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7:31:00 PM
If there's one place you don't want to run across a giant, 15-foot alligator, it's on a beautiful golf course in sunny Florida. Sadly (or awesomely, depending on your feelings about alligators), that's exactly what happened at Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto, Florida, yesterday afternoon.
Golfer Charles Helms and a friend were enjoying a beautiful day out on the green when the massive reptile made a chilling appearance. Helms was so shocked by the creature's size that he was convinced that it had to be a prank of some sort.

And when you see this footage, you probably won't believe your eyes either.


Apparently, this massive gator is seen fairly regularly around Buffalo Creek. One employee even refers to it as the unofficial mascot of the golf course!
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9:59:00 PM
Do spiders strike fear into your heart? How about camel spiders? Personally, I've never seen one up close, but they sound like horrible, nasty things that you would do well to give a wide berth to.
Camel spiders are Solifugae, which is an order under the arachnid class. They lack venom glands, so they're harmless to humans, but that doesn't make their appearance any less off-putting, as you can see in the video below...

A group of campers found this bugger while camping in a forest in central Israel. Talk about pure nope!


In case you're wondering, they did eventually let the camel spider go on its merry way after a robust debate on the subject.
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8:27:00 AM
Most people don't know it, but long before he became a murderous psychopath who stored the bodies of his victims under his house, John Wayne Gacy spent time in prison in the late 1960s for sexually assaulting a teenage boy. On December 3, 1968, Gacy was sentenced to 10 years at Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa.

Gacy only served 18 months of his sentence before being granted parole. He was released on June 18, 1970. Before he was let out, the soon-to-be murderer was interviewed as part of a local television special about Christmas in prison back in 1969. In it, Gacy talks to the reporter about life in prison, his role as a cook, and what he and the other inmates planned to do on Christmas Day.

While not disturbing per se, it's a bit surreal to see a future mass murderer talking so calmly about the holiday season.


I bet members of the Iowa parole board regretted their decision to release Gacy. In total, the madman was responsible for at least 33 murders between 1972 and his final arrest in 1978. If he had been forced to serve his full sentence the first time, it's totally possible that lives could've been spared.
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7:49:00 AM
A day at a theme park is supposed to be filled with laughter, thrilling rides, and tons of terrible fried food. But lately, it seems more and more attractions are malfunctioning, leading to tragedies both in the U.S. and abroad.
The latest story comes from Kishkinta amusement park in Chennai, India. Twenty employees were kept in the park after hours to test out a new ride, the Disco Dancer. What started out as a fun tilt-a-whirl-style ride quickly turned disastrous when it fell from nearly 15 feet in the air.

One employee perished during the ride.

While it's hard for many parents to say no when their kids beg to go to the park for an afternoon of fun, stories and tragedies like this make the decision just a little bit easier. If you'd like to read up on the safety of your local parks and how you can educate your kids on safe riding, go here.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the employee who was killed and the others who were injured.
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5:52:00 PM
When it comes to taking unnecessary risks, chasing storms and tornados ranks right up there with taunting lions. That being said, storm chasing is still a terrifying hobby for some and a lucrative profession for others.
If you think that job sounds like a joke, just wait until you check out the video below. These storm chasers found themselves just yards away from a massive tornado in Wray, Colorado, earlier this week...and they were running low on gas.

That looks like something out of a movie.
Nature is a fearsome beast. We all might be better off if we spent more time fearing its wrath than we do depleting its resources. Just saying.
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5:47:00 PM
If there's one cryptid that seems to have exhausted the interest of the public, it's the Loch Ness Monster. Old Nessie has led researchers on what seems like a wild goose chase for close to 100 years. Still, there are those who will never give up the search for the monster of Loch Ness, Scotland. However, for the rest of us, maybe we should start looking at the lochs in Ireland for some new monsters.
This footage from 2013 shows the Nessie-like hump of a creature approaching a small boat in Lough Foyle, also known as Loch Foyle, in Northern Ireland. The creature is seen approaching one boat in a relatively straight line before disappearing beneath the surface.

Maybe Nessie switched addresses?



