A possible ghost sighting in a new Amazon documentary series, a burglary that was solved using blood from a dead mosquito, and a crop circle in England that changed overnight were among the strange and unusual stories to cross our desk this past week.
One of the more unique crop circle cases in quite some time unfolded this past week in England where a formation mysteriously transformed into a second design overnight. The incredibly rare two-phase form of the phenomenon began when a flattened circle with standing crops shaped into a hexagon was found on Sunday at a site known as Barbury Castle in the county of Wiltshire. However, when the sun rose on Monday morning, researchers were stunned to see that the shape at the center of the formation had dramatically changed into 12 'blades' comprised of four triangles each. The surprising transformation left one to wonder if this was intentional on the part of the design's creator or if they simply ran out of time and had to finish the next day.
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This past week saw a pair of videos featuring possible ghostly activity pop up in the news, beginning with a piece of security camera footage from a pub in England wherein a bottle of beer was sent flying off a shelf seemingly by way of an unseen force. The 300-year-old establishment boasts a rich history of spooky activity, which led the owner to surmise that the weird incident was the work of their resident spirit. Later in the week, viewers watching the new Amazon documentary series James May: Our Man in Italy were stunned to see what appears to be an apparition manifesting behind the show's host as he was standing in front of a mass grave.
Easily the weirdest story of the week came by way of China, where a ne'er-do-well wound up being busted for burglary by way of an amazing bit of detective work involving a dead mosquito found at the scene of the crime. Cops investigating the case surmised that the homeowners would not have left the dead insect as it was found smeared on a wall and, as such, theorized that perhaps the bug had bitten the criminal prior to its demise. Amazingly, their hunch proved correct as DNA found in the blood of the squished mosquito actually matched a criminal who had previously had their genetic information entered into a database. Upon arresting the suspected burglar, he not only confessed to that caper, but admitted to being behind five other break-ins that had yet to be solved.
For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.