Strange But True Category
Weird, offbeat and bizarre news from around the world. Funny, strange & odd news stories that make you wince, laugh and fear for humanity.
Three Eagles Fighting Over A Fish
NATIONAL Geographic Magazine’s winners of their 2008 International Photo Contest features an honourable mention for this shot by Jose Fernandez:
This is a shot of three eagles fighting over a fish in Homer, Alaska, from March 2008. You can see the fish at the top of the image flying by itself, but it was caught in its fall by another eagle.
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Posted: 29th, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Doggy Style: Merry Christmas To The World’s Best Dad
MERRY Christimas, son. Thanks dad. Woof!
Posted: 28th, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Lingerie For Dogs
LINGERIE for dogs:
Does your furry friend like to steal your bra and panties from your hamper and chew on them in front of guests?
Down boy!…
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Posted: 27th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
The Waterproof Guide To Scuba Sex
SCUBA diving sex. A how and when guide:
COUPLES often write into his column, asking for advice about how to have sex while scuba diving. Basically, although popular, scuba sex is not recommended. Potential problems include the inhalation of water droplets in horizontal positions (which can lead to chocking), keeping cumbersome equipment in the vertical position, losing buoyancy control when excited, and being unaware of the increased oxygen consumption required.
Stage 2:
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Posted: 27th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (4)
Eating Worms For Sex On Japanese Trains
WORMS.
As Charles Darwin said:
“Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than most persons would at first suppose.”
He wasn’t kidding. It’s not hard to overreach the value most of us place on earthworms. Although Open Reach Laboratories (Opal) seeks to expand our knowledge by recruiting volunteers to collect and count worms.
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Posted: 26th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Wanted Man Appears On Billboard
DO you know the man on the billboard?
Locals in Auckland are gazing upon the image of a man wanted in connection with the theft of 15 transformers, owned by the, er, advertising company OTW which owns the billboards.
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Posted: 26th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Kentucky Boy Stabbed In Brain By Keys
NICOLAS Holderman fell on his parents’ keys while playing.
The accident occured while Nicholas was playing at his home in Kentucky.
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Posted: 26th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (7)
Testing Bullets On Your Wife
HERE’S a video of a man testing bullets on his wife – and also testing the bullet-proof glass…
Posted: 26th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Detectives Look For Stolen Flying Dead Bird
POLICE LOG: You’ll believe a dead bird can fly…
Spotter: JKay
Posted: 26th, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Masks For Cross Dressers
MASKS for cross-dressers:
The site of Jovina, a cross-dressing masking fetishist, has oodles of beautiful images. (If this looks somewhat familiar, Jovina I believe is the one that introduced art-duo AIDS-3D to the fetish, which they’ve used in many installations).
Posted: 25th, November 2008 | In: Back pages, Strange But True | Comment
Woman Flushes Baby Down Toilet By Accident
CLAIRE Jones is up before the Beak. Jones says she became pregnant after an affair with a work colleague, one Marcus Bezerra. She hid her condition from friends and family.
She tells David Stoneman, her partner of 11 years, that a wheat allergy had caused a hard mass to form in her stomach.
Some time later she is at the parental home of in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan. It is a week after he due date.
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Posted: 24th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Japanese Man Blames Murders On Pet Dog
TO Japan where Takeshi Koizumi is accused of murdering Takehiko Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko. He is also staid to have stabbed one Yasuko Yoshihara.
It is crime not without potency. Mr. Yamaguchi was a retired vice minister in the health ministry in Japan, and Mrs. Yoshihara’s husband, Kenji, had held the same position.
The motive seems clear: revenge on the politicos.
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Posted: 24th, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Deadly Surveillance Camera: Gatso Walks The Land
YOU are being watched. Gatso walks the land…
It was a time of hooting, using third gear and tail backs. Only one thing could command order. Gatso as that thing…
Posted: 24th, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Shread Your Privates
SHRED your privates. Safety first…
Posted: 24th, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Nebraska’s Butt Bandit Comes To A Sticky End
TO Nebraska, where the Butt Bandit has been tracked down. The actions of a “lone deviant” are at an, er, end.
As reported:
Since spring 2007, imprints of an individual’s naked behind – created with lotion or petroleum jelly – have been appearing on windows of businesses in Valentine, Cherry County.
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Posted: 23rd, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (5)
National Kick a Ginger Day Replaced By Kill A Kenny Day
IT’S National Kick a Ginger Day in Canada.
Says one parent at St. Francis High School, Calgary:
“It’s worse than bullying. It’s prejudice . . . it’s not just ‘kick a red head today,’ it’s ‘kick them tomorrow,’ ‘kick them at a party.’ It goes on and on.”
Red-head. Ginger. Auburn. Compare and contrast. And does the one-thread rule apply?
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Posted: 23rd, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (13)
The Atlas Of True Names: Literal Meanings Of Europe Place Names
CROSSING the Oxford In Turkey in the Atlas of True names.
Some maps of Europe and the world with literal renderings of place names.
Click on the picutre for full-size image.
Posted: 23rd, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Dead Bodies And Picnic Areas
PRESERVING bodies at the Cook County picnic area and burial plot…
Posted: 23rd, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
One Armed Man Applauds Joe Biden
LET’S give it up for the one-armed man…
Joe Biden, up you get…
Posted: 22nd, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Come All Ye Faithful: The Madonna of Orgasm Church
“THE orgasm is God, the orgasm should be worshiped,” says Carlos Bebeacua from Lövestad in southern Sweden in the Kvällsposten newspaper.
“The orgasm is the ultimate feeling of lust, it shouldn’t be limited to ejaculation. You can reach it through art or by looking at a landscape and thinking ‘Wow!’”
Henceforth the Madonna of Orgasm Church (Orgasmens Madonnas kyrka). Last week a court ruled it had the right to be registered as a faith community.
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Posted: 22nd, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Man Looks Excactly Like His Dog
A MAN looks lke his dog. It is uncanny…
Posted: 22nd, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
You’ll Believe A Fat Canadian Can Fly
IN Canada it just got a lot harder to book an airline ticket. The planes are full – to bursting:
Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people who are “functionally disabled by obesity” deserve to have two seats for one fare.
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Posted: 21st, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Odd Spots
The real taste of American food really tastes like, and why
Must have Christmas Tree Ornaments
Pimped Office Pods
A Visual Aide to the credit crunch
Really Bizarre “Crime Scene” Environment
Children with Big Jobs
Hero penguin
Balloon Fail
Grandma’s digibox
Posted: 21st, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Sign Here To Have Your Dreams Crushed
SITUATIONS vacant: dream crusher…
Posted: 21st, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Man Slashed By Meat Cleaver Necklace
TO Salt Lake City where a man is accused of slashing another man’s face with the meat cleaver he was wearing as a necklace.
In charges filed Monday, police wrote that the man, 22, had called the victim’s girlfriend “bad names” during a fight Nov. 10, and the victim threw his soda on the man.
Rust!
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Posted: 21st, November 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
