New hiding place for Nessie…
This week brings us another case where we thought we knew something and there’s more to find. People have been searching for Nessie (the...
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- Jan 15, 2016
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Report released from 4-year Bigfoot search
As it turns out it’s harder than we might imagine. Few of us are actually privy to the painful process of discovery. We find out the...
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- Dec 11, 2015
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Is this how it all ends?
It’s the sun! This video talks about how the sun might take us out. Pretty scary stuff, eh? Of course, if it was to happen, what could we...
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- Oct 16, 2015
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Chupacabra proof found in Chile?
“Chupacabras” by LeCire [Public Domain] The Chupacabra is perhaps one of the most mysterious creatures that we follow. A newer addition...
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- Oct 9, 2015
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Live two-headed pig born in China!
At the Museum we have a number of specimens of animal oddities, including a number of two-headed animals. Many of these animals had no...
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- Oct 5, 2015
- 2 min
Walking through the woods when you hear this
Imagine you are enjoying a pleasant walk in the woods on Vancouver Island. Suddenly, the air is pierced by a terrible howl. Your blood...
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- Oct 1, 2015
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Officer trapped by swarming bees
On Tuesday afternoon (9/29/2015) officers responded to an overturned truck in Garvin County, Oklahoma. This had a difference, though, as...
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- Sep 17, 2015
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Amazing discovery inside “living fossil”
65-million-year-old fossil of a Coelacanth Photo by Haplochromis [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Researchers studying...
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- Aug 31, 2015
- 2 min
There be dragons
Alvin, a bearded dragon, was our official lucky lizard. He was 8 years old. This has been a sad week for us at the Museum of the Weird....
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- Aug 27, 2015
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Bat looks like something from a horror movie
Artist rendering of the Hypsugo dolichodon A newly discovered bat is the stuff of nightmares! This article by Mongabay introduces the...
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- Aug 25, 2015
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Welcome to snake island
We’ve shown you islands of cats and bunnies. We shared the island of lost dolls. Now it’s time to stir up the nightmares with a trip to...
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- Aug 18, 2015
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Mass spider web in Texas
We really don’t mean to pick on our arachnophobes. Personally, we love spiders. Harry, our own tarantula, is a beloved part of the Museum...
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- Aug 13, 2015
- 2 min
When monsters attack
Several weeks ago we had a story about legendary monster, Godzilla, receiving official citizenship from Japan. That’s odd, since he spent...
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- Aug 10, 2015
- 1 min
Spider zombies
A while back we told you about the tarantula hawk, the most painful wasp in the world, that hunts tarantulas. Apparently spiders and...
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- Aug 3, 2015
- 1 min
Armadillo armor works
You may have heard reports of the Texas man injured by a ricochet while shooting an armadillo. Some outlets reported that the bullet...
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- Jul 28, 2015
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Loch Ness monster hunter not giving up
After nearly a quarter of a century, Steve Feltham is still on the hunt for Nessie, the mysterious creature reported to inhabit Loch Ness...
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- Jul 24, 2015
- 1 min
Is this a sign?
A swarm of locusts heading from Texas to Oklahoma was so large that it was detected on Doppler RADAR. In the Bible book of Exodus,...
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- Jul 9, 2015
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Scary wasp
By Davehood at en.wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons If you don’t like bugs, this one may...
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- Jun 30, 2015
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Islands of furry fun…or terror!
Japan is a wonderfully weird place. Just the other day we shared how Godzilla received Japanese citizenship. A while back we shared...
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- Jun 23, 2015
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Prehistoric Sea Monster Found Alive!
We’re a little early for Shark Week (Who knew this would become a thing?), and we’re past some of the buzz from Jurassic World, so maybe...
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