Archive for the ‘Strange News’ Category

Raining Spiders in Brazil (Video)

Raining Spiders in Brazil (Video)

Erick Reis captured this amazing footage of ‘raining spiders’ in the city of Santo Antônio da Platina, Brazil, last Sunday. The 20-year-old designer was at a friend’s engagement party when he noticed thousands of spiders falling from the sky.

Humpback Whale Hits Canoe in Maui (Video)

Humpback Whale Hits Canoe in Maui (Video)

An Arizona couple filmed the moment a breaching whale hit their canoe during a recent trip to Hawaii. Laurent Lebihan, his girlfriend, and a couple of friends paddled off the coast of Maui when a humpback whale came out of nowhere and bumped into their canoe. The canoers say the whale did not appear to be injured as it swam away.

Rouslan Toumaniantz Tattoos His Name across Girlfriend’s Face Hours after They Met (Photos)

Rouslan Toumaniantz Tattoos His Name across Girlfriend’s Face Hours after They Met (Photos)

A Russian girl named Lesya allowed her boyfriend, tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz, to ink his name across her face on the day they met. ‘It’s a symbol of our eternal devotion. I’d like him to tattoo every inch of my body,’ she wrote on her Facebook page. Ruslan Toumaniantz became internet famous in…

Russian Referee Fights Hockey Player (Video)

Russian Referee Fights Hockey Player (Video)

Only in Russia will you see a hockey player breaking up a fight between the opposing player and the referee.

Boat Sinks While Fighting a Marlin (Picture Gallery)

Boat Sinks While Fighting a Marlin (Picture Gallery)

Captain lost control of his boat while backing down and maneuvering on a Black Marlin off the coast of Panama. The boat sank but the crew was rescued by the photo boat.

Visit Scotland: Shetland Ponies in Cardigan Sweaters (Photos + Video)

Visit Scotland: Shetland Ponies in Cardigan Sweaters (Photos + Video)

Shetland ponies wearing cardigan sweaters are the official ambassadors of Visit Scotland tourism campaign. Photographer Rob McDougall captured two cute ponies named Fivla and Vitamin dressed in traditional Fair Isle Scottish cardigans to celebrate the Year of Natural Scotland.Their onesies were made out of Shetland wool by a local knitter Doreen Brown. The ponies live at the Thordale Shetland Stud Centre.

Toddler Miraculously Survives Horrible Crash in Russia (Video)

Toddler Miraculously Survives Horrible Crash in Russia (Video)

A one-year-old baby girl was thrown from a car into the path of an oncoming truck during a crash near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The accident happened after the Mitsubishi she was in swerve across both lanes of highway Moscow-Ufa and collided with a semi-truck. The toddler came inches of an oncoming Scania truck but managed to escape death. She was treated for head and jaw contusions on the scene of the crash, and was taken to the hospital in the nearby city of Lyskovo for possible head trauma.

Deer Thinks It’s a Sheep (Video)

Deer Thinks It’s a Sheep (Video)

A young red deer has joined a flock of sheep on the Suffolk coast and seems to think it’s one of them.

Fireman Knocked Down Ladder by Snow in Russia (Video)

Fireman Knocked Down Ladder by Snow in Russia (Video)

A Russian fireman was knocked down a ladder by a large chunk of snow while trying to rescue people from a burning building in the east Siberian city of Magadan, Thursday. The fireman managed to hang on until…

Hurdle Jumping Cow from Belgium (Video)

Hurdle Jumping Cow from Belgium (Video)

Hanne Claeys, an 11-year-old Belgian girl from West Flanders, is teaching her cow Fleur how to jump over hurdles like a horse. It took Fleur under a year of training to jump over a fence and she can reportedly jump around two-and-a-half feet off the ground with Hanne riding on her back. Hanne was inspired by a German teen Regina Mayer who taught the same trick to her cow Luna.