Bizarre

6 January 2020

Atheists more likely to own a cat than church-goers

Atheists are more likely to own a cat than church-goers, research has found. A study of more than 2,000 people in the United States found that those who aren't religious own ...

3 January 2020

Ghost spotted in Colombia

An infamous ghost has reportedly been heard in Colombia. Video footage shows the alleged phantom - which locals claim is the spirit of La Llorona, or the Weeping Woman - wailing ...

3 January 2020

Woman tried to pass off dog urine as her own

A woman tried to pass off dog urine as her own during a police drug test. Julie Miller was asked to provide a sample as part of her scheduled probation visit, ...

3 January 2020

Thief accidentally shoots himself

A thief managed to shoot himself with a gun hidden in his trousers as he attempted to rob a bus in Mexico. The man was caught on CCTV on the bus ...

3 January 2020

Tortoise starts house fire

An ''angry'' tortoise was rescued after starting a house fire in Essex. The shelled reptile caused the blaze after knocking a heat lamp onto his bedding, which caught alight and subsequently ...

2 January 2020

Brit asks Foreign Office for 50 Cent's phone number

A Brit asked the Foreign Office for 50 Cent's phone number. The enquiry for the rapper's contact details was amongst the strangest made by Britons to the Foreign Office during 2019. Others ...

2 January 2020

Psychic makes 2020 predictions

A psychic who foresaw the Notre Dame fire has made his predictions for 2020. For his 2019 predictions, Nicholas Aujula - who claims he has experienced visions since he was child ...

2 January 2020

Human bone found in sock not linked to crime

A piece of human bone found in a pair of socks is ''not linked to a crime''. The finger bone was discovered in the sock purchased from the Colchester branch of ...

2 January 2020

Erasure singer Andy Bell turned down sex with aliens

Erasure singer Andy Bell claims that he turned down the chance to have sex with aliens. The star claims that he was approached by the extra-terrestrial creatures but turned down the ...

23 December 2019

More than five million Brits will have mayonnaise with Christmas dinner

More than five million Brits will have mayonnaise on their Christmas dinner. According to research by Heinz, 5.7 million will be having a helping of mayo on their festive feast. It is ...

23 December 2019

Man hospitalised after getting bottle stuck up bottom

A man in China was hospitalised after getting a bottle stuck in his anus. The man, who is not being identified, claims that he was scratching an inch when his bottom ...

23 December 2019

Bats invade apartment in Ukraine to mate

Over a thousand bats invaded an apartment in the Ukraine and started mating. The flying mammals chose the building in Lviv as their lovenest and settled down in cupboards, drawers and ...

23 December 2019

Dead snake found in Christmas wreath

A family were shocked to find a dead snake in their Christmas wreath. The Gaskell family, from the Isle of Man, noticed a fishy smell when they purchased the festive decoration. Karl ...

20 December 2019

Couple spotted having sex on a bus

A randy couple were recently spotted having sex on the top deck of a bus in Manchester. The duo were caught in the act by gas engineer John Dolan when ...

20 December 2019

School girl's Christmas-themed hair upsets teachers

A school girl was warned she risked being sent home unless she changed her Christmas-themed hairstyle. Poppy Leigh, 13, tried to get into the festive spirit by putting lights in her ...

20 December 2019

Women who entered lion's den is now a 'wanted fugitive'

Myah Autry has been charged after entering a lion enclosure at Bronx Zoo. The women was charged for two counts of trespassing as she was caught on camera coming face-to-face ...

20 December 2019

San Francisco woman hires plane to find missing dog

A San Francisco woman has hired a plane to fly over the city to find her missing dog. Emilie Talermo's five-year-old Australian Shepherd Jackson was stolen from outside a grocery store ...

20 December 2019

Pregnant woman bans mother from labour ward after mortifying incident

A pregnant woman has banned her mother from the labour ward after a previous ''incident''. The unnamed woman was horrified when, as her first baby was crowning, her mother reached into ...

18 December 2019

Seven-month-old baby becomes US mayor

A seven-month-old baby has become the youngest mayor in America. The tiny tot - William Charles McMillian - is known to locals in Whitehall, Texas as Mayor Charlie after being given ...

18 December 2019

Puppies find 65-million-year-old sea fossil

Two puppies found a 65-million-year-old fossil of a mysterious sea creature. Jon Gopsill, 54, couldn't believe it when his two dogs - Poppy and Sam - made the remarkable skeletal discovery ...

17 December 2019

Woman calls police for wrong KFC order

A woman called the police after KFC got her order wrong. The woman complained about the restaurant in Wisconsin after staff made a mistake with her chicken sandwich. The unnamed woman called ...

17 December 2019

Christmas trees owners given bug warning

Christmas trees could be carrying hundreds of bugs. People are being urged to look out for brown, walnut-sized lumps, as they may be a sac of praying mantis eggs. They are found ...

17 December 2019

Brussels sprouts spill out on road after accident

Thousands of Brussels sprouts spilled out into a road in Scotland. Police joked that Christmas dinners may be at risk after a trailer overturned, leaving mountains of the festive vegetables piled ...

17 December 2019

Duck gets date after lonely hearts ad

A duck is going on a blind date after its owner posted a lonely hearts ad. The feathery romantic - simply called called Yellow Duck - was left heartbroken after its ...