http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/strange/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:11:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415946/posts The Marines found the bone as they scraped a shallow trench. Long, dry and unmistakably once part of a human leg, it was followed by others. They reburied most of them but also found bodies. Three of the graves were close together; in another was a skeleton still wearing a pair of glasses. The Marines covered the grave and told their successors to stay away from it. Observation Point Rock sits a few hundred metres south east of Patrol Base Hassan Abad, where a company from 2/8 Marines has been stationed for the past seven months. It is a lonely... London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415946/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:11:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412032/posts Need help identifying the following snow tracks: This is the third time I have found some strange animal tracks on my land. I live in western pa, 25 miles from Pittsburgh in the land of murrymom. The area is rural on the edge of suburban development. These tracks I photographed (iPhone) while snow blowing. The gate is 6 to 8 feet and the single track may be a double paw print. The single track is larger than my hand. The tracks entered my property near a wood pile (breaking a five wire electric fence) and traveled over two hundred feet... N/A http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412032/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410890/posts I like fishing just like anyone, but fishing on a frozen lake is not my idea of a good way to spend the afternoon. No sir, give me a fly rod and a nice river and I can fish all day long. Now these guys have found an interesting way to find out exactly where the fish in the lake are. I would not recommend it, but if you are from the extreme North, then I am sure you have either done it this way or at least contemplated it. Either way you really need to check out this video,... Interesting, Weird, and Educational Videos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410890/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398721/posts Using a highly reliable measuring system know as the five senses, human beings in their billions have come to the conclusion, that the only certainty about the weather on planet earth, is that it keeps on changing in very strange ways. Some times hot, sometimes cold, sometimes wet, sometimes dry. This mind blowing discovery that affects all our lives has been dubbed Global Norming. Otherwise know as Climate Strange. What effects this will have on future generations nobody knows, but one thing everyone agrees on is that the effects of Global Norming will be devastating. blogs.telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398721/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2337385/posts State laws are changing all the time. For example, Arizona will make it legal for gun owners with permits to carry concealed weapons to take their fire arms into drinking establishments -- bars -- on September 29. Up until now, guns were barred from any kind of establishment where alcohol is served but that law no longer stands. Since this country came into existence, laws have come and gone, sometimes addressing very specific circumstances which no longer apply. Today, these outdated laws may seem just plain wacky to us but at some point they were very important. That's why we... Dumb Laws http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2337385/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:17:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335555/posts THE community of Lower Gweru and its surroundings in the Midlands Province was left shell-shocked when a goat gave birth to human-like creature that had the combined features of a man and a goat. A report in The Chronicle newspaper said the goat gave birth to the 'creature' on Sunday morning in Maboleni area. The creature had a human head, face, nose, shoulders and human-like skin that had very scanty furs. It had goat features from the “shoulders” to the legs. Its sagging stomach prevented curious villagers from determining whether it had human or animal sex organs as it protruded... The Zimbabwe Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335555/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:17:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2305188/posts What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They have all been used to sell stuff in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads! These are real, untouched advertisements from the good old days. It doesn't matter if it's lovely ladies or adorable clowns, somehow these old-time ad wizards found ways to traumatize us while pedaling everyday products. Enjoy them now, call your therapist later! 15. White Bread Demon"Bread is swell, but what I'm really excited about is eating jelly made from the blood of the innocent!" 14. French Suicide SausageIt's enough to make you want to eat Kosher... Retro Comedy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2305188/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2174630/posts Some 250 teenage boys will pile onto the carpet of the Islamic Center of Passaic County on Sunday to catch the Super Bowl on a big screen. But when the much-buzzed-about commercials come on, they won't be watching. A youth leader manning the projector slaps a piece of paper over the lens, blocking out images the center considers inappropriate, such as beers and bikinis. "The purpose is to keep them away from bad influences," said Emad Hamdeh, the youth committee director. "The beer commercials show people happy while drinking; that's not reality." During the self-imposed blackouts, the boy fans don't... Herald News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2174630/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155188/posts YES Jesus Loves YOU! YouTuve http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155188/posts#comment Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:45:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155018/posts MISIONES, Argentina, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Argentine police say a destitute 1-year-old boy was kept alive by a colony of stray cats who shared food scraps and kept him warm in the city of Misiones. The boy, who had been missing for several days, was found by Police Officer Lorean Lindgvist, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday "The boy was lying at the bottom of a gutter. There were all these cats on top of him licking him because he was really dirty," Lindgvist said. "When I walked over they became really protective and spat at me. They were keeping the... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155018/posts#comment Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:38:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101660/posts A doll some are claiming utters pro-Islam and even satanic messages has outraged parents in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. People insist they can hear Fisher-Price's "Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo" mumbling "Islam is the light" and "Satan is king," according to KJRH.com and MyFOXKC.com. "There's no markings on the box to indicate there's anything Islamic about this doll," said Gary Rofkahr of Owasso, Okla., who was at work when another man brought the toy in to show his colleagues. Rofkahr said he found various versions of the doll at local Target and Wal-Mart stores, which have since pulled... