An odd anomaly spotted on an ISS livestream, an amusing challenge issued to Flat Earthers, and a drunken raccoon that became a viral sensation were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.
A trio of strange UFO stories made headlines this past week, beginning with a curious case out of England in which a motorist claimed a cluster of mysterious lights followed her car for an unsettling 20 minutes. Meanwhile, a NASA livestream from the International Space Station featured what appeared to be a triangular craft flying near the ISS before the feed inexplicably cut off, as has often happened in the past when such anomalies appeared on the broadcast. Finally, a motorist in Canada captured footage of a puzzling UFO that proved to be so compelling that he pulled over to the side of the road so that he could better observe the oddity and film it with his cell phone.
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Flat Earthers found themselves challenged this week by a sportswear company that promised a sizeable prize to anyone who could produce a photograph of the planet's edge. The amusing contest from Columbia was announced on Monday with a rollout in which CEO Tim Boyle called upon the conspiracy theorists to "put your map where your mouth is." Should someone somehow manage to snap a picture of the edge of the Flat Earth, the company promised to hand over "assets which are valued at $100,000." As one may have surmised, the challenge is part of a clever marketing campaign from the sportswear company, which boasted that its gear is "tough enough for pretty much anything, except maybe falling into the abyss."
Photo: Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter
A raccoon in Virginia became an unlikely viral sensation this past week when the critter was caught passed out on the bathroom floor of a liquor store after it had broken into the business and sampled an array of spirits from the shelves. The amusing 'burglary,' which occurred at an ABC store in Ashland after it closed on Black Friday, came to light when the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter shared an amusing picture of the drunken trash panda and detailed the incident on Facebook. No worse for wear from the misadventure and subsequently released back into the wild, the raccoon's photo became fodder for newscasts around the world and even spawned a charity t-shirt campaign celebrating the proverbial party animal.
For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.