Offbeat & Unusual

Ask any Washingtonian and they can tell you a tale of their Washington (state) being confused with the other Washington (DC). And it has happened again.

“A once-in-a-lifetime experience!” Sea Ventures Charters wrote in a Facebook post. “Thankfully, no one on board was injured!”

It’s been 43 years since Minnesota’s most infamous UFO sighting. Now decades later, hundreds of unidentified flying objects are still being reported across the state.

Police later shot, killed kangaroo after it prevented paramedics from reaching man.

It's one of those 'only in New York' sights... three people riding motorized lawn chairs down a Manhattan street.

Forget sleeping in a tree — one intrepid raccoon in Pennsylvania decided to make itself at home by lounging in a woman's hammock.

A Michigan State University senior claims a sandwich she ordered from an East Lansing Subway had an extra topping she didn't ask for – feces.

The baseball legend spent 22 years with the Detroit Tigers before being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

"It's a dinosaur for a living room," the auctioneer told news outlets of the fossilized iguanodon skeleton.

Video shows the dog-walker begging Theo to drop what turned out to be a knife, but the Great Pyrenees casually declines.

The lineup features Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Raisin Bran Crunch.

A Florida man unknowingly picked up a slithery hitchhiker on his way home from work.

The rim rock crowned snake is the rarest snake in North America, and was spotted for the first time in 4 years in the Florida Keys — but researchers say the reptile was found dead, and had apparently choked to death while trying to eat a giant centipede.

When Jose Flores Velaquez went to redeem his scratch-off ticket, he was happy to claim what he thought was a $600 prize. But when lottery staffers looked at it, they quickly discovered the ticket was worth a whole lot more — it was a $1 million winner.

The new fall blizzard menu is available now, and you can enter to win the new pillows starting Wednesday by visiting Dairy Queen’s social media pages.

"It was pretty ironic… to be plugged into a coal mine."

Joshua Walker made the longest basketball shot from 113 feet, 6 inches away from the hoop.

A surf photographer captured video of a seal chasing after a ball with his dog on a Santa Cruz beach last weekend. The uncommon playmates are seen bouncing through the ocean together, playing fetch.