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  1. Gators, goat sacrifice and a Darth Vader robber — Florida got weirder in 2015

    12/30/15 Human Interest By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer

    Florida is America's Weirdest State. Let's just agree to that as a first principle. Weird things happen everywhere there are human beings, of course, but more weirdness happens in the Sunshine State and it tends to be weirder.

    A man wearing a Darth Vader mask tried to rob a Jacksonville Beach 8 til Late convenience store in November, police said. [Image from surveillance video via Jacksonville Beach Police Department]

  2. Zombie cats and phony sex pills: the year in weird Florida crime

    12/28/15 Bizarre News By Katie Mettler, Times Staff Writer

    The Sunshine State might as well have its own edition of the board game Clue. Tampa Bay crime headlines from 2015 read like an "only in Florida" joke about what the heck happened this time.

    Bart the "zombie cat" at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. The organization was involved in a lawsuit with Bart's owner, Ellis Hutson, over his custody. [Times files]

  3. Woman is stabbed at a Florida nudist resort

    12/13/15 CrimeAssociated Press

    MIAMI — An 18-year-old woman was stabbed Sunday while she walked on a nature trail at a Florida nudist resort, officials said.

  4. Florida burglary suspect hiding in pond is killed by 11-foot alligator (w/video)

    12/07/15 CrimeBy David Harris, Orlando Sentinel (TNS)

    A 22-year-old burglary suspect trying to evade authorities was killed by an 11-foot alligator last month, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said.

    The 11-foot alligator was trapped by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and euthanized. "A forensic examination of the alligator located remains consistent with the injuries to Riggins inside the alligator's stomach," deputies said. [Brevard County Sheriff's Office]

  5. Gross! Dust mites sleep with you, on you, and in your mattress

    11/29/15 By Claire Landsbaum, Slate.com

    "After 8 years, an old mattress becomes a heavy weight, from pounds of dead skin, gallons of sweat, and millions of dust mites that accumulate inside it!" So claims an ad for the concerned Mattress Firm — your salvation is, of course, to purchase a fresh, unsoiled mattress from them. But is this true? Do our …

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  6. Facing highest threat alert, Belgians bring out their cats for #BrusselsLockdown

    11/23/15 WorldAssociated Press

    BRUSSELS — What police force would start playing along with a practical joke when the capital is facing its highest state of alert and its most-wanted fugitive is still on the run? Right! This is surreal Belgium.

    The Belgian Federal Police released this image on Twitter on Monday. Late Sunday, the Belgian Federal Police asked people to stop commenting on ongoing raids in social media to avoid tipping off suspects who could be checking their tweets for suspicious activities in their neighborhood. En masse, they did more than that. The hashtag #BrusselsLockdown suddenly shifted from serious to humorous, tweeting a flood of pictures of all-too-innocent cats in all kinds of situations. [Belgian Federal Police via AP]

  7. Pastor uses saw to free impaled worker

    11/22/15 Bizarre News

    OCALA — Doctors say a Central Florida laborer impaled by a piece of rebar from a concrete block is lucky to be alive after the object narrowly missed his vital organs.

  8. Now that's a rock! 1,111-carat diamond discovered in Botswana mine (w/video)

    11/20/15 WorldBy Yanan Wang, Washington Post

    From afar, Botswana's diamond mines look like barren construction sites sunk into rocky hills. At their base, hulking excavation machines turn over what appear to be nothing more than piles of dirt.

    This 1,111-carat diamond was recovered from the Karowe Mine in Botswana. There hasn't yet been a price evaluation on the stone. [Lucara Diamond Corp.]

  9. American Airlines says it's 'terribly sorry' it lost marathon bombing survivor's prosthetic leg

    11/20/15 NationAssociated Press

    BOSTON — A professional dancer who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing says American Airlines lost her luggage, which included her prosthetic leg.

    Professional danceeeeer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, here with her brothers Timothy, left, and David as she crosses the finish line of the 118th Boston Marathon, said in a tweet Thursday that American Airlines lost her luggage, which included her prosthetic leg. [Associated Press (2014)]

  10. Kangaroo farts not as environmentally friendly as previously thought

    11/06/15 Bizarre News Washington Post

    Kangaroos can no longer feel smug about their flatulence. Traditionally, it has been thought that the animals produce unusually low amounts of methane when they pass gas. Since livestock farts (I'm looking at you, cows) make up a lot of our global greenhouse gas emissions, that would make kangaroos potential lifesavers …

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