Wild, Interesting, and Funny Stories from Around the Nation
A tiny monkey at a Japanese zoo accidentally turned a plush toy into the internet’s hottest item. Punch, a 7-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, was abandoned shortly after birth and is being raised by zoo staff. To give him…
An Alabama family has an unexpected tenant — and he’s rooting through the yard. Jamie Watt says a roughly 100-pound potbellied pig wandered onto his property on Jan. 16 and decided to stay. Since then, the hog has torn up…
A California librarian opened a package this month and found a blast from the past — a book that was almost 46 years late. Inside was a well-traveled copy of The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford, returned to the San…
A Florida deputy just checked a very specific box on his career bingo card. After 25 years on the job, Cpl. Keisler of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office responded to his first-ever loose emu call. The bird ignored commands,…
A British inventor has officially pushed trash day into the fast lane. Michael Wallhead says his souped-up wheelie bin, already a Guinness World Record holder, now hits 66 mph. He first grabbed the title in 2023 with a 55-mph run,…
Ken Johnson, 63, picked up an unexpected roommate last week: a very large black bear now living rent-free in the crawl space under his Southern California home. He installed a camera months ago after spotting some mysterious damage. Nothing showed…
It was peak “silly season,” that time of year when young seals wander into places no seal has any business being. Golf courses. Driveways. And on this particular soggy Sunday night, a craft beer bar in Richmond, New Zealand. The…
A very determined “masked burglar” crashed into a closed Virginia liquor store early Saturday and made a beeline for the bottom shelf—the scotch and whiskey zone. Chaos followed. Bottles smashed, a ceiling tile gave up on life, and booze spread…