This Week's Weird News 5/31/24 – iHeartRadio
By Tim Binnall
May 31, 2024
British village invaded by a massive flock of feral chickens, troubling tarot scheme in Pennsylvania, and an array of UFO sightings from around the world are among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.
This past week featured a plethora of stories involving UFOs, including two intriguing videos which may show the phenomenon in action. First, in Argentina, an airport worker filmed a curious cluster of lights that appeared over the facility and baffled both witnesses on the ground as well as those flying into the site. Later in the week, an attendee at an airshow in New York City captured footage of a fast-moving object that zipped through the sky during a performance by the famed Blue Angels. In Japan, a group of politicians announced plans to formally request that the government investigate UFOs and a pair of pilots flying over Ireland reported a mysterious orb performing amazing maneuvers before vanishing from sight.
A pair of odd occult-related stories popped up in the news this week, beginning with an unfortunate incident in Pennsylvania wherein a woman reported to police that she had fallen prey to a particularly pernicious form of fraud. The alleged victim claims that, rather than provide her a glimpse into the future, a tarot card reader threatened to curse her family unless she paid an unspecified ransom. After the worried woman dutifully did what they demanded, she came to her senses shortly thereafter and alerted the authorities as to what had happened. Meanwhile, ahead of a nationwide lottery drawing in Thailand, a group of people visited a haunted house in the hopes that its resident spirit would provide some insight into what the winning numbers might be.
By far the weirdest story of the week came by way of England, where residents of a village say that their community has been overrun by a massive flock of feral chickens. The bevy of birds, believed to number around 100, have made the town of Snettisham their home, much to the chagrin of those who live there. Lamenting that the foul fowl tear up lawns and create a cacophony of irritating sounds, fed-up residents recently complained that the problem has been compounded by an influx of tourists who come to the village to see the chickens and, in turn, leave behind trash that is feasted upon by rats. The simmering situation in Snettisham reached a boiling point this week when community members appealed to local officials to put an end to their three-tiered nightmare.
For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.
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