of Bigfoot Or Digital Hoax? You Decide
Crypto folks were abuzz this weekend with a new video entitled Creston Flats Bigfoot. Without further comment, here is that video: More details on the area where it was shot including local pictures and Google Maps can be found here at...
Newspaper Uncovers Decade Long Infestation Of Big Cats In Southern England
Two counties in Southern England have kept a disturbing secret since 2000. Big cats. Huge, killer beasts have prowled their streets. According to a Freedom of Information Act request, over 205 sightings in a ten year time. Details of the...
Even Golf Courses In Australia Are Dangerous
This is a water hazard I can get behind. [io9 via Sky News and YouTube]
Steve Jobs Changed the World (Again) The Day Before He Died
Steve Jobs wasn’t just a man with great vision and instincts, he was a man that bet big on people, teams and concepts he believed in. Apple computers exist because Steve saw the potential in his friend Steve Wozniak’s hobbled together...
Ethereal [eBook Review]
Simone Allyne is the Weird Things eBook reviewer focusing on readily available, affordable Science Fiction and Fantasy. If you have a book you’d like reviewed, please email WeirdThingsMail@Gmail “Falling in love is a lot like death. It...
And Now… A Robot Peels A Grape
Surgery robot Da Vinci shows off exactly how precise it is by peeling a grape. Like a show off. [Da Vinci Surgery]
Can We Stop Pretending This Season Of Doctor Who Was Good? [Opinion]
A good friend of mine, frustrated by the current, sixth, season of the rebooted Doctor Who summed up relatively positive fan reaction to the current series thusly: “nobody wants to say anything bad about it because they are afraid it will...
Piranha Attack Spoils Sexy Brazilian Beach
Brasil! Home of Carnival! Steak houses where they never stop bringing you meat! Sports fans! Random schools of piranhas that swarm beaches with no warning! Three out of four ain’t bad. In a scene right out of a horror-movie, complete with...
This Man Wants To Commercialize Rocket Travel, From London To Sydney In 2 Hours
Get door to door from London to Sydney in under three hours, one hour 45 minutes of flight time to be exact, and you get to call yourself an astronaut when you land. That is the dream of Michiel Mol. The 42-year-old Dutchman who co-owns...
Electric Plane Awarded $1.35 Million NASA Prize
Inspired by the Ansari X Prize for private space travel, NASA decided to put $1.35 million on the table to push forward the progress of election aviation. Their challenge? Fly 200 miles at a speed of at least 100 mph with four passengers...
Russia, US Join Forces To Hunt Down Siberian Yeti
Sightings are up. The legends are building. In the foothills of Siberia, the time has finally come for scientists from around the globe to unite in a common cause. Finding the Yeti. Researchers from Russia, the U.S., Canada, Sweden,...
Underwater Teen Satanist School Girls Terrorizing Africa
If you think American schools have problems, take a look at Botswana: Schools in Botswana are infested with devil worshippers … Operating more like drug-dealers, they get instructions from up the rungs of the ladder of Satanism. And...
Kiefer Sutherland: If You Don’t Believe In Aliens, You’re Arrogant
When Jack Bauer says it, it must be true. Actor Kiefer Sutherland was asked if he believed in aliens and here’s what he said. “When I look up at the sky on a clear night and see the wash of stars and planets, and everything that is outside...
Superfast Muscles In Bats Provide Evolutionary Step Forward For Mammals
Songbirds and Snakes thought they were really awesome with their superfast muscles. But we mammals, we are not to be left out, no. Bats have now been proven to use the special class of muscle to help create their echolocation calls. The...
High School Football Coach Suspended For Grave Yard Motivational Speech
Who doesn’t love Remember The Titans. A story of redemption, hope, togetherness and the cheerleader from Heroes when she was like, 9. You know who really loves Remember The Titans? High School football coach Jim Marsh. On the way back from...
Podcast: SpaceX Is The New Singularity
Andrew has a mystery present for the boys which leads to Brian whispering to fish and Justin leering at strangers from a tree branch, waiting to strike. The gang finishes talking about faster than light neutrinos. The gang begins talking...
18-Year-Old Florida Murder Suspect Says She’s Part Vampire, Werewolf
Florida Panhandle resident Stephanie Pistey is currently on trial as an accessory to the murder of a 16-year-old friend. When explaining to a local television station her role in the death, she cited a supernatural bloodlust: Cracking a...