While it's easy to jump to conclusions, we need to keep in mind that this could be a hoax. Still, even if it is, it's a very well orchestrated one.
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5:16:00 AM
If aliens are living on Earth, as many conspiracy theorists suggest, then where are they hiding? Assuming the first part of that sentence is true, the only logical place for them to hide where no one would accidentally stumble across them would be at the bottom of the ocean. I know it sounds far-fetched, but reserve your judgement until you see the following deep-sea exploration video...

It features a very alien-like creature cautiously approaching a deep-sea ROV. Could it be from another world?




Sadly, the chances of that fish actually being an alien are slim to none. Likely what we're seeing is an unknown species of deep-sea jellyfish. Still, it's cool to imagine...
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5:00:00 AM
We tend to think of sharks as the most fearsome of creatures, and usually, that's true. Most things that go head-to-head with a shark tend to end up dead. That is unless we're talking about an undersea dredging pipe. In that matchup, the pipe comes out on top...every single time.
Don't believe me? Check out the video below, in which a hapless shark wanders into the middle of a dredging operation and is dealt a brutal fate...

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4:56:00 AM

When people say that the truth is stranger than fiction, I think that also applies to science.

Even though science is a very objective thing, it can still occasionally create something that looks like it came straight out of a horror movie. Take for example an old trick known as the Pharaoh's Serpent.
Pharaoh's Serpent is a type of firework made from mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2) that when ignited makes a winding snake-like creation. While it's not as scary as something like Frankenstein's monster, it's still pretty unsettling to see the chemical reaction take place.

Pure nope. Catch the video of the full chemical reaction below.




I bet there are some pretty dangerous fumes being produced here.





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9:33:00 PM
Built in 1900 in Port Deposit, Maryland, the Jacob Tome School for Boys was funded and named after one of the richest men in the country at the time. After serving as a center for education, it would go on to wear many hats, including a training center for the Army and Navy during World War II.
Having been abandoned since 1990, the building is now a decaying skeleton of its former self, plagued by graffiti, arson, and the occasional homeless squatter. Redditor GuoKaiFeng snuck into its halls to see what was left of the old school...

When Jacob Tome arrived in Cecil County, Maryland, he was penniless, but after investing in a lumber company and railroads, as well as establishing four banks, he became the county's first millionaire.


The rich businessman founded a school in Port Deposit in 1894 called the Jacob Tome School for Boys.

The school was a successful college preparatory school, and was part of a system of schools Tome founded that began with kindergarten and extended through high school.



Tome died in 1898, just four years after the school was founded. He left the project's 3 million dollar endowment (worth over $85 million today) to his wife Evalyn. She went on to use the money to build the school.


Supervised by the famous architect Robert Peabody, the new campus was designed by William Boring and Edward Tilton, who had just completed the award-winning Ellis Island Immigration Station.


In 1900, the main buildings of the campus were constructed. Extra floors was added onto the original buildings providing a scenic view of the Susquehanna River. By 1902, the school had more than a dozen buildings.






Among other things, the school featured boarding houses, an outdoor swimming pool, batting cages, a gym, a theater, and a hotel for guest lecturers.




Many illustrious men once attended this school, including the children of the Mellon and Carnegie families.



Unfortunately, the Tome school's funding eventually dwindled. By 1942, it was moved from the original campus to one in downtown Port Deposit.


When Pearl Harbor happened in 1941, the government was eager to buy training facilities for the Navy. After the school relocated, the property along with 50 parcels of nearby farmland was purchased to create a new campus for recruits.


Five hundred buildings were built to train new recruits. Around 38,000 personnel roamed the campus, doubling the population of Cecil County itself. The facility became known as USNTC Bainbridge.


The training center prepared over 350,000 sailors for battle in World War II.

The facility served a similar purpose during the Korean War, but due to maintenance problems, the program was discontinued


Smaller schools continued operating on the campus for a while, but by 1976, all activity had closed except the Susquehanna Job Corps, which stayed until 1990.

In total, the USNTC Bainbridge graduated over 500,000 recruits.


