Car flies into home’s second story; tiny horse goes shopping; fake bear claws up cars; cloned ferret gives birth; Bigfoot has been sighted.
![‘Wicked’ Fail Sends Doll Buyers To Porn Site [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/ap/790386/20241114/073306/styles/patch_image/public/ap24316546148779___14192421341.jpg)
The saga of the Bed-Stuy pop-up fishpond has ended swimmingly. Some people are marrying their AI sweethearts. Do baked potatoes scurry?
We take a glib look at how to pull off a costume based on stuff that really happened but that people may not believe. Because Halloween.
An ugly duckling story with a twist; lost cat sets off on 900-mile journey home; people want to sleep in candy corn beds and suites.
Passel of opossums, fentanyl found in illegally parked car; Taylor Swift is everywhere in a corn maze; robbery attempt goes horribly wrong.
![‘Flying’ Spiders Expanding Presence In U.S. [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/790386/20240920/113956/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-1821399929___20113520248.jpg)
Reptile hitchhiking “most Florida thing ever”; oh my darling, Clementine is free; little piggy goes to Hollywood; “The Shark” foiled again.
![Surgeon Removes Man’s Liver By Mistake [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/ap/790386/20240906/045615/styles/patch_image/public/ap24225645302317___06165011160.jpg)
It was so hot a tourist melted his feet; “rooftop ninja” lived in a sign for a year; dude has eaten 34,000 Big Macs since 1973; much more.
Another Pennsylvania groundhog gains fame as a live prize in claw machine; celery that wasn’t celery and candy that wasn’t candy.
![Did ‘Doomsday Fish’ Predict Recent Earthquake? [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/790386/20240822/020244/styles/patch_image/public/oarfish___22135047355.jpg)
Dragonfly swarms terrify, delight beachgoers; stay in Polly Pocket’s compact house; auction price as eye-popping as Princess Leia’s bikini.
![1-Ton Asphalt Roller Joyride; RFK Jr.’s Bear [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/790386/20240809/120415/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-1442625251___08235704979.jpg)
An Amazon delivery contained a dirty diaper; it stinks for the third-party sellers, too. A giant inflatable IUD tours the country.
![Whale Tips Boat; Hot Sand Melts Tourist’s Skin [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/790386/20240726/030233/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-editorial-1192045a___26150204417.jpg)
What do Texas Roadhouse and Wawa have in common? Gardener has a nose for swallowtail butterflies. And Yosemite, we have a poop problem.
![Bottoms Up: Margarita, Funnel And Woman’s Bum [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/790386/20240712/040205/styles/patch_image/public/image000000___12155728780.jpg)
A rare hoodwinker sunfish that washed up on Oregon’s north coast drew curious onlookers, and a Goodwill store discovered a snake’s hot take.
![Is This The World’s Ugliest Dog? [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/ap/790386/20240628/013209/styles/patch_image/public/ap24159632893005-1___28132453692.jpg)
More kids find blue-eyed periodical cicadas. Three bears settle in family’s home. And a dog leaves grooming appointment higher than a kite.
A defendant appeared in a Zoom hearing on a suspended license charge — while driving; an $88,000 clam mistake and a $395 pineapple.
A dead whale was towed 50 miles offshore for a burial at sea. She came back. Authorities wonder how many times the cycle will repeat.
![Woman Lives In Sign For A Year, No One Notices [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/790386/20240517/031759/styles/patch_image/public/family-fare-1___17150814597.png)
People really do leave everything but the kitchen sink in Ubers; some other people are traveling to see cicadas, whose butts may fall off.
![Did One Top Cop Really Glitter Bomb Another? [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/790386/20240419/044029/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-2053710044___19163729647.jpg)
A Florida man thinks space junk fell on his house; that may explain mysterious California lights, too. And junk email folder reveals $227K.
![Human Ashes, Bone Chips Smeared On Disney Ride [Weird News & Oddities]](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/790386/20240405/023357/styles/patch_image/public/disneyland-minnie-mouse-anaheim-california-patch-renee-schiavone___05142314445.jpg)
Cicadas have a nasty surprise, cops say diner got naked over “too hot” wings, brain tapeworm is more than a headache and more freaky things.
A guy eats two Big Macs a day for 50-plus years; his heart’s fine. Another guy stuck his head in a pickle bin. And “hay,” this is a mystery.
Nighttime skies reveal a flying squirrel and a mysterious fireball, and a doe ambled around for days with her head stuck in a jug.
A spa for adults who role-play as babies in diapers; kangaroo gets loose; tip to cry over; wings to fly on; love stinks and so does your ex.
Take a peek at some of the oddest news making headlines this week.
Below, read a collection of oddities and weird news from Patch that may make you scrunch up your face and ask, “Why?”
