If you’ve not seen this, then you’re not prepared for the monstrous, terrifying, mutant spider-dog. I’ve abbreviated the clip to load at the first appearance of this foul hell-hound from beyond. You’ve been suitably warned… This is a YouTube video that’s been played over 58,753,857 times. The figure may represent millions of people watching a…
Weird Tales
Animation, Film, Weird Tales
Sunday Animation: A Birthday Card
by JOHN ADAMS •
Joseph Bennett took an audio track from an old, overly-dramatic documentary about Bigfoot and other legendary creatures, and animated the events described. He gave his finished animation to his grandfather (with whom he had watched the original documentary years earlier) as a birthday present. Animation makes the old documentary seem even nuttier, and it’s great…
Animals, Weird Tales
Great Dane Eats Forty-Three Socks
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Nature, Weird Tales
Sheep Unshorn for Six Years?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Weird Tales
Mystery Animal
by JOHN ADAMS •
Accidents, Animals, Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: Petting a Zoo Lion
by JOHN ADAMS •
Petting a Zoo Lion? Although some of the facts are disputed, there’s common acknowledgement that Renae Ferguson visited a small Michigan Zoo, entered a lion’s cage, and may have had part of her finger bitten off. Ferguson contends a zookeeper invited her into the cage to pet the lion; the zoo claims she entered against…
Animals, Weird Tales
Coyotes Begin War Against Humanity
by JOHN ADAMS •
They’ve started in Burbank, California, presumably because an opening front there will be met with little resistance from the many millions of people who’ve long stopped caring much about Californians. Shrewd, very shrewd. At FREE WHITEWATER, earlier this year, I predicted that coyotes would be the next local obsession to grip our small town (after…
Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: Extraterrestrials or German Kids?
by JOHN ADAMS •
So, extraterrestrial vistors to our planet or swarm der rotzlöffel? Crop Circles in Bavaria: Extraterrestrials or Kids? The Associated Press reports on crop circles discovered in a German farmer’s field: BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people are trekking to a Bavarian farmer’s field to check out a mysterious set of crop circles. The ornate design…
Animals, Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: The Cabbit
by JOHN ADAMS •
Among the many mythological creatures of history, alongside unicorns, sea monsters, and abominable snowmen sits the legendary cat-rabbit hybrid, the cabbit. One can find photographs of the supposed animal across the Internet: Over at Messy Beast, Sarah Hartwell has the definitive guide to cabbits, entitled, Cabbits – A History of the Myth. Hartwell traces the…
Accidents, Animals, Weird Tales
When Housebreaking Just Isn’t Enough: Dog Poops in Airplane Aisle
by JOHN ADAMS •
A Philadelphia-bound U.S. Airways flight from Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, earlier this week after a dog defecated in the middle of the aisle–twice….. Chris Law, an NFL producer, live-tweeted the episode, including a photo of the clean-up after the emergency landing, and complimented the crew’s handling of…
Nature, Weird Tales
Norwegian Skydiver Almost Hit by Passing Meteorite
by JOHN ADAMS •
Charity, Food, Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: The Wurst Challenge
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Wurst Challenge: Charity or Gluttony? In Ypsilanti, Michigan, a children’s art center was the beneficiary of the Wurst Challenge, in which contestants tried to eat twenty-foot-long sausages to raise money for the FLY Children’s Art Center. Participants raised more than they had hoped, for a total of about $6,000 dollars. What do you think:…
Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: When Franz Dreamed of Cat Firebombers
by JOHN ADAMS •
In the 1500s, Germany military tactician Franz Helm of Cologne pondered whether cats (or doves) with fire strapped to their backs might usefully wreak havoc on enemy cities. Here’s a translation of part of Helm’s plan: Create a small sack like a fire-arrow … if you would like to get at a town or castle,…