Weird

It was even a protected species until 2005.

"My first reaction is I’m relieved that I didn’t kill myself."

We all have to go sometime. Hopefully, it won't be while choking to death at a cockroach-eating contest.

Tod Browning's sideshow spectacle is considered a classic, or at least a cult favorite, today—but its original reception wasn't quite so welcoming.

The two people standing over the body, Michigan State Police detective Paul Wood told the Hard Copy cameras, “had a distinctive-type uniform on.

Burial and cremation aren't the only two options these days.

Sometimes less is more.

Researchers thought the foot-long sea cockroach was "cute."

In the last eight years, 15 human feet have washed up on the shore.

Being an airmail pilot was dangerous business before these came along.

It's said to taste "slightly sweet."

They stand 3 to 4 feet tall.

Rock on.

From fierce Bavarian wolpertingers to the wily wild haggis.

For several decades, a creepy urban legend has circulated in the darker corners of online forums devoted to vintage video games.

The figures are of “varying sizes, ages and details” and come with exchangeable wardrobes to “suit your historical or theatrical needs.”

This way to Middle-earth!

The philosopher believed in making every man his own statue.

Authorities didn't know what they were running toward—or what they might have been running from.

After he reappeared, Bates founded what would become the most notorious school of eye quackery.