Month: July 2018

It’s not often journalists get to write about Bigfoot erotica, a fact for which most of us are eternally grateful. Unless, like me, you’re a Weird News Reporter … and then you’re just screwed. So far, in the hours since the news broke at about noon Monday, no fewer than six people have shared with… Continue reading Yes, a politician really accused her opponent of writing ‘Bigfoot erotica’

In 2015, Sweetums and I visited Monroeville, Alabama, for the launch of “Go Set a Watchman,” the long-secret manuscript by Harper Lee that tells the iconic story of “To Kill a Mockingbird” from the viewpoint of an adult Scout. It is thought to have been Lee's first attempt at the novel but it was eventually… Continue reading Weird Monument of the Day: Fictional lawyer memorialized as hero … until the sequel

You know it’s my job to seek out weirdness, right? I usually have plenty of oddities to choose from, some stranger than others. One of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen is a brightly colored, politically themed, 40-foot-tall mechanical pull toy sculpture, complete with yellow rope “tail.” Sweetums and I came across this bizarre sculpture… Continue reading If you’ve been wondering about the weirdest site I’ve visited …