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In one of the most bizarre (yet not quite tragic) failed wedding stories I’ve ever read, a man arrived uninvited to his sister’s wedding in San Antonio, Texas, armed with a wrench and some fighting words. The first victims of David James Sicotte’s rampage were the new mother-in-law and...
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Everybody’s favorite slingshot engineer Joerg Sprave is back risking his life and digits again with another dangerous-looking slingshot contraption. His latest creation is a oversized slingshot that fires rotating saw blades… fun times. I would add the usual, “don’t try this at home” disclaimer, but the people that are...
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While it goes by many names – Yeti, Sasquatch and Bigfoot are at the top of a long list – thousands in rural North America believe in the existence of a hairy, upright-walking man (or men) and every year or so a brave few come forward to present “proof”...
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In Salt Lake City, a 26-year-old man is suing Utah Highway Patrolwoman Corporal Lisa Steed in both personal and professional capacity for delivering a Taser “drive stun” into his arm during a routine traffic stop. Ryan Wesley Jones was pulled over on March 28th 2009 and provided a valid...
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Conceptual artist Cherry Tree distills her own urine into a potent perfume. While shocking – after all, smelling of your own urine is generally considered a bad thing and implies you can’t find a toilet to save your life – the AOLWeirdNews article covering the artist’s invention treats the...
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Some might say it’s a spectacle to see but the roosters wearing the glasses would probably say the opposite. A Chinese farmer who was frustrated with his constantly fighting roosters has fashioned them with glasses so they’d stop attacking each other. Instead of helping the birds see better they...
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Although a large part of this author really hopes that a bunch of people raised enough money to raise this billboard somewhere near Harold Camping’s Oakland headquarters – something tells me it is just a quick and easy Photoshop effort. For the record, the Gimp traces in the file...
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Most people don’t see squirrels and think about lunch. Then again, most people aren’t Kat Kinsman. In a spectacular blog entry, Kinsman tells readers that squirrel meat is not only edible, but delicious, healthy, in great supply and easy to cook. While she does not recommend killing and eating...
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A good insurance salesman in America might have health insurance, retirement, and shareholding options, but it still doesn’t match the perks offered by one German insurance agency. A division of Munich Re has admitted to organizing an orgy for its top salesmen in 2007, held at the Hungarian Art...