Parachuting Beavers, a Doctor’s Near-Death Experience & Jersey Devil

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5. At first glance at this dude’s mugshot, you’d think he was auditioning for the live-action movie of Shrek. Turns out, though, that’s just how this guy looks every day.

4. A man with a heart of gold decided to give his mother’s Welsh home a makeover while she was laid up in the hospital, starting with the attic. Little did he know that his mom was guarding a secret so shocking, it would make your hair stand on end.

3. A dentist in New Jersey who never put much stock in the stories of the Jersey Devil, had a direct encounter with the beast. The most shocking part was how he described it.

2. In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander developed an extremely rare form of bacterial meningitis that was barely documented in medical literature. He fell into a coma within a few hours. Although he was a firm believer in science who laughed at anything spiritual or religious, he saw heaven with his own eyes—as real as anything he’d ever experienced.

1. In what sounds like the plot to the next Disney movie, Idaho decided to relocate their beavers. How? By putting parachutes on them and beginning Operation Beaver Drop.