Oddities, Weird Stuff, Strange Things in Our World.
In today’s reader-submitted story, Layover Paige tells us about her gross side project. “I don’t think anyone just wakes up and says ‘This is the day that I’m going to start collecting and collating really disgusting discoveries that people encounter while on the road!’ It just happens one day on a business trip in Toronto when …
In today’s reader-submitted story, Frank recalls the time he accidentally stumbled upon an auction for a handmade wizard hat. “I realize how blatantly peculiar it is to tell this story and occult auctions will not be mentioned anywhere in spite of their habit of exchanges of large sums of money that you would think would attract …
In today’s reader-submitted story, Sonatta explains how putting on a pair of shoes turned into an afternoon of her mind playing tricks on her. “I used to visit a good friend who lived in the countryside. It was quite a distance from where I lived so I would spend the entire weekend with her and her …
Long before cells phones and gas stations every five miles, people traveling cross country had to rely on the kindness of strangers in times of crisis. In today’s reader-submitted story, John explains how his wife once found help traveling through a desolate stretch of Florida highway. “If you have ever been driving through Central Florida, …
For most kids, a visit to Grandma’s house is like taking a brief vacation from life. The normal rules don’t apply, and grandparents tend to spoil their grandkids from the moment they arrive until the second they leave, hands filled with fresh baked cookies and new toys that magically appear out of thin air. For …
In today’s reader story submission, an eight-year USAF veteran recalls a fellow soldier who was there one minute and gone the next. But was the veteran ever really there at all? “I still can’t explain it to this day,” begins Thomas W., a United States Air Force officer from 1968 until 1976. “It still gives …
I’ve told this odd story to people on occasion and naturally it seems too unbelievable to be believable. At my age, as a senior citizen, I have a lot of time on my hands and telling family and friends about those memories is a good pastime on the front porch. My house has been paid …
I live in Springfield, OH. My husband and I met in 2003 while I was finishing up my undergraduate degree at Wittenberg University. I have never been one to believe in the supernatural until we met and began to live together. He had told me various stories of different times that he had encountered spirits …
A few weird things happened to me while I was living at Sogenji, a training temple, in Okayama Japan. As far as Buddhist monasteries go it wasn’t very old, about 300 years, but there were some odd buildings and statues there. Above the giant entrance gate, made in the classic Japanese style, was a room …
I grew up in a small picturesque village set on a steep hillside in Wales with only one road in and out. My family home was halfway up a hill, and there are lots of hills, lanes and steps to walk to the bottom of the village. When I was in my teens I had a …