The Scary Urban Legend Of Mothman, The 10-Foot Humanoid With Wings YouTubeThe creature has been described as having bright red eyes and a wingspan of 10 feet. Nov. 12, 1966, marked the first ever report of the elusive Mothman, a creature so bizarre that it can only be considered the stuff of urban myths. But multiple sightings of the monster that year challenged the notion that it existed only in the imagination.

The boy is probably the first to touch the tooth in thousands of years, according to a local paleontology museum collection manager. Mary GagnonThe 12,000-year-old tooth belonged to a juvenile mastodon. While hiking with his family through the Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve in Rochester Hills on Labor Day, six-year-old Julian Gagnon found a priceless souvenir. Feeling something underfoot while wading through a creek, the boy reached down and plucked a 12,000-year-old fossilized molar of a juvenile mastodon out of the mud.

While travelers can witness Iceland's northern lights in person from September to March, these photos showcase the wonders of the aurora borealis all year round. The aurora borealis with a touch of purple. Jonina G. Oskarsdottir/Barcroft Media/Getty Images The northern lights display a unique glow whenever they appear.vicmontol/Flickr On especially clear nights, you can see a multitude of stars among the northern lights.Cameron Pickett/Wikimedia Commons It's easy to see why the northern lights have inspired so many myths and legends.

These incredible photographs of vintage Hollywood present us a vision of life at the height of the American cultural empire.The quintessential Hollywood landmark, the Hollywood sign was originally an advertisement for a local real estate developer. Eventually, it fell into disrepair and was fixed by The Los Angeles Parks Department, but leaving off the “LAND” to reflect the district, not the housing development. In 1932, the sign was the site of Peg Entwistle’s suicide.

From Van Halen to Metallica, these outrageous '80s metal photos capture rock's great era of excess in all its garish glory. Def LeppardMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Motorhead pose with pistols in London.Estate Of Keith Morris/Redferns/Getty Images Metallica. 1984.Pete Cronin/Redferns/Getty Images Members of Van Halen drink beer and look at porn on their tour bus.Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash poses with his pet snake, Clyde, in Los Angeles. 1984.

Jim Bakker, The Televangelist Conman Who Built An Empire On Sex And Lies Wikimedia CommonsScam artists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye amassed a fortune as popular televangelists in the 1970s. Evangelical super-churches have a long tradition of getting caught in scandals. But perhaps there’s no greater example of this than the case of famous Evangelist preacher Jim Bakker, who created a fortune off of his faithful fanbase — and was nabbed in a sexual affair in 1987.

Wild Thang, an eight-year-old Pekingese from Oregon, finally won first place in the World's Ugliest Dog contest after competing for five years and coming in second three times.@wildthangofficial/InstagramWild Thang, the eight-year-old Pekingese who won first place in this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog contest. On June 21, 2024, judges at the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest in Petaluma, California, announced this year’s winners. The first-place prize went to an eight-year-old Pekingese named Wild Thang.

The Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab was one of the more bizarre toys of all time. Webms/ Wikimedia CommonsThe Gilbert Atomic Energy Laboratory. If you follow the news, you know that from time to time a toy will come out that ends up being a little controversial. Maybe it’s full of easy swallowable parts, or lead paint, or in the case of the infamous lawn darts, heavy metal spikes that kids can throw at each other’s skulls.

Anissa Weier, The Wisconsin 6th-Grader Who Masterminded A Plan To Kill Her Friend For Slender Man Austin Harvey last month On May 31, 2014, 12-year-old Anissa Weier and her friend Morgan Geyser carried out a disturbing plot to stab their 6th-grade classmate Payton Leutner — because they thought it would make the fictional monster Slender Man happy. ncG1vNJzZmiZnKHBqa3TrKCnrJWnsrTAyKeeZ5ufonyiwdOhpqtnkarAtbXNZp%2BaqqaaxnC8wKCcaG0%3D

It is estimated that there are only 30 white moose in the area, which makes this killing particularly painful for Indigenous Canadians.Lasse Dybdahl/Creative CommonsHunting white moose was made illegal in the area where this animal was found. Canada’s First Nations are grief-stricken and outraged by the killing of a rare white moose in the Ontario area. The moose was part of a rare pack of white moose that inhabit the region and are considered sacred “spirits” by local tribes.