It's sad to see such an impressive institution, so intertwined with our history, fall to ruin.


The property was bought by the State of Maryland but was turned over to the Bainbridge Development Corporation. They plan on using it to form a multi-use community center, but unfortunately the main building mysteriously burned down in 2014




















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10:55:00 PM
When you agree to explore an abandoned insane asylum, you know you're setting yourself up for a spooky encounter or two.
And that's why it should come as no surprise when you ultimately discover weird entities hanging out in your photos. This is something that Redditor DocIsIn knows all too well.

DocIsIn and a few friends decided to make a night out of exploring the old Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. One of the many photos they took was of this ordinary-looking hallway.


Later in the night, they came back to the hallway to regroup. That's when they took this photo. Kind of freaky, but no ghosts.


This image was captured about 3 minutes after the one above it. Notice anything spooky in the back behind the door? What could be casting a shadow like that?


Here's an enhanced version. See what I'm talking about? Even the other users on the r/Paranormal subreddit seem convinced that this shadow is something otherworldly.


While that is plenty freaky, it's not exactly unexpected if you're hanging out in places like this. Just saying.



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10:47:00 PM

If you've ever watched the Food Network, you know that presentation is key. As those painfully wealthy chefs say, "We eat with our eyes first."

And that's why this list of well-loved delicacies is a little bit confusing. We don't think twice about chowing down on scallops, passionfruit, and chili dogs, but perhaps if we spent more time looking at them before stuffing our faces, we'd be a little more critical.

1. Blue crab

Nothing like digging into a pile of legs that appear to have been pulled from a giant, alien-faced insect!

2. Rambutan

It looks awful before you crack it open, and even worse after.

3. Scallops

Scallops look much less terrible by the time they make it to our plates.

4. Passionfruit

Passionfruit is delicious. It's just a shame that it has to look like lumpy mucus.

5. Squid

Slimy, limp, and full of tentacles, raw squid is truly a sight to behold.

6. Truffles

As it turns out, one of the most expensive food items on Earth also looks like a turd.

7. Geoduck

Why did anyone think of eating these in the first place?

8. Ginger


One of the most beloved spices around the world also happens to look like a cross between a craggy tree and dog poop.

9. Lobster

Most people wouldn't eat scorpions, but for some reason, none of us have any qualms with eating these

10. Guacamole


Guac is yummy, good for you, and also looks like boogers.

11. Oysters


The first person to suck one of these down was probably a little screwed up.

12. Noni

If you turned strawberries green and then replaced their seeds with tiny eyeballs, you'd get the wonderfully creepy noni.

13. Mussels

There's a ton of seafood on this list. I'm sensing a pattern

14. Chili dogs

Yeah, now that I look at one of these again, I think I'm going to lay off the chili dogs from now on.

15. Shrimp


This shrimp looks like something you'd smash and pick up with a tissue if you saw it in your house.

16. Figs

I feel like this is what you'd see if you did a cross-section of someone's liver.

17. Octopus

Nothing says "I'm delicious" quite like being slimy and bulbous.
Honestly, I haven't tried a lot of these foods solely based on how they look. Can you really blame me? These things are nasty!















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7:52:00 PM
How human would you say you are? if you answered 100 percent (if you bothered to answer at all), you're sadly incorrect. While about 90 percent of your DNA is made of human material, a small percentage of it is considered "alien."

Yes, you are part alien, but not the kind you're thinking of. Sorry, Martian.


About 8 percent of all human DNA is made up of ancient viral fragments hiding deep within the genome.

Viruses are made of RNA (seen as a precursor to DNA, which is more complex). They work to infect their hosts by injecting them with DNA-based replicas of their own RNA.

Because viruses have been doing this for millennia, the fact that some parts of ancient viruses have made their way into the depths of human genetics makes sense.

A recent study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed 19 new pieces of viral DNA in the human genome.

Even freakier, perhaps, is that parts of our bodies have adapted to use these bits of ancient RNA for processes that have to do with fighting disease and increasing fertility.


Now that is the kind of creepiness I can get down with. The human body is home to so much awesome madness.



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