Here we take a look back at the most outrageous, peculiar and downright bizarre stories from the last twelve months.
Physicist Prof Kenneth Ohm is one of a growing number of people hoping to have their remains sent to the Moon when they die.
The box, which saw the victim scammed out of $400,000, was said to provide great fortune and good luck.
The husband and wife had kept the explosive shell for years and had never thought that anything was amiss.
An armed assailant drove past the house and fired a shot into the enormous Christmas garden decoration.
A man from Vietnam was recently shocked to discover the horrifying reason for his unexplained headaches.
This outrageous looking figure with strange, elongated arms was recently spotted at the side of a road in Utah.
Authorities ordered local residents to remain indoors as efforts were made to capture the beast.
The bizarre scene looked like something out of an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
A 43-year-old self-proclaimed vampire who goes by the name 'Ludavik' maintains that he is the real deal.
14-year-old Bella Spink has a purr so loud that it has been likened to the volume of a boiling kettle.
The woman had seemingly lived for eight decades with the needle embedded in the left side of her brain.
The peculiar incident had more to do with the driver's alcohol intake than the presence of a paranormal entity.
Pumpkin enthusiasts met up earlier this month to find out who had managed to grow the heaviest pumpkin.
A man accompanied by an alligator on a leash was recently denied access to a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game.
Officers couldn't believe their eyes when they spotted the canine sitting behind the wheel.
The doll had been used to scare people into handing over money during a spate of recent robberies.
One inmate seemingly couldn't wait a few more hours to be released and decided to go on the run instead.
The enormous vegetable, which weighed in at almost 9kg, was unveiled at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show on Friday.
The annual ceremony celebrates some of the strangest science projects imaginable.