Weird

Naked man in taxi-lifting adventure

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:47:17 GMT

A naked man has become famous in China after he stopped traffic on a busy road, then tried to lift a taxi by himself while shouting 'give me strength'.

Washington man tries to sell son on Craigslist

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:45:41 GMT

Police investigate after a Washington man put his 4-year-old son up for sale on Craigslist, with an asking price of $5000.

Virgin Media apologise for letter addressed to 'Mr Illegal Immigrant'

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:20 GMT

Virgin Media have apologised after they wrote a letter to a potential customer addressed to 'Mr Illegal Immigrant'.

JCB fan given earth-moving tribute by grave digger

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:30 GMT

A fan of JCBs was sent off in the style he'd have wanted - after his coffin was driven to his funeral in an earth-mover's bucket.

'Dart wader' student laughs off lifeboat help in river swim

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:53:26 GMT

A student risked his life rather than lose a bet to swim across a notoriously dangerous shipping lane.

Cold man breaks into house, gets in bed with owner

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:29:55 GMT

A homeowner in Pittsburgh got an unpleasant surprise when a drunk reveller who had been at a Jay-Z gig broke into his house - and climbed into bed with him.

Five of the weirdest addictions in the world

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:54 GMT

Computer games addicts are now able to receive treatment for their addiction in the UK, but there are stranger addictions out there, from heavy metal to eating dirt.

Children's TV channels replaced by Playboy soft porn

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:53:57 GMT

Youngsters watching children's TV channels in North Carolina got something rather unexpected on Tuesday morning - when two hours of the Playboy channel was broadcast instead by mistake.

Bank-robbing leprechaun killed in St. Patrick's Day shootout

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:25:13 GMT

Two bank robbery suspects - one dressed in a green leprechaun costume - were shot dead after a St. Patrick's Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.

Naked Swiss brothel fire man speaks of bum anonymity fear

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:32:36 GMT

The man who was forced to flee naked onto a window ledge after a fire broke out in a transsexual brothel has said he hopes his family won't be able to recognise him from pictures of his bottom.

US court rules 'Zombies have free speech rights'

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:20:04 GMT

Court rules that horror-movie style zombies have the right to free speech after a group of protesters dressed as zombies were arrested by Minnesota police.

Land Rover travels 70,000 miles round the world - then is stolen in Reading

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:36:35 GMT

A Land Rover that survived mud-slides and extreme terrain on an epic journey from Australia to Britain has now been stolen from a driveway in Reading.

Wedding couple take the plunge as whole party is dumped in lake

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:10:48 GMT

Wedding couple Hoffman and Marli van der Walt along with 80 guests were dumped into a muddy lake as a wooden deck on which they were standing collapsed.

Man assaults policewoman with his penis: 5 more penis-related attacks

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:39:29 GMT

Marium Varinauskas has been fined £600 after trying to hit a policewoman on the head with his 'old chap', a valiant effort, but he has nothing on our top 5 penis-related assaults.

Naked man flees Swiss brothel fire

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:19:48 GMT

Punters usually go to brothels looking for hot sex, but not quite like this - a nude man was forced to escape onto the window ledge of a transsexual brothel in Switzerland after it caught fire.

Horse lifts off in helicopter rescue

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:44:30 GMT

You don't normally expect to see a horse flying through the air - but that's what happened when a stranded horse was rescued in a helicopter airlift from a river sandbar in America.

At last, it's a surfing alpaca

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:05:38 GMT

If you've been waiting all this time to see an alpaca riding on a surfboard, then rejoice - your wait is over.

Manuka the micro pig has a day out in London

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:33:16 GMT

Tiny tourist Manuka is as happy as a pig in... well, the city, as she enjoys her first trip to London.

The dog who swallowed a football

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:20:05 GMT

A dog has recovered after needing emergency surgery - because it had swallowed a whole toy football.

After He Pingping dies: Who is the new world's shortest man?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:19:19 GMT

It looks like 1.83ft-high Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal will grab the crown of world's shortest man, but according to Wikipedia, a man from Manila called Ronjay Eduvas also measures the same height.

World's Shortest Man He Pingping: His biggest moments

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:19:01 GMT

In tribute to the sad death of the world's shortest man, He Pingping, we take a long at his biggest moments, from meeting two genuine giants to hanging out with the woman with the world's longest legs.

World’s shortest man He Pingping dies aged 21

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:03:58 GMT

The world’s shortest man has died at just 21 - He Pingping is thought to have died of heart complications.

Car sex couple 'die of carbon monoxide poisoning'

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:57:55 GMT

A Russian couple who decided to have sex in their car, parked in a small garage, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after they left the engine running, according to reports.

World's tallest man meets world's shortest man

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:28:01 GMT

In a historic meeting in Inner Mongolia, 7 ft 9in Bao Xishun shakes hands with 2 ft 4in He Pingping. That's the long and the short of it.

Motorist caught driving with bonnet up

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:31:29 GMT

A driver was spotted driving with her bonnet stuck wide open – and claimed she was en-route to get it repaired.