In retrospect, storing $15,000 in cash inside his kitchen oven probably wasn't the best of ideas.
Phil Inkly is forced to live in a caravan in the woods because exposure to technology makes him ill.
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner is planning to jump from 90,000ft and land in Roswell, New Mexico.
Family man John Canfield found something distinctly unusual on a home video he had recorded.
Sightings of a man wearing a goat costume in a field of real goats have puzzled authorities in Utah.
A man using a blowtorch to burn spider webs in his garden managed to set his own house on fire.
A man in Japan has built a partner using virtual reality goggles and motion-tracking hardware.
Lawrence Edmonds has travelled over 5,000 miles in a quest to lick every Anglican cathedral in Britain.
Special urinals have been installed in several US pubs in an effort to tackle drink driving.
A city worker from Arizona is in intensive care after a huge cactus fell down and crushed him.
A woman in South Korea reported becoming 'pregnent' in her mouth after eating a calamari portion.
Two frogs have been joined in marriage as part of a special ritual aimed at invoking the rain god.
A Canadian farmer is being charged over the loss of more than 250 of his cows in a ten year period.
Reporters from Japan went to China to investigate the alleged invention of ice cream that doesn't melt.
A man in China has been jailed after he drove off with a policeman clinging to the front of his car.
The cremation of a 200kg woman didn't go according to plan as her excess body fat blocked an air filter.
A two-year-old who was believed to be dead shocked his family when he woke up before being buried.
Two towns with less than exciting names are set to be formally linked following a vote later today.
Some of the strangest legal cases ever recorded have been on the topic of planet ownership.
Bookmakers have been accepting some rather unusual bets for the upcoming London Olympic Games.