What a Weird World

Inexplicable

Down at the Amarillo (Texas) Zoo, it isn't the animal exhibits inside that are sparking excitement among the city's residents. "In the dark and early morning hours" of May 21, the city reported in a June 8 news release, security cameras captured a mysterious creature outside the fence -- part "person with a strange hat," part "large coyote on its hind legs," part "Chupacabra," the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. "We just want to let the Amarillo community have some fun with this," director of Parks and Recreation Michael Kashuba said, asking locals to weigh in with their ideas about what the Unidentified Amarillo Object -- UAO -- might be. "It is important to note that this entity was outside the Amarillo Zoo," he added. "There were no signs of criminal activity or vandalism."

Don't Bug Me!

During court proceedings on June 7 at the Albany City Court in New York, a defendant who started filming an arraignment was asked to stop, NBC New York reported. During the altercation that followed, a 34-year-old woman in the audience allegedly released hundreds of cockroaches from plastic containers into the courtroom, resulting in the courthouse being closed for the rest of the day for fumigation. "What transpired is not advocacy or activism, it is criminal behavior with the intent to disrupt a proceeding and cause damage," noted a statement from the Office of Court Administration.