marine life Giant string-like creature composed of "millions of interconnected clones" found off the coast of Australia Thom Dunn
Weird Meet the "werewolf mouse" who hunts scorpions and deadly centipedes and howls at the moon Gareth Branwyn
crimes Man sentenced to life for killing friend who he believed was summoning Bigfoot to eat him Allan Rose Hill
Robert Anton Wilson "A Ugandan hunter is tranquilizing gorillas and dressing them in clown suits" — the origins of a crazy story that lives on Mark Frauenfelder
animals Researchers in Perth, Australia believe these are the first recorded echidna vocalizations. Spoiler alert: they sound like a cross between a pigeon cooing and a tiny horse neighing Jennifer Sandlin