Tag: weird news
Strange Lightning Strike Melts Iron Shoes Off Team of Mules
A strange lightning strike in Singac, New Jersey, left residents baffled in June 1910 because it happened while the sun was still shining. There was…
Butte Miner Vanished After Cave-In — Then People Claimed They Saw Him Alive
Two weeks after a deadly cave-in inside Butte’s Minnie Healy Mine, four bodies had been recovered from beneath the rock and dirt. The fifth man,…
Severe Winter Sent Hungry Boar Onto Football Field in France
A football match in France took a strange turn when a hungry wild boar burst onto the field and sent players and spectators running. The…
Tacoma Contractor Finds Living Toad Inside Rock
Imagine splitting open a solid stone and discovering a living creature trapped inside. For centuries, stories of toads found encased within rocks have circulated through…
Mysterious Numbers on Child’s Eye Spur Occult Speculation
In the small fishing village of Île-Tudy, France, a four-year-old girl named Marie Le Guen became the center of an unsettling mystery. Visitors came to…
Maine Man Locked in Tomb With a Coffin Full of Rum
There is something wonderfully gothic about an old family tomb hidden behind a grand mansion, especially when that tomb comes with instructions involving a lead-lined…
Pennsylvania “Corpse” Sat Up and Asked for Breakfast
In the early 1900s, death was not always as certain as it seemed. Doctors had fewer tools, homes often served as sickrooms, and the line…
Luray Farmer Wakes to Find a Rat Gnawed Off His Hair
Some old newspaper stories are strange because they involve crime, scandal, or disaster. Others are strange because they leave us with one unforgettable image: a…
