Offbeat & Unusual

An Oregon man narrowly avoided serious injury or worse when a saw blade detached from a nearby construction site and rolled toward him outside a convenience store in Eugene on March 28.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, police resorted to unconventional means to apprehend a suspected shoplifter outside a Walgreens store.

A new robot named Aurora has been hired to help ward off wildlife and migratory birds at an Alaska airport.

A Florida woman woke up to find her car damaged by two dogs attempting to reach a cat inside.

Topical glyoxylic acid may be to blame for the women's injuries, doctors say.

A South American woman found herself in a hospital emergency after inadvertently ingesting a nail that mysteriously found its way into her packet of pork rinds.

Baltimore, Maryland, city officials approved a program that would sell city-owned vacant homes for next to nothing at $1 for some applicable residents. 

The Murrieta Police Department has been instructed by Lego to stop digitally adding Lego heads onto photos of suspects, according to a recent report.

420 Day as a palindrome won't happen again for 1,000 years.

The weekend box office got a little fright thanks to one of the new horror films, which earned $666,666 on a single day.

An Oxford, Ohio dad fed up with the amount of homework his son was getting found himself handcuffed for complaining too much.

The rare, two-headed reptile was found in Missouri in 2017 and named 'Tiger-Lily' by the family who found her.

Namaste. 

Charlotte the stingray, who became pregnant in a North Carolina aquarium despite having no male to mate with, continues to captivate fans as they await her extremely rare delivery.

Working at the "Penguin Post Office" is a job like no other.

A George Mason University police officer completed a Door Dash delivery after arresting the driver for an outstanding warrant. 

“The rats are eating our marijuana, they're all high," the New Orleans police superintendent said.