Weird News

Here's the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving tradition: a smartphone video of a Black Friday riot. This is in Moultrie, GA, and the swarms of people are grabbing cheap pay-as-you-go smartphones. But it's not the only shame to be happening, as the clip you've seen elsewhere isn't legit.

A man shot in the face, not only lived, but spit the bullet out. A teenager survived being impaled by a large bamboo spike. A dying man was saved by a pizza delivery guy. (Was it thin or thick crust!). These are some of the stories Edward Meyer, VP of Exhibits & Archives from Ripley's Believe It or Not, will share this afternoon (Thanksgiving-Thursday) when he comes on the Puffman Show at 4:35

Bah, humbug! A Canadian Grinch ruined the annual holiday parade for dozens of children last Saturday. The intoxicated 24-year-old man, who hailed from Kingston, was arrested after police received a complaint. Parents informed authorities that this jerk ruined Christmas for their youngsters by walking up and down the parade lines and telling them that Santa Claus doesn't exist.

Big Brother is watching the students of John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas. They have all been given RFID badges so the administration will "always know where they are in the building."

That's what I used to call them. I was a big time wrestling fan back in the 70's & early 80's & besides seeing some great matches back in the Pittsburgh area, I got to meet some of these "living legends". I had the good fortune to spend an entire day with the late Captain Lou Albano, who I found out wasn't really a "Captain" at all...

Find yourself wishing the holidays were over already? Well, thanks to a bug in the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, the month of December has been canceled altogether. Is Google the new Grinch?

When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step. Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry."

Coca-Cola is everywhere. The drink is sold in just about every supermarket, drug store and gas station across the country and throughout the world. Not much has changed since the product's inception except, of course, the price.

Bacon is one of the few foods on this Earth that is perfect and beautiful all by itself, it doesn't need seasoning or melted cheese. However, that hasn't stopped some scientists from trying to make it even tastier...

It's always nice to see kids doing something to raise awareness or money to help their fellow man. Apparently, one school in Bedforshire, England doesn't feel the same way.

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, my friends at Ripley's Believe It or Not(!) have some amazing "Thankful" stories from their new Ripley's book, "Download The Weird" & next Thursday afternoon, Thanksgiving day, you'll have a chance to win this beautiful hardcover coffee table book presentation from Ripley's...

Puffman here inviting you to join me this afternoon (Monday) on "Puffman Musical Trivia" at 4:30. Today I'm giving away "Christmas in Tinseltown-Celebrity Recipes & Hollywood Memories from 6 Feet Under the Mistletoe". It's from Frantic Frank Decaro & it's a presentation of "The Dead Celebrity Cookbook". No dou...