This Week's Weird News 7/12/24 – iHeart
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A gravestone stolen from a legendary West Virginia burial plot, a suspected ghost girl filmed in Mexico, and a bizarre pet store burglary wherein hamsters were found in the suspect’s pants were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.
The gravestone from a legendary West Virginia burial plot wound up in the news this past week after police announced that a miscreant had made off with the marker. The resting place of Harry Spitz, who passed away in 1912 at the age of three, became famous in 1975 when an underground explosion created a huge hole in the ground and revealed a crack in the concrete tomb containing his remains. Authorities and scientists were unable to explain what caused the weird event, which has since become something of a beloved West Virginia mystery. The theft of the gravestone understandably caused outrage among fans of the case and a GoFundMe has already been set up to replace the marker should it not be recovered by police.
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This past week featured a trio of intriguing videos showing possible paranormal activity or sheer high strangeness. First, in Canada, a motorist at a railroad crossing was stunned to see what appeared to be a three-legged man wandering around in the road ahead of her. Later in the week, a security camera watching over a neighborhood in Mexico captured footage of a young girl walking down a desolate road before slowly vanishing into thin air, leading some to speculate that the youngster was a ghost. Meanwhile, an odd UFO was filmed cruising through the sky over a Mexican city that is the subject of a wild theory wherein the community is protected from hurricanes thanks to a secret alien base said to be located nearby.
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By far the weirdest story of the week came by way of Ohio, where an alleged pet store burglar was busted with hamsters in his pants. According to authorities, the truly strange case saw the delightfully named suspect Matthew Pancake break into several businesses during a frenzied early morning crime spree in the city of Columbus. One establishment was a pet shop, where he released a veritable menagerie of critters out into the parking lot before fleeing the area. When cops finally caught up with the man, who was wearing a leopard pajama onesie, they were astounded when a subsequent search found four pilfered hamsters hidden away in the odd outfit.
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