Recent Posts Tagged With 'violence'

• Texas\' Violent Sasquatch At It Again

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 17:15 in texas, cryptozoology, bigfoot, violence

  Texas' Bigfoot has a history of violence. In one of the handful of Bigfoot accounts in which the creature actually attacked (or tried to) someone, a Texas sheriff claims a white-haired beast threw a... Read More... ...

• \'Man-Bashing\' Canadian Woman May be Nuts

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 14:30 in legal, crime, violence

  Police in British Columbia, Canada say they have some five or more reports of a Caucasian woman in either her teens or early-20s attacking men, seemingly at random. Her MO is the same each time: she... Read More... ...

• Florida Woman "Gang Attacked" by Raccoons

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 18:30 in zoology, violence, odd

  A 74-year old woman from Lakeland, FL is recovering after several raccoons "gang attacked" her. According to the sheriff, Gretchen Whitted was trying to shoo the animals away from her door when they... Read More... ...

• Death for Albino Witchdoctors

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 in africa, legal, witchcraft, death, violence, albino

  A Tanzanian court has sentenced three to die for the brutal killing of a 14-year old, albino boy. His legs were dismembered and sold for use in spells cast by witchdoctors meant to bring forth wealth... Read More... ...

• Things What Done Fell from the Sky: Lightning Strikes Six

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 16:30 in weather, violence, things what done fell from the sky

  A group of young men were apparently playing cricket when heavy rains forced them under a nearby tree for shelter. Lightning struck the tree and all six men. Authorities received several emergency... Read More... ...

• Things What Done Fell from the Sky: Who's Dropping Acid in Hong Kong?

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 15:00 in china, crime, violence, unexplained

  24 people in Hong Kong were injured when someone threw acid from a building onto the crowd below - the third such attack in the Mong Kok district in the last six months. The first attack occurred in... Read More... ...

• Tanzanian Albino Trials Begin

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 19:30 in africa, legal, witchcraft, violence, albino

  12 people are on trial for murdering albinos in Tanzania. The OddBlog has been bringing you reports of the situation: self-proclaimed "witchdoctors" in the African country are concocting and selling... Read More... ...

• Pistol-Packing Preacher Holds Armed Services

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 11:00 in religion, christianity, america, violence, odd

  A pastor from Kentucky (shocker!) has made national headlines after he began advertising church services encouraging parishioners to bring their firearms. Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church in... Read More... ...

• Soccer Riot Sparked by Rumors of Witchcraft

  Posted on Monday May 25th, 2009 at 14:42 in sports, africa, witchcraft, sociology, violence, odd

  A soccer riot in the Congo which led to the death of 13 people (mostly children) was sparked by the rumor that one of the players was using witchcraft. Following a successful goal, a member of one... Read More... ...

• "My Daddy Ate My Eyes"

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 12:30 in children, drugs, violence, odd

  When a 12-year old neighbor's son went to tell Angel Mendoza, Sr. that his mom was ready to take him to work, the 34-year old man barely cracked the door and looked nervous. He would not let the boy... Read More... ...

• Speared Kangaroo Should Recover

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 21:00 in australia, abuse, fauna, violence

  Australian wildlife officials were horrified to find a kangaroo speared through the mouth by an arrow. It had apparently managed to survive for at least a week on its own, despite its condition.... Read More... ...

• Wonder-Bra Deflects Bullet

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 16:00 in fashion, violence, odd

  A 57-year old woman suspected thieves were burglarizing her neighbor's Detroit home. She looked out the window and one of three teens fired a round which smashed her window and hit her breast. The... Read More... ...