Weirdest Thing(s) You've Seen

[crunchtastic]

on a clear night with a full moon, I pulled over, turned off my lights, and just waited for five or ten minutes until my eyes adjusted, and then I drove a good thirty minutes until I came to the next town, lights out.

Nice. Did that once on the way to Big Bend. Managed about 45 minutes.

One reason I love Texas, it's big enough you really can get that far way from the light pollution.

[Vertigo58]

Still seems a bit weird to see an aging woman wearing a hairstyle or dress/attire that a young lady would wear. Especially if her body is not in shape!

Its really scary to see an obese woman wearing those tight spandex pants and a halter top. Add heat and sweat and really, ummm. Not pleasant that is unless you have been on a deserted island for decades and havent seen a woman. and only in that case.

[Croberts]

In the 1970s there was a Lobotamy clinic on one of the streets that ran parallel to main, but to the east, such as fannin. Somewhere between herman park and downtown. There was a sign by the street for the clinic, and there was a guy who looked like he had a mental problem, who would walk to the sign and urinate on it, frequently. This happened so frequently, that on occasion I would be driving past telling the story, and we would see him do it again. It appeared that he made a daily visit to the clinic to urinate on it.

[houstonmacbro]

Maybe he thought he was watering the sign?

[TJones]

OK, so this JUST happened to a really good friend of mine who happens to work in one of the better known watering holes around town. It sounded soo bizarre, but so Midtown at the same time, I felt I needed to share with you. It is a very heartwarming Xmas tale, or not.

"Let me tell you about my crack head experience

[Daniepwils]

I would have "Joe Horn"ed her ass!

[Vertigo58]

non aggresive? Bet she was a Greyhound Bus stray/ferral.

She sounds like a Jerry Springer show reject.

[houstonmacbro]

That is too much! But you know what they say ... "Crack is whack."

[JasonDFW]

Not the weirdest thing I've ever seen, but perhaps the weirdest thing I was able to take a picture of; taken outside of my old apartment in Dallas:

[NewMND]

In the late 90's, did anyone ever see that guy who would ride his bicycle down Westheimer on Friday nights wearing a "Jason" mask and a machete? We used to see him when we would go to the AMC Studio 30 or the Barnes & Noble. I saw him like 8 or 10 times, and Westheimer is a busy street, so I was wondering if others had seen him.

Also, I saw a parked car with tampons glued all over it.

[houstonmacbro]

Not the weirdest thing I've ever seen, but perhaps the weirdest thing I was able to take a picture of; taken outside of my old apartment in Dallas:

What tha...? Is that the roof off that truck? Weird!

Also, I saw a parked car with tampons glued all over it.

Oh my.

[Vertigo58]

Saw a little girl with a doll that looked just like her.

I thought about the old Twilight Zone short.

Pull the string and it says "Hi I'm Tiny Tina, and I don't think I like you". "You'll be sorry you did that"

Weird

[satriela]

My senior year of college I worked as a psych tech in a state mental facility to boost my psych degree. I worked in the Baker Act Unit which meant that as cops brought in the fresh patients, it was my duty to do the first interview, take vitals and change them. One early morning around 3:00am, the cops brought in this really slight guy reminiscent of the Bushman from the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. I usually brought some food to the first interview because that helped people open up. Well this guy is not responding to any of my questions, he's wearing his shirt like a toga with no pants and he reaches over, picks up a banana and just chomps into it--no peeling, just chomps right into it. He eats the entire banana like this and I just gave up on the interview. We get him to bed and a few hours later I'm doing vitals for the whole unit (about 10 patients). He walks into the dayroom nude, with only a toilet paper roll covering his uh, parts, and proceeds to go shake his thang in the faces of every other patient in the room. They ended up calling a code yellow. I politely left the unit.

[houstonmacbro]

Sometimes you just gotta shake your money maker.

[PapillionWyngs]

Well, two things. The first is a dead body in the street at Bay Area Blvd. getting onto the freeway (years ago, before they changed it). It was before cell phones, so I don't know when the police were called, eveyone, including my father, just changed lanes and politely went around it. (oh, btw, he was nude)

Second thing - not really the STRANGEST - but worked for a 5 star hotel in the 1980's. If we had a fire (or an alarm went off), we would announce "Mr. John Code - and then the location. For example. fire alarm on 15th floor, "Mr. John Code, 15th Floor." Well, one day we had a fire in the laundry chute (wonderful) and as it went down each floor, an alarm ws triggered, and PBX announced it, something like "Mr. John Code, 15th floor. Mr. John Code 14th floor. Mr. John Code, 13th Floor. Mr. John Code 12th floor, ad nauseum. Well, all management was at the Front Desk in case we had to start evacuating, and we were also, of course, waiting for the fire trucks. One of the inside phone lines rang, and the manager answered it. He said this out of breath voice said - "This is John Code. The elevators aren't working, so I have been walking the stairs each time I hear you ask me to go to another floor. I am damn tired now, and, by the way, your laundry chute is on fire!!!!"

The manager had a staff member go get Mr. Code, escort him to the bar, and we had to come up with a new system.

It was Mr. Pyro after that!

[liammclaren]

A pool of blood about 2 feet across on the sidewalk of the 700 block of Normandie Ave in LA, 2002 i think it was, about 8 in the morning--

[Vertigo58]

A pool of blood about 2 feet across on the sidewalk of the 700 block of Normandie Ave in LA, 2002 i think it was, about 8 in the morning--

That would be normal for that part of the city.You sure you didnt notice V13 or crips nearby? Forence & Normadie is the center of the the now infamous LA roits started a few years ago.

[liammclaren]

That would be normal for that part of the city.You sure you didnt notice V13 or crips nearby? Forence & Normadie is the center of the the now infamous LA roits started a few years ago.

