It's Weird and very bizarre

Different people find certain things attractive. Some people find eyes sexy, maybe a person's smile and yet others like a well toned physique. For 54-year-old Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer, it's long, slim objects, with horizontal lines that turn her on. Before your mind falls too far into the gutter, Berliner-Mauer has a condition called Objectum-Sexuality, she's attracted to large inanimate objects. Which is why, for the past 29 years, she's been happily married to the Berlin Wall. In fact, her last name literally means Berlin Wall in German. Berliner-Mauer told the UK's Telegraph that she fell in love with the historical structure when she saw it ... Read Full Story

Forget arachnophobia, how about an increasing fear of bird mite infestation? Bird mites really don't seem pleasant, if you don't believe, just ask Nina Bradica, a 45-year-old woman from Levittown, New York who was recently quarantined after becoming infested with highly contagious bird mites. Bird mites aren't your normal parasite. Unlike ticks, they don't just burrow in your skin and stay put until you find them. No, bird mites live on you, around you and even in you, crawling all over your skin and multiplying by the thousands.  It's like a swarm of microscopic biting and bloodsucking insects attacking you at all hours of ... Read Full Story

Photographers are a totally different breed. They have the ability to freeze a moment in time perfectly, and create a memory that will live on forever, but they rarely get out of photographer mode. To illustrate this point, Ryan McGeeney, a photographer for the Standard-Examiner in Utah, was speared through the leg by a javelin this Saturday while shooting the state high school track meet. Where most people would scream in pain and cry for their mommies, McGeeney, being the seasoned photographer he is, remained calm, and snapped a picture of the javelin in his leg. Some might call him crazy, others demented, but ... Read Full Story

Don't try this at home!  Kent Couch is underway onboard a lawnchair and party helium balloons hoping to make it from Oregon to Idaho.  You can track his progress here .  In the "no kidding" category, this disclaimer can be found on Kent's website:  Cluster Ballooning is inherently risky. Kent Couch and Smart Solutions assume NO RESPONSIBILITY for the use or mis-use of information provided on this website. A Brazilian priest tried the same thing in April. His body was just recovered off the coast of Rio. Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 5, ... Read Full Story

Here's a lesson for all the men out there that think it's OK to sleep with a girl and never call her again. Kristina Caban, a 23-year-old college student branded the letter "R" on Samir Sara's stomach for having sex with her in 2004 and never calling her again. Caban hatched an elaborate plan with new boyfriend Robert Testagrossa and another man, which involved luring Sara into a room, then holding him down so Caban could brand him. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told the court that the three attackers used a taser gun on Sara, to immobilize him first, then kicked him while ... Read Full Story