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Drive from Europe to the U.S.' Russia proposes world's greatest superhighwayStrange | 40 hits | 10:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
A humpback whale was found in a Brazil forest, and scientists are stumped
The giant creature was found last week, already dead, a short distance away from the Amazon River. B.C. Coroners Service looking for info in case of foot washed ashore in West Vancouver
The B.C. Coroners Service is looking for help from the public in identifying a foot that has washed ashore in West Vancouver last September.Accused horse molester allegedly tried to burgle home with stun gun, sex toy
MOBILE, Ala. - A man accused of molesting a horse is now accused of trying to break into an Alabama home with a stun gun and a sex toy. News outlets report 19-year-old Daniel James Bennett was arrested Monday on charges including attempted burglary.
MOBILE, Ala. - A man accused of molesting a horse is now accused of trying to break into an Alabama home with a stun gun and a sex toy. News outlets report 19-year-old Daniel James Bennett was arrested Monday on charges including attempted burglary.‘Essentially frozen’ cat is saved by vets after being found buried in snow
Fluffy, who lives in Kalispell, Montana, with her owners, was discovered with her fur matted with ice. The city was suffering from freezing temperatures of -8 degrees (17F).
Strange | 461 hits | 8:38 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Fluffy, who lives in Kalispell, Montana, with her owners, was discovered with her fur matted with ice. The city was suffering from freezing temperatures of -8 degrees (17F). Something mysterious is blocking vehicle key fobs from working in a small Alberta town
Key fobs that suddenly won't unlock vehicles. Cars that won't start. Alarms that go off for no reason. Something mysterious is thwarting drivers outside a grocery store in the small Alberta town of Carstairs — and it's sparking all kinds of theories.Woman known as 'The Bikini Hiker' for scaling mountains in swimwear freezes to death in Taiwan
Gigu Wu, 36, who is known for her bikini-clad hiking, was found dead by search parties 28 hours after her distress call was sent out from a deep ravine close to the Yushan mountain in Taiwan.
Strange | 300 hits | 12:07 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gigu Wu, 36, who is known for her bikini-clad hiking, was found dead by search parties 28 hours after her distress call was sent out from a deep ravine close to the Yushan mountain in Taiwan. United Nations instructs Canada to suspend Site C dam construction over Indigenous rights violationsStrange | 271 hits | 2:38 AM on Sunday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Migrants are found hiding in MATTRESSES
The sub-Saharan men were arrested after border guards found them at a check-point between Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the north African coast, and Morocco.
Strange | 145 hits | 11:46 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The sub-Saharan men were arrested after border guards found them at a check-point between Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the north African coast, and Morocco. Squatter who moved into a $500k home charged with criminal trespassStrange | 388 hits | 1:18 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Joel Fedd moved into a $500k home just bought by a family after claiming he owned the land because he was 'Moorish American'. He was later charged with criminal trespass in Georgia. StatsCan planning to ask gender questions in 'pilot' census — and answering is mandatoryStrange | 402 hits | 2:33 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Statistics Canada may be coming to your door with some very personal questions next year. About 250,000 Canadian households are being targeted for a 'pilot' census in May and June - a dry-run for the full-scale census in 2021. Many new personal questions Eight-year-old pupils to be told 'boys can have periods too' under new sex education guidelines
The teacher guidance, from Brighton, Hove City Council, states: ‘Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods.’ Critics described the guidelines as inappropriate.
Strange | 502 hits | 10:24 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The teacher guidance, from Brighton, Hove City Council, states: ‘Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods.’ Critics described the guidelines as inappropriate.Gingerbread men banned at Scottish Parliament as part of a new drive to 'stamp out sexism'
Gingerbread men have been replaced by gingerbread persons in the Scottish Parliament’s coffee shop in case the traditional name causes offence.
Strange | 370 hits | 10:46 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gingerbread men have been replaced by gingerbread persons in the Scottish Parliament’s coffee shop in case the traditional name causes offence. Miracle Man survives 30 bullet woundsStrange | 355 hits | 9:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
This young man is hard to kill.But as a disturbing surveillance video shows, the men who repeatedly shot him sure tried their best to do just that.First-time hang-glider's pilot forgets to attach him to the craft
Heart-stopping video shows Chris Gursky realizing he is not attached just seconds after the pilot took off. For the next two minutes he held on for dear life as the pilot tried to steer to safety.
Strange | 256 hits | 8:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Heart-stopping video shows Chris Gursky realizing he is not attached just seconds after the pilot took off. For the next two minutes he held on for dear life as the pilot tried to steer to safety.US soldier 'strangled wife to death over his cross-dressing secret'
Logan Kyle, 22, is believed to have strangled his wife Shelena at their home in Fort Polk, Louisiana after she threatened to expose his cross-dressing secret. Sources say Kyle loved to wear wigs and makeup.
