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BATMAN Is The Soldier Of The Future
We’ve long been a proponent of geek cultures vast importance over other pop culture products for one reason: geeks make things. Geeks see Star Trek communicators and build cell phones to look like them. Geeks see Star Wars light sabers and...
Kirk Cameron Eaten By Crocoduck! [WeirdThingsTV]
Huge thanks to vlogger Ashley Paramore for helping me out with this clip. We talk a little more in-depth about Crocoduck on her channel here. Follow her @HealthyAddict on Twitter.
Fossil Of Terrifyingly Toothy Bird Found
The figure of pure terror you see before you is not the mascot of an arena league football team. Rather, it’s the artist rendering of an ancient seabird which once roamed modern-day Chile. Fossils of the creature were recently discovered...
Botched Burial At Sea Inspires Murder Investigation
Daniel Scott Lasky final wish was to be buried at sea. Unfortunately he accidentally set of a murder investigation when those hired to lay him to rest in a watery grave did not properly weigh down his corpse. …Lasky’s body resurfaced...
Do NOT Watch This Video If You’re Afraid Of Heights
A POV trip for a engineer working on a 1,768 foot high transmission tower. Thanks to Weird Things reader Alan for passing this along.
The Ol’ Snake Living In The Wall Trick
Here’s one to tell the kids. BELL GARDENS — A family in Bell Gardens has kicked out an unexpected house guest — a snake that bit a sleeping boy and was apparently living inside the walls. The shocking find was reported just after midnight...
Mysterious “Bearded” Antelope Found In Africa
On the left, the mysterious “bearded” antelope photographed in Kenya. On the right, Editor of this site Justin Robert Young. Weird Things officially has no comment. [MSNBC]
How Admiral Ackbar Almost Became The Mascot Of Ole Miss
ESPN put together a well-done summary of how Admiral Ackbar of Star Wars fame almost came to replace the long-deposed Colonel Reb as mascot for The University of Mississippi.
Your Best Cryptozoological Lede Of The Year Is…
William Allen Barnes is a man on a mission. His journey to find and track the creature known as Bigfoot (although he is loathe to use that particular term) began on a fateful night camping in California. But his story, begins with the best...
NASA Contemplates System To Chuck Shuttles Into Space Horizontally
Launching gigantic shuttles into orbit (although awesome) is costly. So what if we just threw that bad boy as hard as we could like a paper airplane and then fitted it with some super sweet rockets to blast that sucker into the cosmos? An...
Dude Sticking Entire Hand Into Liquid Nitrogen!!!! [Video]
Pretty hardcore. Granted, the publisher of this site, Andrew Mayne has been known to gargle the stuff but this is awesome just the same. Get way more detail on why this works at the man’s blog, including one of the most bad assed pictures...
The Mystery Of The Lake Travis Photo Monster
This picture was taken in 2007 by a college biology professor simply trying to test the flash during a research project near Lake Travis, TX. The professor and his student wrapped up their business near the creepy lake and left. It was...
Spider Thread Milked From Goats Could Fuse Your Bones
Hell yeah. Spider silk milked from goats may be used to replace body’s strained tendons, ligaments and bones in the future. In a new experiment, Professor Lewis and his team at the University of Wyoming successfully implanted the...
Terrifying Close Calls With Asteroids? Not Such A Big Deal
Astronomers are chuckling to themselves after laypeople paying attention freaked out last week when two astroids swooped through Earth’s orbit, nearly missing our planet. While a double complete asteroid swipe is rare, the still scary idea...
Horrifying New Speed Bump Makes You Think You’re About To Kill Little Girl
This is what some Vancouver motorists will see surrounding a local school over the next week. It’s a horrific reminder that YOU ARE ABOUT TO RUN OVER A HELPLESS LITTLE GIRLWATCHOUT!!!! Oh wait, it’s fake? I guess we better slow down then…...
Unconscious Human Actions Transferred To Computer Characters
All of your unconscious reactions can now be transferred to Sims like computer characters. The Singularity will arrive with a green crystal over its head. [Science Daily]
Florida Police Explode Toy Pony
In a bizarre scene, members of the Orlando bomb squad exploded a lovable toy pony next to an elementary school. The fake horse was initially suspected as a possible bomb and authorities quickly locked down the scene and took immediate...
On The Road To Dragon*Con… [WeirdThingsTV]
Surprise! Family Finds Random 18-Foot Deep Hole In Backyard
The random opening could be related to an oil well abandoned in 1950 that’s close to the home. The only silver lining now is if the opening leads to a Goonies-style adventure. But it probably won’t. Unless it does. [KTLA]
Scientists Succeed In Creating Quantum Cats
Apparently “quantum cats” are “photons (particles of light), boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics” and not a new Saturday...