Jan 22, 20162 minNew 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 mysterious Loch Ness...
Jan 15, 20161 minReport released from 4-year Bigfoot searchAs 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 results, the path that w...
Dec 11, 20151 minIs 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 do? Would we even h...
Oct 16, 20151 minChupacabra 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 to the cryptid list, ...
Oct 9, 20151 minLive 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 life. Nature was just ...
Oct 5, 20152 minWalking through the woods when you hear thisImagine you are enjoying a pleasant walk in the woods on Vancouver Island. Suddenly, the air is pierced by a terrible howl. Your blood runs cold as you try ...
Oct 1, 20152 minOfficer trapped by swarming beesOn Tuesday afternoon (9/29/2015) officers responded to an overturned truck in Garvin County, Oklahoma. This had a difference, though, as the truck was carryi...
Sep 17, 20151 minAmazing 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 the Coelacanth, a mysterious livi...
Aug 31, 20152 minThere be dragonsAlvin, 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. Our official lucky li...
Aug 27, 20151 minBat looks like something from a horror movieArtist rendering of the Hypsugo dolichodon A newly discovered bat is the stuff of nightmares! This article by Mongabay introduces the Long -toothed Pipistrel...
Aug 25, 20151 minWelcome to snake islandWe’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 Snake Island. Ilha da...
Aug 18, 20151 minMass spider web in TexasWe really don’t mean to pick on our arachnophobes. Personally, we love spiders. Harry, our own tarantula, is a beloved part of the Museum and we respect the ...
Aug 13, 20152 minWhen monsters attackSeveral weeks ago we had a story about legendary monster, Godzilla, receiving official citizenship from Japan. That’s odd, since he spent a lot of time destr...
Aug 10, 20151 minSpider zombiesA while back we told you about the tarantula hawk, the most painful wasp in the world, that hunts tarantulas. Apparently spiders and wasps have a rivalry as ...
Aug 3, 20151 minArmadillo armor worksYou may have heard reports of the Texas man injured by a ricochet while shooting an armadillo. Some outlets reported that the bullet actually ricocheted off ...
Jul 28, 20152 minLoch Ness monster hunter not giving upAfter nearly a quarter of a century, Steve Feltham is still on the hunt for Nessie, the mysterious creature reported to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Hig...
Jul 24, 20151 minIs 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, chapter 10, Egypt is struc...
Jul 9, 20151 minScary waspBy Davehood at en.wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons If you don’t like bugs, this one may not be for you. Have...
Jun 30, 20151 minIslands 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 information about the my...
Jun 23, 20151 minPrehistoric 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 this is the perfect ...