Strange | 413 hits | 1:00 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Logan Kyle, 22, is believed to have strangled his wife Shelena at their home in Fort Polk, Louisiana after she threatened to expose his cross-dressing secret. Sources say Kyle loved to wear wigs and makeup.French town hunts mystery serial rabbit killer after 100 pets fall victim
Strange | 263 hits | 1:15 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Naked man who jumped in shark tank at Ripley's Aquarium wanted for assault at Medieval TimesStrange | 232 hits | 2:49 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man stripped naked and jumped into a shark tank — twice — at Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto on Friday night.The transgender man who identifies as a dog
Tony, who was born female and is transgender, is supported by his husband and 'handler' Andrew, 32, who accompanies Tony to regular play dates with other role-players in the hometown of Los Angeles.
Strange | 379 hits | 3:44 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Tony, who was born female and is transgender, is supported by his husband and 'handler' Andrew, 32, who accompanies Tony to regular play dates with other role-players in the hometown of Los Angeles.A rock that was used as a doorstop for the past 30 years turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100K
A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University.
Strange | 240 hits | 2:00 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University.Seal attacks kayaker with octopus
Well, that was a slap in the face. "I'm not sure who got more of a surprise -- the seal, the octopus or me,"
Well, that was a slap in the face. "I'm not sure who got more of a surprise -- the seal, the octopus or me," Dozens of birds fall out of the sky in mysterious 'mortality event'
People were shocked to witness the birds, believed to be starlings, plunge to the ground near the BC Ferries terminal on Sept. 14. Kevin Beech says the scene was something reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.Teacher fired for encouraging 21 preschoolers to FIGHT each other
Chavay Williams, 30, was fired from Playtime Preschool in Columbus for urging 21 kids, aged three and four, to fight each other on the playground and then sharing a video on Snapchat.
Strange | 319 hits | 4:41 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Chavay Williams, 30, was fired from Playtime Preschool in Columbus for urging 21 kids, aged three and four, to fight each other on the playground and then sharing a video on Snapchat. Giant spider-web cloaks land in Aitoliko, Greece
A large area of land by a lagoon in western Greece is covered by a giant spider-web.Story of teens shouting 'Trump 2016,' leaving 'Go Home' note all lies, woman admits
A New York woman admitted she fabricated her story to police claiming a group of teens shouted “Trump 2016” at her and left the note “Go Home” after slashing her tires, police said.
Strange | 253 hits | 1:44 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A New York woman admitted she fabricated her story to police claiming a group of teens shouted “Trump 2016” at her and left the note “Go Home” after slashing her tires, police said. Laundry-loving cat has purr-loined dozens of clothing items in Delta neighbourhood
Owner Shawn Bell said his cat Bella first started bringing home garments last summer, but that the behaviour has since escalated at an alarming rate. He theorized Bella has one primary target, since based on sizing and style, many of the clothes appear to North Vancouver man faces mischief charges after sending sex doll airborneStrange | 442 hits | 12:35 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A 19-year-old North Vancouver man was arrested earlier this week for sending a blow-up doll airborne into Vancouver Harbour flight paths earlier this month.Just after 8 p.m.
Tennessee woman is rushed to hospital with dozens of spider bites
Angela Wright of Brentwood, Tennessee, was rushed to the ER with bites all over her body after suffering shortness of breath, hallucinations and dizziness.
Strange | 427 hits | 12:00 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Angela Wright of Brentwood, Tennessee, was rushed to the ER with bites all over her body after suffering shortness of breath, hallucinations and dizziness.Man is crushed to death by his own mother's coffin at her funeral
Samen Kondorura, 40, died when pallbearers lost their footing carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district of Indonesia.
Strange | 282 hits | 4:14 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Samen Kondorura, 40, died when pallbearers lost their footing carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district of Indonesia.Seven-metre-long python swallows Indonesian woman
JAKARTA, Indonesia; A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday.The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her village on Muna island in Sout
Strange | 835 hits | 11:41 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
JAKARTA, Indonesia; A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday.The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her village on Muna island in SoutArkansas man dies after being sucked into whirlpool created by underwater sinkhole
Witnesses reported that when the whirlpool formed, boaters were ejected from their boats. The victim, who was in a kayak, paddled over to try to help them
Strange | 567 hits | 2:12 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Witnesses reported that when the whirlpool formed, boaters were ejected from their boats. The victim, who was in a kayak, paddled over to try to help them Angry opossum found in B.C. shower wasn't a prank, police say
Police won't say how an opossum ended up in a shower at a home in the community of Ladner, B.C., but one thing is clear: the long-tailed animal wasn't happy when an officer showed up to take it away. B.C. woman recounts ‘feces falling from the sky’Strange | 464 hits | 4:24 AM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
King of Ink Land tattoo man invited for NHS smear test
Originally Mathew Whelan, but now known as 'King of Ink Land' - Britain's most tattooed person, the patient was 'shocked' to receive an NHS smear test letter despite not having a cervix.
