By Tim Binnall
As this unfathomable year comes to a close, it would be an understatement to say that there was no shortage of strange and unusual stories over the last twelve months. 2020 saw the bizarre become normalized with each unexpected development until the very unique nature of the year turned into something of a cliche. Given the tribulations of this past year, the arrival of 2021 is understandably being met with near universal celebration and the hope that there are better days to come. With that in mind, we thankfully and mercifully bid farewell to 2020 with 20 of the weirdest stories from a year like no other...
Hoping to Obtain Superpowers, Bolivian Boys Let Black Widow Spider Bite Them
Detroit Driver Arrested After Successfully Jumping Over Drawbridge
Man Files Motion Requesting Sword Fight to Settle Legal Dispute with Ex-Wife
Conspiracy Theorist Decries Dinosaur Statue Outside McDonald's in Arizona
Woman Given Haunted Mannequin Head?
China Dismisses Reported Plan to Send 100,000 Locust-Eating Ducks to Pakistan
Hard Hat Lost in Mississippi River Found in Ireland Five Years Later
Woman Faces Blindness After Getting Eyeballs Dyed Black
Italian Flat Earthers' Journey to the 'Edge of the World' Goes Wildly Awry
Package Containing Suspected Brain Found on Beach in Wisconsin
Canadian Town Shuts Down Creepy Clown
Monkeys Steal Covid-19 Samples from Lab Worker in India
Man Claiming to be from Saturn Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government
'Wish-Granting' Cat for Sale in Russia
Squirrel Gets Drunk On Fermented Pears
Statue 'Restoration' in Spain is Breathtakingly Bad
'Giant Rat' Pulled from Mexico City Drainage System
Runaway Train in Netherlands Lands on Sculpture of Whale's Tail
Cops Seek 'Plague Doctor' in England
French School Tells Parents to Stop Tossing Tardy Students Over Gate