Happy Roswell Day!
Posted: July 9, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Nerd HQ, UFOs | Tags: Roswell 67th anniversary Leave a commentOn July 8, 1947, the Roswell Daily Record startled the nation with a bold headline.
And then the cover-up began.
Behold! The Vampire Squirrel of Borneo
Posted: July 4, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Cryptozoology, Miscellaneous | Tags: Vampire Squirrel of Borneo Leave a commentScientists recently shot a rare photo of the elusive Vampire Squirrel of Borneo, seen below looking like a short, angry weaponized kangaroo. The Vampire Squirrel, which gets its nickname from its rumored taste for deer blood, is twice the size of a regular squirrel and has the bushiest tail of any known species.
In summary: Weirdest. Squirrel. Ever.
Taste for blood? Check. Giant afro? Check. Totally nuts? Check and mate.
NASA Launched a Flying Saucer On Saturday
Posted: July 2, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Miscellaneous, Nerd HQ, UFOs | Tags: Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), NASA, NASA Flying Saucer Leave a commentIn the “Clearly They’re Now Just Messing with Us” news category, NASA conducted a test flight on Saturday for its new vehicle, which just happens to look exactly like a flying saucer. Designed to help slow the descent of heavy spacecraft into Mars’ thin atmosphere, the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) failed to deploy its parachute during the test but NASA officials still declared the experiment a success.
A NASA spokesperson stated “The test vehicle worked beautifully, and we met all of our flight objectives. *Also, in no way did we reverse-engineer the craft’s design from anything found at Roswell. Werner Von Braun who?”
*Full disclosure: I may or may not have made that last bit up but you know they were thinking it.
Code Name: “Make Mulder Cry”
Special thanks to FOB extraordinaire Kang for both sending me this story and loaning me the hardware to publish it. You rock, Kang! 🙂
Happy Easter!
Posted: April 20, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Miscellaneous | Tags: Paranormal Easter, Scary Easter, Sketchy Bunnies Leave a commentYour Easter just got a little more hilarious/terrifying thanks to the good folks at Sketchy Bunnies.com. (PS: Welcome to your new addiction.)
Minutes later, they realized the mask was made from human skin.
“Sea Monster” Sighting! Rare Oarfish Captured on Video
Posted: April 17, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Cryptozoology | Tags: oarfish, Oarfish captured on video, Oarfish sea serpent, oarfish sighting, Sea of Cortes 2 CommentsOarfish are an extremely rare species that is rarely seen alive, as it prefers to live in deep ocean waters. These red-crested beauties can grow up to a length of 36 feet and look more like snakes than fish, leading scientists to believe that oarfish sightings may have been responsible for sea serpent reports of the past.
I can’t imagine why.
Oarfish are usually very shy, so tourists in Mexico were recently surprised when a couple of uncharacteristically outgoing specimens showed up in shallow waters near the Sea of Cortes, apparently looking to party.
“Okay, okay… you don’t date fish. Geez, I can take a hint.”
Update on “For Sale: Totally Not Haunted”
Posted: April 14, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Ghosts | Tags: Abandoned 123-year-old school, Bennett College, For Sale: Totally Not Haunted 1 CommentThanks to intrepid reader EMB216, we have an update on the most hilarious, and possibly creepiest real estate meme on the Internet – Abandoned 123-Year-Old School for Sale:
That ominous, in-no-way-a-portal-to-a-torturous-hell dimension/building is what remains of the Bennett College for women, which was founded in 1893 in Millbrook, NY, and quickly fell into ruin when it was shut down in 1978. Here’s a before-and-after shot of the building, which appears to have been very lovely — right up until wailing child ghosts moved in.
Many thanks to EMB216 for the background info! 🙂
Know Your Cryptids: The Snallygaster
Posted: March 31, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Cryptozoology | Tags: Maryland Cryptids, Maryland Monsters, schnelle geist, Snallygaster, Teddy Roosevelt and the Snallygaster, The Snallygaster Leave a commentHalf-bird, half-reptile, the giant snallygaster has been terrorizing people in Maryland since the 1700s. It supposedly swoops down on its prey and flies away with them clutched in its metallic claws. Some versions of the snallygaster even report the beast sporting tentacles — all the better to snatch you with.
Why does it always have to be tentacles?
First reported by German settlers in 1735, the monster was originally called the “schnelle geist” – German for “fast ghost.” This later became bastardized to snallygaster, because — let’s face it – that’s just more fun to say. In it heyday, the snallygaster was pretty famous. Not Bigfoot-famous (it wishes!) but famous enough for Teddy Roosevelt to have a go at hunting it. At least according to the shady yellow journalism-style papers popular at the time.
As he scraped Merle’s charred remains into a tote sack, Willie realized the shotguns were were not well thought out.
NBA Players Freaked Out By Ghost Baby
Posted: March 27, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Ghosts | Tags: Claremont Resort, Ghost baby, Jeff Ayres, NBA, San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan 1 CommentJeff Ayres and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs were unnerved by ghostly noises during a recent stay at California’s Claremont Resort while in Los Angeles to play the Golden State Warriors.
“It was the creepiest thing. I heard a couple of other guys heard babies in the hallway… I really heard voices and a baby in the room, and there wasn’t anybody in there. It was crazy,” said Ayres.
Duncan backed up the spooky story. “I heard a baby in his room…. I definitely heard something. It wasn’t creepy, because I assumed it was really somebody in the room, and they gave him the wrong room. But when they told me the story the next day about calling up there and no one in the room, it’s at that point you get chills,’ he said. “There was a baby there, absolutely.”
Ghosts babies are the worst. They never stop boo-hooing.
Special thanks to FOB Jennifer Malone for sending this one in! 🙂
Vanishing Planes Mapped Since 1948
Posted: March 20, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Miscellaneous | Tags: Courtney Love, Donald Trump, Google Earth, HuffPo, Malaysian Flight MH370, Vanishing Planes Mapped Since 1948 Leave a commentIn light of missing Malaysian Flight MH370, HuffPo has posted an interesting map of all the large plane that have vanished since the turn of last century. (For a laugh, click here to see how noted aviation scholar and non-drug-burnout Courtney Love solved the mystery using Google Earth and PaintShop Pro.) 
How do we get Donald Trump’s plane on here?
I would also like to welcome the blog’s newest member — Jamie. Thank you for signing up! 🙂
San Francisco Bay Sea Serpent Sighting?
Posted: March 11, 2014 Filed under: Bizarre, Cryptozoology, Miscellaneous | Tags: Mysterious Destinations Magazine, San Francisco Bay Sea Serpent 2 CommentsAccording to Mysterious Destinations Magazine, twins Bob and Bill Clark saw a giant snake-like sea monster chase a sea lion through San Francisco Bay in 1985. You can check out their interview here. Reports of a sea serpent in the Bay go back to 1895, yet the monster still doesn’t have a catchy nickname like Nessie or Ogopogo.
Sir Humps-A-Lot?
No Faint Hearts in Fort Worth... 
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