Strange | 982 hits | 2:40 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Originally Mathew Whelan, but now known as 'King of Ink Land' - Britain's most tattooed person, the patient was 'shocked' to receive an NHS smear test letter despite not having a cervix.Brooklyn pizzeria cooks up 'pied pod' calzones — Tide pods you can actually eat
Vinnie's Pizzeria in Brooklyn promises these colourful snacks, modelled after Tide laundry detergent pods, are "100 per cent edible and 100 per cent not poison. "
Vinnie's Pizzeria in Brooklyn promises these colourful snacks, modelled after Tide laundry detergent pods, are "100 per cent edible and 100 per cent not poison. "Alligator fights python in front of shocked golfers
An alligator and a Burmese python were locked in a cold-blooded battle to the death as a crowd watched in shock at a golf course in Naples, Fla., last...
Strange | 6003 hits | 12:45 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An alligator and a Burmese python were locked in a cold-blooded battle to the death as a crowd watched in shock at a golf course in Naples, Fla., last... The world's fastest motorized log is for sale
A B.C. red cedar on wheels is being auctioned off after setting the world record as the world's fastest log car. The Cedar Rocket was built by the team at Pioneer Log Homes of Williams Lake, B.C. B.C. man declared dead, then living, now dead again
Bryan Kupiak had to prove to the government that he was alive after his social insurance number was mixed up with his deceased mother's. He thought it had all been cleared up, until his wife received a Revenue Canada notice stating she is a widow.Cops chase man in speeding car with mom's body in back seat
What started as a routine traffic stop on Monday turned into a wild, high-speed chase for cops in South Dakota.Oh, and the accused allegedly had the corpse of his dead mother in his backseat.
Strange | 538 hits | 1:00 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
What started as a routine traffic stop on Monday turned into a wild, high-speed chase for cops in South Dakota.Oh, and the accused allegedly had the corpse of his dead mother in his backseat. Mysterious big bang, possibly an ice quake, shakes Alberta village
Some residents of Alberta Beach awoke earlier this week to a very loud bang, and in the morning they reported cracks in homes and the ground. Alberta Beach mayor Jim Benedict says people thought something had hit their houses -- or that something had fall 203 years ago, a Toronto lighthouse-keeper disappeared. Today, the mystery endures
Unexplained lights in the windows, strange bloodstains on the staircase, his shadowy form gliding across the sand in the moonlight — for those who believe it's haunted, these are just some of the signs a ghost dwells in the walls of a lighthouse on Toront Meet the Louisiana grandmother Quebecers keep drunk dialing, hoping for a ride
Ruby Palermo, 79, has taken to unplugging her landline at night during the holiday season to stop getting calls from intoxicated Quebecers trying to reach Opération Nez Rouge. How a fishing balloon from Yarmouth made its way to Norway and back
It took about 2˝ years and a 10,000-km journey, but a Nova Scotia fisherman got his fishing balloon back, thanks to some help from the Canadian Forces. Homeowners shocked after deer carcass tied to mailbox, head left on driveway
Provincial police say a homeowner is in shock after a deer carcass was tied to a mailbox in the southwestern Ontario community of Windham. The deer's head was removed and left in the driveway. After losing family’s $846K inheritance, UPS offers to refund $32 shipping fee | New York PostStrange | 777 hits | 10:59 AM on Thursday | posted by shockedcanadian
Dog survives after 21 soothers removed from its belly
An Oklahoma mother and father couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter.
An Oklahoma mother and father couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter. Lobster found off New Brunswick coast with image of Pepsi can on claw
Fisherman Karissa Lindstrand drinks a lot of Pepsi every day -- so imagine her surprise as she was banding lobster claws and came across a lobster with the image of a Pepsi can on it.Migrants eaten by sharks during Libya rescue operation
At least 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued after they were set on by sharks during a crossing from Africa, Libya's navy has said. Some 18 women and three children were among the dead.
Strange | 513 hits | 11:48 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
At least 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued after they were set on by sharks during a crossing from Africa, Libya's navy has said. Some 18 women and three children were among the dead.Back to Canada News
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