Berkshire UFO Incident, Haunted Yosemite Lake, & Stop With the Marinara!

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5. A person put up signs on lamp posts and trees in an attempt to find a mysterious culprit who was repeatedly breaking into his apartment—to leave Prego marinara sauce under his pillow. Was it secret, guerilla sauce marketing, a scam, or was someone really doing this?

4. Find out why Zelli Rossi from Sao Paolo, Brazil slept in a coffin for the last 23 years in honor of his dead friend. (It’s stories like these that give the Weirdest News in History a purpose.)

3. A tribe in Southeast Asia spend most of their lives in the water and can hold their breaths for several minutes. They can also dive to depths to over 70 meters. What about them is different from other humans that helps them thrive in the sea?

2. There were stories of spirits haunting Yosemite since before it was ever a national park. According to legend, a crying boy lurks there who lures people into the lake. Then, when they wade in, the boy grabs people by the feet and drags them under. Find out if the story’s true and who the boy is.

1. The mysterious “Berkshire UFO Incident of 1969” was a sighting in which over 250 people reported witnessing an unidentified flying object. Many school children were able to draw the same thing, and some noticed that 2 hours of time were missing. Most mysteriously of all, one child claimed that he (and his family) were taken aboard the craft.