Weird News
Son stole £300,000…off his elderly dad
A twisted son pretended to be his own father so he could swindle a small fortune from him. Ian Huntley, 63, managed to pass himself off as his unwell 94-year-old dad in phone conversations with an insurance firm. Using his devious methods he obtained £246,333 in June 2013. But he wasn’t finished there, in June 2104 he claimed to have power of attorney over his father’s livelihood and withdrew £78,405 from his dad’s ISA at a major high street bank....
The Aliens Are Coming But How Will We Cope?
When the astronomer Percival Lowell claimed he had found canals on Mars, that might have been the first truly scientific attempt to prove alien life exists. Today, Lowell's Martian canals are an embarrassment to the Arizona observatory that bares his name. But if Lowell was wrong about the specifics, he was right about the general trend. Most scientists agree that alien life exists somewhere in the universe. Just fifty years ago the idea was outlandish in educated circles, now governments...
Man accused of stealing “cookie size” pieces of gold by hiding it up his bum
Some slightly odd news has emerged from Canada after a male staff member at the Royal Canadian Mint is accused of smuggling out $180,000 worth off gold using in anal canal to hide it. The mint worker, Lester Lawrence, was employed at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ontario, Canada, when the incidents were said to take place. The court heard how he hid the gold in this most secret of places, so he could get through the high security building,...
Has the Earth just been contacted by aliens?
A signal detected by a Russian telescope has sent alien-hunters on a huge search for extra-terrestrial life. However, was it really some type of communication by a real-life ET? Nobody is quite sure at the moment, and are scrambling to find out. A year ago, it has been claimed, a Russian telescope received a “strong signal” from HD164595 a mere 95 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Hercules. There is a sun almost the same size as as...
VIDEO: Rocky the orangutan who talks like a human
An astonishing video has been released that features an orangutan who can talk! Rocky has somehow managed to learn to talk like a human being. The eight-year-old primate has copied words and reproduced them to scientists in a "conversational context". Rocky mimicked the tone and pitch of human vowel sounds. He was able to learn new sounds and control the action of his voice in the way humans do when they conduct a conversation, the scientists concluded. Researchers think this clever...
“Boris Johnson pic” in women’s underwear 110 years ago is breaking the internet
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A 110-year-old picture of a gentleman wearing ladies' underwear is breaking the internet - because his face looks incredibly familiar. Could the possible future PM and Brexit buccaneer be the person in the pic? Well of course not, but it is quite a funny pic for a Friday afternoon. The man, wearing heels, stockings does look suspiciously like him though.
Find out who tops England’s strip club league table…
Royal Berkshire tops England’s strip club and nightclub league tables, but you may be surprised where you'll find London on the list The royal county of Berkshire might be home to Windsor Castle but it’s also the county with the most strip clubs and nightclubs per capita in the whole of England. A comprehensive study of all 576 listed strip clubs in England found that Berkshire, with 17 strip clubs and a population of approximately 154,000 people, has way more...