Man Who Bought Allegedly Haunted Painting Claims It Ruined His Life
A “weird thing collector” who paid $50 for a painting at a flea market, despite explicitly being warned that it brought nothing but misfortune, now claims the haunted artwork changed his life for the worse. Dan Smith – not his real name – bought the unnamed painting of two dolls at a flea market, ignoring […]
Stalker Hides in Victim’s Attic, Only Comes Out at Night to Film Her as She Sleeps
In what may be one of the creepiest, most disturbing stories we’ve ever featured on Oddity Central, a young man was arrested for stalking a New Hampshire woman, hiding in her attic and filming her as she slept. Mauricio Damian Guerrero, a 20-year-man from Philadephia, was arrested last month on the roof of a house […]
Woman Fakes Multiple Pregnancies For Paid Maternity Leave
A Georgia woman allegedly faked several pregnancies in order to benefit from paid maternity leave, but co-workers became suspicious when they saw her fake baby bump detach from her body. In October of 2020, Robin Folsom, who worked as Director of External Affairs at Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, told her bosses that she was expecting […]
Shocking Video Shows Flock of Birds Crashing Into Pavement
A viral video showing a flock of hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds flying straight into the pavement in the Mexican town of Cuauhtémoc has left a lot of people scratching their heads about the cause. Footage from a security camera shows a large flock of yellow-headed blackbirds descending upon on a house before brutally crashing into the […]
Swiss Man Hit by “Ghost Gunshot” No One Even Heard
A Swiss man has found himself at the core of a modern mystery after discovering that he had been by a bullet that seemingly came out of nowhere. Last Thursday, the unnamed 38-year-old man was walking with his two children and an acquaintance in Frauenfeld, a town around 45 kilometers northeast of Zurich, when he […]
Pregnant Woman Has Nail Hammered Into Her Head to Guarantee Baby Boy
A so-called faith healer in Pakistan convinced a pregnant woman that she would give birth to a baby boy if she had a metal nail hammered into her skull. Doctors at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar were shocked when they examined the head of a pregnant woman who claimed to have a two-inch-long nail […]
Security Guard Drew Eyes on Million Dollar Painting Because He Was Bored
A security guard got so bored on his first day at work that he ruined a million-dollar avant-garde painting by drawing eyes on the faceless figures depicted in the artwork. Anna Leporskaya’s Three Figures, an artwork painted between 1932 and 1934, was on display at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in Ekaterinburg as part of […]
Chinese Border Patrols Rely on Geese to Keep Illegal Immigrants at Bay
For over half a year now, border control points in Longzhou County, along China’s border with Vietnam have been using geese as part of their arsenal of detecting and apprehending illegal immigrants. As part of China’s strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the country has taken a very hard stance on illegal immigration, with […]
Man Suffering From Severe Headaches Lived With Bullet in His Skull for 20 Years
A young Chinese man who had been experiencing severe headaches lately was shocked to learn that he had been living with a bullet in the left side of his skull for about two decades. Xiao Chen (pseudonym), a 28-year-old man from Shenzen, had been suffering from random headaches for as long as he could remember, […]
Man Fathers Four Children in Fifteen Years from Inside an Israeli Prison
A Palestinian man who spent 15 years in an Israeli prison recently explained how he was able to father four kids during that time, despite not being able to be intimate with his wife. Rafat Al-Qarawi was arrested in 2006 for terror activity during the Second Intifada against Israel and sentenced to fifteen years in […]
Taiwan Punishes Drunk Drivers by Having Them Clean Funeral Parlors
Authorities in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, have come up with an ingenious way of getting drunk drivers to reflect on their behavior – they are now required to clean funeral parlors in order to feel what it’s like being close to death. Last month, Kaohsiung was rocked by a car accident caused by a drunk driver, […]
Botched Plastic Surgery Leaves Pensioner Unable to Close His Eyes
A 79-year-old man who underwent a series of cosmetic procedures to make himself look young found himself unable to fully close his eyes, and having to tape them shut at night. Pete Broadhurst decided to go under the knife in 2019, after the mother of his two children allegedly broke up with him over his […]
Woman Lives With Forgotten Surgical Scissors in Her Abdomen for 20 Years
A Bangladeshi woman who lived with constant pain in her abdomen for 20 years was shocked to discover that she had lived with surgical scissors forgotten in her body after an operation. 55-year-old Bachena Khatun had been living with constant abdominal pain ever since undergoing a gallstone removal operation at a clinic in Chuadanga, in […]
Farmer Makes His Cows Wear VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production
In an attempt to increase the daily milk yield of his cows, a farmer in Turkey is experimenting with virtual reality goggles that make the bovines think they are in the middle of a green pasture in summer. İzzet Koçak’s family has been rearing cattle on a farm in Aksaray, Turkey for three generations, and […]
Man Falls in Love With Humanoid Robot, Hopes to Marry It
An Australian man who has given up on finding a human partner claims to have found the next best thing – a humanoid robot named Emma. Ever since his mother died a decade ago, Geoff Gallagher from Queensland, Australia, had only his dog, Penny, to soothe his loneliness. But then, a couple of years ago, […]