This Week's Weird News 7/21/23

A drone video that seemed to show Bigfoot, a suspected lioness on the loose in Germany, and a neighborhood in Florida overrun by rabbits were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.

Two very strange viral videos made headlines this past week, beginning with a piece of drone footage which seemingly showed Bigfoot walking through a forest. Alas, the incredible scene was too good to be true as it was later determined to be a well-crafted prank that took on a life of its own after being repurposed on TikTok. Later in the week, people online were left scratching their heads over a video wherein a woman walking down a street appeared to be frozen in time for several seconds before she suddenly starts strolling again. Amassing millions of views on social media, the footage had many wondering if they had just seen a proverbial glitch in the matrix.

This past week featured a pair of stories involving authorities responding to strange reports of dangerous animals. First, in Germany, a massive search was initiated after witnesses spotted and filmed what was believed to be a lioness inexplicably roaming around a suburb of Berlin. Using helicopters, drones, and over 100 police officers, authorities attempted to track down the creature, but could not find it and eventually called off the hunt after they concluded that the 'big cat' may have just been a boar. Meanwhile, in Indiana, wildlife officials were forced to issue a statement debunking a viral social media post which mischievously claimed that a man-eating snapping turtle was lurking in one of the state's lakes.

Easily, the weirdest story of the week came by way of Florida, where residents of a neighborhood lamented that their community has been overrun by domesticated rabbits. The problem began two years ago when a woman who bred bunnies decided to move out of the city and, rather than bring the animals with her, simply released them into the wild. Having been set free, the little of lionhead rabbits began to multiply to the point that there is now somewhere between 60 and 100 of the lagomorphs living in the small neighborhood. While some might find the situation to be an adorable predicament, the residents who are being overrun by rabbits understandably beg to differ and are hoping the city can relocate the creatures without doing them any harm.

For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.