This Week's Weird News 11/4/22 – iHeart
A possible Ogopogo sighting, a bizarre battle between a man and a goose, and a lottery winner who donned a mascot costume to hide the jackpot from his family were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.
Canada’s legendary lake monster Ogopogo was in the news this week after a couple sailing on Okanagan Lake, where the creature is said to reside, snapped a photo of a curious anomaly that some suspect could be the famed cryptid. Dale and Colleen Hanchar were initially left scratching their heads when they caught sight of the strange object off in the distance and, when they got closer, their confusion was only compounded after taking a photo of the oddity in the water and seeing that it sported what seemed to be a pair of horns. While the image stirred suspicions that perhaps it was a clear view of Ogopogo,an expert who examined the image argued that the creature was likely an aquatic bird, like a duck or goose.
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For some strange reason, this past week saw a pair of bizarre incidents centered around clashes between humans and the animal kingdom. First, in Taiwan, a trip to the park took a terrifying turn for a man and his granddaughter when they encountered an ornery goose that went on the attack. The dutiful granddad actually picked up the tot to shield her from the angry bird and, left with no recourse when it would not stop stalking them, whipped the child’s legs into the animal, which caused it to give up the fight. Then, in India, a young boy escaped from a potentially fatal cobra snake attack by biting the creature to death as it was wrapped around his hand.
Photo: Guangxi Welfare Lottery
By far the weirdest story of the week came by way of China, where a lottery winner went to comically extreme measures to make sure his family didn’t know about the jackpot. After winning a whopping $30 million, the lucky man feared that such a massive sum of money would cause his wife and kids to become arrogant and lazy. With that in mind, he decided to keep his win in secret, sneaking out of the house to collect the prize and doing so while wearing a colorful mascot costume that concealed his identity. Amazingly, the man’s loved ones still do not know he won the lottery, though one imagines he may not be able to keep the secret much longer now that his stunt spawned worldwide headlines.
For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.