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101660/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:41:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2097237/posts I apologize for the video only link. Along with the "Obama kids" video, I thought this might be an enlightening complement. liveleak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2097237/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089943/posts As someone who spends pretty much his entire life chasing, investigating, and writing about mysterious beasts and diabolical monsters, I have to admit that I have come across some extremely wild and far-out stories in my time – and that’s putting it mildly! But, the one strange creature that fascinates and intrigues me perhaps more than any other, is the aptly- and intriguingly-named Mongolian Death-Worm. Now you might very reasonably ask: what on Earth can be so deadly about a mere worm? Well, I’ll tell you. And it has absolutely nothing at all to do with the sort of worm... Mania http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089943/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2083029/posts Alas, even when The One tries to get snarky and sarcastic about John McCain, he messes it up these days! In this video he is trying to attack John McCain for being too mean in his ads when he actually winds up saying that he wins the most negative ad contest "pretty handily!" . . . . (see video at link) Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2083029/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:07:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054235/posts The first ever eyelash extensions for men are going to hit the shelves in September at Harrods and on Amazon.com. Priced at £5.45, they will come in both thick and fine options. The Fashion Time Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054235/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:17:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031269/posts AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031269/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:57:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995798/posts While diving in the harbor of a small island in Indonesia recently, husband and wife Buck and Fitrie Randolph, with dive guide Toby Fadirsyair, found a strange fish and took some pictures. The oddball creature looks like an anglerfish, but different. Its eyes, unlike those of nearly all fish, point forward and may allow the fish to gauge depth the way humans do. The flat fish has tan- and peach-colored stripes and rippling folds of skin that obscure its fins. About the size of a human fist, it is soft and pliable enough to slip into narrow crevices of coral... LiveScience.com on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995798/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 01:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1979134/posts Why all of a sudden am I loading the Latest articles page? It used to be clicking on messages in the upper right corner solved the problem. Now, I finally found "Comments" down the right side a bit, but every time ya hit browse now coming out of a thread, I return to latest articles page! WWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTZZZZZZZZZ - UUUUP!!??!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1979134/posts#comment Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968365/posts woman who said her breast implants were damaged in an on-the-job car accident should be compensated for the replacement of only one implant, state appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued the decision in a workers' compensation claim filed by Penny M. Rumple Richardson, who said the 2001 accident caused rippling and a decrease in size of her implants. AOL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968365/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:42:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1912733/posts HIDDENITE -- A teller was robbed at gunpoint at a Hiddenite bank Tuesday afternoon. The suspect was dressed from head to toe. The robbery happened around 3:40 p.m. at People’s Bank on N.C. 90 East, five miles outside of Taylorsville. No one was injured. No one has been arrested. Alexander County sheriff’s deputies and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are investigating the robbery. Deputies say the robber entered the bank, approached the teller and demanded money. The robber pointed a small handgun at the teller. The suspect (deputies have not released the gender) gave the teller a black plastic bag... Hickory (NC) Daily Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1912733/posts#comment Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:31:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1870826/posts Sadhus, or Hindu holy men perform Yoga after taking a dip in Sangam, the confluence of three rivers, the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Saraswati, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad July 21, 2007. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA) http://news.yahoo.com/photo/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1870826/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:31:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1834632/posts A bizarre world of scorching hot ice shrouded in a steamy atmosphere may have been found, according to new observations. Characterising the Neptune-size planet is an important milestone on the way to detecting and characterising Earth-like planets that could harbour life. Astronomers have discovered more than 200 planets orbiting other stars, called extrasolar planets or exoplanets. Almost all of these were detected by the way their gravity makes their parent stars wobble. But this technique, called the radial velocity method, reveals very little about the planet except for the size of its orbit and an estimate of its mass. Transits... space.newscientist.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1834632/posts#comment Wed, 16 May 2007 18:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1832841/posts May 11 - The South Korean prosecutor has sought an arrest warrant for Kim Seung-youn, one of the country's richest businessman, on suspicion of kidnapping and beating karaoke bar waiters. Kim Seung-youn, chairman of the Hanwha Group, a South Korean business conglomerate, appeared at a Seoul courthouse on Friday to face assault charges. Police suspect that Kim went to the bar with his bodyguards in early March, seized six workers and shuttled them off to a remote mountain area where he beat them with a 150-cm steel pipe. They also suspect that he punched and kicked one waiter "dozens of... Rooters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1832841/posts#comment Sun, 13 May 2007 14:51:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812137/posts A Presidential Medal of Freedom that was prepared for award to Apollo 13 astronaut Captain James Lovell, Jr., and which was missing since 1970, was recently recovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the bureau's Chicago office announced on Tuesday. A slight defect in the medal resulted in its replacement being manufactured and presented in its place to Lovell. The damaged medal was intended to be destroyed but instead it found its way out of the White House and into the hands of a private collector in Pennsylvania. On January 5, 2007, that same collector listed the medal for... Space.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812137/posts#comment Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809862/posts Prehistoric women: Not so simple, not so strange 18:00 28 March 2007 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition. Germaine Greer Prehistoric women: Not so simple, not so strange This is a review of The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the true roles of women in prehistory by J. Adovasio, Olga Soffer & Jake Page, Collins, $27/£13.72, ISBN 9780061170911 Jim Adovasio is the leading expert in the perishable artefacts of the Palaeolithic – baskets, cordage, woven fabric – all associated, if somewhat arbitrarily, with women. To correct the astigmatism that has hitherto seen prehistory as the story of early man, Adovasio – director... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809862/posts#comment Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:03:47 GMT