More weight has been added to the theory that lightning forms a link with a single streamer from the ground to emit intense energy "in the form of a bolt of plasma"
The dog owner, from the Philippines, preserved the newborn puppy in a glass box to remember the special pooch, who was born with one eye, two tongues and no nose
The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will all form a "stellium" in Aquarius on Thursday, which spiritual sect The Aetherius Society believes could mean disaster
EXCLUSIVE: Rocker Prince Midnight has paid tribute to his uncle who introduced him to heavy metal music in the 1990s by flying his bones over from Greece to America and using them to build a 'skeletar'
The Coast Guard came to the rescue of three people, stuck on a deserted island in the Bahamas for more than a month. The Cuban nationals say they swam to Anguilla Key — between Key West and Cuba — after their boat capsized. One woman and two men were stuck there for 33 days, and say they survived by eating conch and rats, and building a makeshift shelter.
The dad and daughter lockdown McDonald's treat ended in an unexpected awkward moment when father Rich Greene, 47, opened his box of chicken to find an extremely suspicious-looking piece
Rodent populations are skyrocketing in Australia causing havoc for farmers, and a religious website has suggested it's the latest plague sent down by God to indicate the Messiah's return
"I feel blessed just to find her alive and everything," one of the men, Dion Merrick, a Navy veteran, told CBS News.
Supporters of the so-called "Frankenstein dish" point to the fact it doesn't need slaughterhouses, is grown in a lab, and will go on sale for just £36 from next year
The thrill-seeker stripped down to nothing but a Borat-style mankini as he equipped himself with helmets and goggles and made his way down the hill in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic
Eleven snowshoe-clad volunteers stamped a series of complex geometric patterns on a golf course to make a huge snowflake.
Other items being auctioned include John F. Kennedy's Harvard sweater and the pen that Warren Harding used to end U.S. involvement in World War I.
Dozens took to social media to discuss the extraordinary sight – with some suggesting it might be a comet while others were sure it was an alien spacecraft
Systems are in place to detect when footage has been manipulated by AI, but scientists have revealed that those systems can easily be deceived in alarming technological news
The pair were caught on CCTV breaking in and stealing the life-sized doll from a branch of Sexyland in Melbourne, Australia. They also took around £6,400 worth of vibrators
Gripping new TV show Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel is set to uncover the gruesome history of a hotel plagued by a host of horrific deaths, and hits Netflix on Tuesday.
Judge Roy Ferguson shared a hilarious video from a virtual court hearing in Texas when attorney Rod Ponton appeared in a Zoom meeting with a kitten filter over his face
Attorney Rod Ponton's technical snafu led to an exchange with the judge that can only be described as "kitty funny."
Charlie Tewson, 32, was outside the surgery where he works when he spotted the Google Maps van in the street, five years after his first selfie back in 2015
The marsupial wasn't behind the wheel -- it was trying to cross a six-lane freeway near Adelaide.
Alarming photos of Jenggot residents wading through crimson water have a straightforward explanation, but Paul Begley believes the phenomenon "fulfilled prophecy" from the Bible
Recep Mirzan nursed Garip the swan back to health after she suffered a broken wing nearly four decades ago and she's been around ever since.
Increasingly sophisticated AI in robots intended for intimate use poses a "grave threat to humanity" should developers fail to safeguard against malicious hacks, legal experts are warning
The mystery complex was spotted on Google Maps in western Turkmenistan. A Reddit user believes it could belong to the country's president Gurbangluy Berdimuhamedow
Users of Google Maps – which on Monday celebrated its 16th anniversary – have shared their strange discoveries on social media, with one claiming to have spotted a ghost swaying on a tree. Another says he saw a "little girl" with green skin
Ben Smith has got his hands on a diary left by Major Jesse Marcel that contains what appear to be coded passages that conceal secrets about the notorious 1947 "alien encounter"
Ben Smith has got his hands on a diary left by Major Jesse Marcel that contains what appear to be coded passages that conceal secrets about the notorious 1947 "alien encounter"
A homeowner, who has offered her out-of-work friend reduced rent, has shared her "uncomfortable" situation living with his sex doll he claims no one will buy second hand
A beautiful colourful mansion, believed to be in Germany, was driven past by Google Maps Street View cameras. However, it is activity closer to the road that has left viewers scratching their heads
Video of the spooky discovery inside the Pripyat post office has been seen more than 150,000 times since it was shared on TikTok and some viewers claimed the figure was a "faceless ghost"
A significant portion of the population was convinced the Mayans foretold the world would end in 2012 — now there's a new theory that the ancient people really meant 2021
Zoom calls and high-tech TVs were among the predictions for a "world of tomorrow" foreseen by a young girl who stuffed her essay down the back of a sofa, only for it to be found 52 years later
The strangeness of lockdown has had many of us looking forward to the simplest of things: going for walks, cooking dinner at home or a video call with friends.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is combing the streets in a hair crimewave - and has banned woman from dying their hair while ripped jeans are also forbidden
EXCLUSIVE: Chantelle Cameron thought psycho seagulls were a 'joke' until she came face-to-face with one while sitting eating a baguette. The bird swooped and made off with it
EXCLUSIVE Google Maps celebrates its 16th anniversary on Monday. It has captured many strange sights from around the world, sparking intense speculation among users of the 3D tool about the stories behind them
Peter Mcdonald, 80, has only just linked the incredible sight of a meteorite landing near his home, to a biblical prophecy because it shattered exclusively in drinking water.
