An intriguing new clue in the MH370 case, baby monitor footage showing a son being comforted by his late father, and a substitute teacher fired for showing The Exorcist to elementary school kids are among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this week.
This past week featured an intriguing video showing possible paranormal activity in the form of some baby monitor footage that a Pennsylvania widow believes captures the moment when the spirit of her late husband comfort the son he never got to meet. Whitney Allen gave birth to their son, Leo, earlier this year as her husband, Ryan, was in the final stages of a lengthy battle with a brain injury. Sadly, he passed away without ever seeing the child, though his wife suspects that the spooky footage, which shows an unseen force seemingly jostling the baby's hair and soothing it, just may be the father and son connecting through the proverbial veil.
The mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was back in the headlines this past week thanks to some newfound debris that may reveal criminal intent behind the plane's infamous disappearance. A pair of researchers acquired the intriguing piece of the Boeing 777's landing gear from a fisherman in Madagascar, who found it five years ago and never realized its significance until recently. An examination of the debris, the pair wrote in a new paper, suggests that the landing gear was deployed when the airliner smashed into the ocean and, they argue, this was intentionally done by someone aboard MH370 with the express purpose of hiding the evidence of their dastardly deed.
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The weirdest story of the week came by way of the Netherlands, where a man was fired from his job as a substitute teacher at an elementary school because he was forcing the children to watch horror movies, including The Exorcist, during their lunch break. The highly unorthodox 'lesson plan' came to light after the students, who ranged in age from seven to nine years old, told their parents that they had been shown "creepy" films in class. A subsequent investigation found that the man had been secretly screening the movies, which left some of the tots so terrified that the fled the classroom in fright. Suffice it to say, the substitute was summarily fired after administrators discovered his audacious antics.
For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.