World Weird News
Saul wrote a regular blog for the world famous Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas where he highlighted strange news of the day. Later, the Museum found its audience was better reached by doing simpler social media posts. Saul continues to support these, but he misses doing some of the more in-depth looks at weird things in the world. Here you will find some of the strange news that comes through Saul’s crystal ball and his editorial take on the matter. Some of it will be celebrating strange stories from the past. Some will be as fresh as yesterday. See the latest stories below.
Cemetery Unappreciative of Family’s Halloween Spirit
Those who follow my World Weird News are people with a darker sense of humor. You carry Halloween in your hearts. You share jokes about crazy things that you’d like to have happen at your funeral to create confusion and wonder. So, you would completely appreciate Christina Wohle.
Wohle’s son, ...
Fisherman lost at sea describes being violated by mermaids
Sailors have long told the tales of spying mermaids at sea. The traditional answer is that lonely sailors out at sea, fueled by a strong desire for companionship and rum would see manatees sunning themselves on the rocks and imagine them to be beautiful women.
To be clear, they ...
Emergency Services Respond when Bathroom break threatens to go nuclear
Bathroom utterance draws police as people fear terrorism.
A tiger? In texas?
So, you’re wandering around, trying to figure out the best place to smoke your weed, and you see an abandoned house. Perfect! You go inside, ready to enjoy some deep chillin’, when your buzz is all harshed by… a tiger!
A couple of Houstonians had just this experience. Unbelievably, they ...
Lead Astronomer Standing By ET Claim
Astronomer, Avi Loeb, stands by his suggestion that the object known as Oumuamua that recently passed through our solar system could be related to extraterrestrial intelligence.