Researchers found they could predict when a relationship was about to end by identifying subtle clues in the way that people expressed themselves online - no matter what subject they were discussing
Researchers investigating mouse sperm found that a "selfish" genetic variant allows some to poison their competitors in a literal life or death race to reach the egg first
The woman at the centre of a foul-mouthed online rural parish council meeting has told Sky News she has "never seen anything like it".
The woman at the centre of a foul-mouthed council meeting that went viral has admitted she did not know who should have been in charge.
It's a prickly situation.
The films on Netflix have nothing on the latest lockdown viewing sensation: Handforth Parish Council.
One lawmaker says the rule will be a challenge: “I can try to keep the cats off the screen. Keeping them out of the room is going to be impossible.”
Shirley Hitchings was 15 when she became the target of a poltergeist named “Donald” - on one occasion her clothes were ripped apart. The case became so notorious it was even debated in parliament
Even crime boss Al Capone, reckoned to have ordered the St Valentine’s Massacre in Chicago on February 14, 1929, believed he was being haunted by a spirit of one of the dead men
The Daigoji Temple in Kyoto has plans to create a "space temple" named Jōten'in Gō'unji filled with sacred Buddhist items such as mandalas and a Vairocana (celestial Buddha statue)
Spooky UK hotspots include a former psychiatric hospital in Liverpool, where an ex-employee claimed he saw a headless man, to a luxury home in Nottinghamshire where the family were subjected to blood-curdling screams
So confident was Blakelee Sands that she would not be caught, the 18-year-old asked police to assist her in retrieving her fake ID from a bar where it was taken off her
The snow in the 2013 film was animated so well that it helped one scientist develop a simulation to study the grim 1959 death of nine Russian hikers.
Professor Michael Strano from MIT said that his team's new research was "a novel demonstration of how we have overcome the plant-to-human communication barrier"
The unusual-looking "craft" seemed to remain motionless throughout the YouTube video. Its shape and appearance also bears a resemblance to previous "cigar-shaped UFOs" seen in the area
Thai social media star Pakon Keawdee, or 'Atompakon', was reportedly burgled on January 17 with his CCTV cameras allegedly catching a 38-year-old man carrying an indecent act
Lincoln Way in Clairton looks like any other quiet residential street on Streetview, until you 'step back' a few feet and find that it's vanished entirely in the space of six feet
Internet browsers were also asked if you can buy the Class A drug at another discount store, Poundland. Reddit users came up with a range of possibilities for the strange question
The Indian flying fox is actually too old to fly, but his caretakers hold him while he flaps his wings so he can feel like he's still got it.
Size apparently does matter for male Brookesia nana chameleons.
The prank occurred early Monday afternoon in the Hollywood hills.
As if spam wasn't enough.
Members of the Aetherius society believe that advanced aliens from planets including Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn have guided and protected humanity throughout our history
The weather-predicting rodent emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to, as tradition dictates, stare at his shadow.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that his Neuralink device designed to connect humans and machines could be ready for human trials by the end of this year
The new, Covid-friendly watering hole called Juden Highball will soon open in Hakodate, Japan; perfect for anyone who prefers a bit of 'me-time' when they're sipping on a cold one
Egyptologists suggest the person was fitted with a gold tongue so they could plead their case for a pleasant afterlife with Osiris, the 'Lord of the Underworld'
Despite very obviously dying on June 25, 2009, a select group of devoted MJ fans are convinced the singer is still alive today and a new video of a lookalike has been used as "proof"
There's a lot of slipping, sliding, crashing and even sinking going on.
Mike Jack got his insides blowtorched by the Carolina Reaper but got himself a Guinness World Record.
Microsoft's Tim O'Brien admitted that the implications of the Black Mirror-style technology were "disturbing" and added that the original application was designed before the "AI ethics reviews we do today"
The stunning discovery of an "intelligent material" that works in a similar way to our brain cells was announced on Monday – with researchers now set to build a "quantum brain"
Second World War memorabilia does not come much stranger than a toilet seat looted from the Fuhrer's private bathroom at his alpine residence near Berchtesgaden, Germany
Second World War memorabilia does not come much stranger than a toilet seat looted from the Fuhrer's private bathroom at his alpine residence near Berchtesgaden, Germany
A frightening moment on the slopes was caught on video.