Offbeat

A US man has been stung by a scorpion in a commercial plane. To make things worse he was stuck at 30,000 in air unable to do anything. He had to just wait 30 minutes to make sure that he did not have a anaphylactic attack. “In the movies, scorpions kill people,” Ellis, 55, said Thursday. “I was just nervous, ... Read More »

None of us could imagine waking up in a coffin. It could be our worst nightmare. A 49-year-old Russian women who was declared dead woke-up in her coffin only to die 12-minutes later. Fagilyu Mukhametzyano, was pronounced dead after she collapsed at her home after suffering from a heart attack. Her spouse Fagili made all the arrangements for her funeral. ... Read More »

A massive and unidentified sea monster has washed up in China. The carcass has been so badly decayed where it is not possible to identify the animal. The carcass has been nicknamed as the ‘Sea Monster’. It is 55 feet long and weights approximately 4.5 tons. People have been coming to see the sea monster in spite of its badly ... Read More »

Bernard Madoff, the man who  has 150 years of jail sentence under his belt for his cunning way of $65 billion fraud is no more the pep talk on the media. Rather, he is now famous for the auctions done on his belongings. Recently, his goods from his house were led for an auction and surprisingly his underwear went for ... Read More »

The British police are on the lookout for a thief who seems to be inspired by the fairy tale character “Goldilocks”. He breaks into houses, eats the available food, takes a good nap before robbing electronics and other stuffs from the house. Essex detectives said they were trying to trace Jesse Dobinson who is suspected of carrying out two burglaries ... Read More »

Just few days back the Supreme Court ordered California to cut its prison population and now Californian prison officials come up with some bizarre excuse that might make you ask, “What were the officials doing till 450 violent criminals walked free right in front of their eyes? Shouldn’t it have struck them when that something was wrong with the system?” ... Read More »

Talk about hard work, I mean really hard work in everything. That is what is happening in Chinese labor camps. After a hard day’s work they don’t really get a good night sleep. Once the sun has set they have to start playing online games to win credits for their guards. Though this might seem a little like “not a ... Read More »