It was hilarious but truly so strange."
The world can be many things and one of them is bizarre.
My husband and I call it ‘Dollar Store After Dark.’
Last week, I saw a woman pushing around two ferrets in a baby stroller."
I immediately ran as fast as possible and called the police to give them the house’s address.
thehallouminati
3.
“There’s a house in my neighborhood that has a potbelly pig for a pet.
The first time I saw it was while driving by I had to do a double-take.
The full-grown pig was grazing in the front yard, just chillin'.”
“About two months ago, I was looking out my bedroom window on a perfectly clear night.
It hovered there for about three minutes and then slowly moved toward my apartment.
It made NO noise, so it couldn’t have been an airplane or helicopter.
It’s a mystery to this day.”
Allan, 72, Minnesota
5.
“As a Civil War buff, I’ve visited Gettysburg numerous times, solo and with friends.
I paused to listen.
They sang a few bars, then stopped as suddenly as they’d started.
I didn’t hear anything else, so I proceeded on my walk.
Maybe it offered great acoustics?
At any rate, 25 years later, the memory of it still makes me laugh.”
“When I was in my 20s, I lived in a two-family apartment building.
I ran to get my husband, but by the time we got back, the monkey was gone.
My husband said I must have been dreaming, but I hadn’t even been to bed yet.
I felt vindicated.”
katieh101
7.
I kept the box and contacted the authorities."
“One day, the traffic slowed a bit while driving through town.
The cars in front of me began changing lanes.
I can’t imagine what circumstances put that man in that position, but it was odd.”
Anonymous
9.
That’s when I finally saw a fat skunk run into the road, waddling after them.
It was one of the funniest things I’d ever seen!"
“My daughter was playing in a summer lacrosse tournament in Colorado.
Suddenly, we heard a massive boom on the road behind the field.
A random lightning bolt had struck a man on a bike and a girl running nearby.
A friend of ours, a doctor, ran over to tend to both people.
The guy was in bad condition; the bolt hit him, and he had internal damage.
They both went to the hospital and lived to tell the story.”
“One day, I was walking along the main street in my town to go to the mall.
I turned and saw a very confused-looking squirrel lying in the middle of the road.
It took me the longest time to realize the squirrel had fallen out of the tree!
Luckily for him, no cars were coming.
He jumped up and hurried back up a tree trunk.
He was clearly fine and just a little stunned from what had to be a horribly long fall.”
“I went to Walmart late one night with my roommates in college.
All very strange.”
torbielillies
13.
The night of the show, we all got very, very drunk.
The venue owner was a friend of one of the band members and let them leave their equipment overnight.
My roommate and I stepped outside momentarily to get some fresh air.
“Once, I was driving down the highway with my sisters and nieces.
The roads were fairly clear that day, and I passed only about two cars every five minutes.
It was hilarious but truly so strange.”
castronaut44
15.
“I was on a flight headed to Florida for a wedding.
We exchanged pleasantries as the plane took off, and I figured it would be a pretty peaceful flight.
Halfway through the flight, I began nodding off when I suddenly smelled something peculiar.
I looked over to the window and saw the man crunching on what looked like chips.
I guess I was looking a little too long because he smiled and offered me some.
I asked what he was eating, and he held up the bag for me to read.
I had to hide my expression when I read: ‘Honey Mustard Roasted Crickets.’
I politely declined and put my headphones on so that I wouldn’t hear the crunch.
He scared me so much that I sped-walked my older mom away.
It was just some big man in his underwear.
Happy New Year to me, too, I guess.”
cr1stalfairie
17.
“One Christmas, soon after my grandfather died, we had my grandmother over for dinner.
On top of the peaches was a complete set of keys car, house, etc.
I called the family over to see one of the strangest sights ever.
A few days later, my dad contacted the local distributor and told them the story.
Turns out someone on the factory line was missing a set of keys!
We received two bags of their products as a ‘reward.'”
Doug, 77, Texas
18.
“Every summer, my family and I go to Long Beach Island.
As I was walking along the shore and watching the sun go down, I heard screaming.
I whipped my head around, and.
there was a lady with no clothes running around.
She continued running around, and then seagulls began circling her.
They followed her as she went back into the water.
It was bizarre; I still remember it so vividly.”
That was a very strange day."
We drove to the location we were given and explored the area.
The location was a large mansion not far from my house, on a street lined with other mansions.
All the other homes around the place were dark.
My roommate and I figured our trip was a bust."
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