High Strangeness

As we're fond of pointing out here, the neologism "urban myth" is is misleading on two counts: Not only is it used to handwave away reports of the extraordinary, it contains a stealth denial that myths can transmit truth. Today I'm pleased to chalk up another win for so-called urban…

A second cryptid caught on camera in Texas within a year raises the question: What is going on in the Lone Star State? Courtesy of the New York Post ... A “mystery animal” spotted in the Rio Grande Valley left Texas park officials — and the general public — stumped.…

We were due for another tale of high strangeness around this place. And as usual, synchronicity provides. Here's a headscratcher I was just told yesterday. A family was vacationing in a mid-sized town in the middle of Florida. While they were driving down one of the main thoroughfares that run…

High time for another high strangeness post. But instead of covering the recent rash of astroturfed UFO stories, which look like a government psyop, we'll discuss wild man lore, which is based on reliable accounts from real people. Disclaimer: That's not to say all UFO reports are fake. We've had…

It's been too long since we had a proper high strangeness post. Lucky for us, the anon who provided this classic UFO account has returned with an intriguing update. Had an interesting conversation with dad yesterday at breakfast. We were listening to random Joe Rogan podcasts the last few weeks…

Gotta admit, I did not see this one coming. Then again, that's always the one that gets you ... Dozens of sheep have been eerily walking around in a circle for 12 days straight in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region. The bizarre behavior, captured on surveillance video, shows the large…

Reader Luke West comments: I live in the Adirondacks, where The Last of the Mohicans story takes place* and we’re almost on the NY/Vermont border. There is a mountain nearby that has two marked hiking trail approaches, one on the lakeside of Lake George from the west, the other from…

Perhaps Sasquatch will succeed where Son of Sam's dog failed. A man accused of killing his friend told Oklahoma deputies that his friend “summoned Bigfoot” to kill him, leaving him no choice but to defend himself, according to media outlets. The Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about…