Yeah, I lived at the old Langham hotel on Normandie, which had been converted into apartments, while I was a grad student at USC. Really bad neighborhood, but it was cheap, and the old Langham was a really cool building, only about 2 blocks from the old Ambassador, where RFK was shot. I regularly heard gunshots,

"ghetto birds" almost every night, and sometimes even automatic weapon fire. Was never personally a victim of any crime however, though i did go out to my car one morning only to find a homeless guy asleep in it--

[PapillionWyngs]

Forgot one - moved in current house and these was a 2 ton maple tree out back that looked sick. After three tree places looked at it, they decided it was "declining" - owners refused to do anything about it, we want the house, figure it will have to come down, and that's that. Well, about a week after we moved in , one ouf our dogs started digging under the tree. She brought out sawdurst, so we thought it was termites. and had it cut down. After they got down about halfway, they called me oput, and the tree was hollow - looked like someone had carved it out, it was smooth, beautiful wood. They said they had no idea what it was - and about an hour later, they were yelling :Cucarahas, cucarachas!!!". Wood roaches. Hundreds and hundreds. Terminex came that same day. Gross. Gross. Gross.

[Vertigo58]

There's a green lizard in my kitchen that won't leave. It's tail is missing. Looks like that sickening gecko commercial thing but doesn't talk.

When we were kids we used to hunt down lizards and throw them into BIG ant piles. Come back to check in a day or 2 only to find a skeleton. Weird kids?

[houstonmacbro]

When we were kids we used to hunt down lizards and throw them into BIG ant piles. Come back to check in a day or 2 only to find a skeleton. Weird kids?

Um, that's just sick.

[JLWM8609]

This is pretty weird. About a year and a half ago, I found a nice sized dead fish laying in our front yard. Don't know how it got there. I thought maybe some animal caught it in Brays Bayou which a stone's throw from our house and dragged it into the yard, got scared by something and ran off. But it would have had to cross S. MacGregor without getting hit to do that, and there were no visible punctures in the fish. Well, earlier this evening, I came home and saw what I thought was a tree branch on one of the cars in the driveway. A closer inspection revealed it was yet ANOTHER dead fish. This time, it was dried up, obviously been dead for a long period of time, perhaps weeks, and its head was missing. Is there some sort of weird cult/voodoo thing behind placing a dead fish on someone's property? Cause I don't think animals would do that.

[TheNiche]

Um, that's just sick.

Ah, that's nothing. When I was 8, I shot a turtle and did the same to harvest a clean shell.

[Vertigo58]

This is pretty weird. About a year and a half ago, I found a nice sized dead fish laying in our front yard. Don't know how it got there. I thought maybe some animal caught it in Brays Bayou which a stone's throw from our house and dragged it into the yard, got scared by something and ran off. But it would have had to cross S. MacGregor without getting hit to do that, and there were no visible punctures in the fish. Well, earlier this evening, I came home and saw what I thought was a tree branch on one of the cars in the driveway. A closer inspection revealed it was yet ANOTHER dead fish. This time, it was dried up, obviously been dead for a long period of time, perhaps weeks, and its head was missing. Is there some sort of weird cult/voodoo thing behind placing a dead fish on someone's property? Cause I don't think animals would do that.

Hilarious! It must have been the nearby kitties just snacking?

I once found a mouse's head just sitting straight up on the ground up but with no eyes.

The cat must have got the munchie's and left the head as a trophy for me?

Ah, that's nothing. When I was 8, I shot a turtle and did the same to harvest a clean shell.

equally as funny!

Maybe this behavior was the inspiration for Silence of the Lambs or Tx Chainsaw Massacre folklore?

[houstonmacbro]

Weirdos!

[rapturematt]

I am sure I am not the only one that saw this if you went to LSU or Alabama, but I was at a game in Baton Rouge and LSU was losing the game late in the 3rd quarter. The crowd was pretty much out of the game. If you have ever been to a game at LSU you would notice the crowd tends to settle down after halftime until the 4th quarter. Not sure why, but it just happens. Some may say, that is when the buzz wears off.

Well, LSU was losing the game and my girlfriend (now my wife) was sitting in the student section. I think we were in the middle of a TV timeout and we all of a sudden heard a rumble from the crowd below us. Next thing we knew, we saw two students run out on the field wearing cut off shorts and LSU construction hats. The crowd starting noticing what was going on and starting yelling. All of a sudden the kids ran over to the Alabama players who were on the scrimmage line, pulled down their shorts, mooned them, and then ran off. The cops soon overtook the two students and arrested them. After that, the crowd got really excited and LSU came back and won the game. Later that night I heard on the radio that some of the students took up money to bail the two students out and later the charges were dropped.

This weird experience was something I will never forget and hope to tell my kids when they eventually go to LSU.

Did anyone else on HAIF attend the "Moon Game"?

[Retama]

Many, many strange things happen in Tigah Stadium during LSU games.

[TheNiche]

equally as funny!

Maybe this behavior was the inspiration for Silence of the Lambs or Tx Chainsaw Massacre folklore?

Funny you say that. More likely the other way around. It was my dad's idea, and he knew the director and many of the cast of Texas Chainsaw Massacre back in the day. ...and come to find out, apparently when he dies, he's going to leave me the negatives of some nude shots he took of one of the actresses from just before she left Austin to try and make it big in Hollywood. I figure that those might do pretty well at the right auction.

OK, new weird thing from earlier today: I was jetting around the southeast U.S. this week in a small Citation. Someone let out one hell of a powerful fart right about over the Mississippi-Alabama border. In a confined space like that, with recirculating air...ugh. Frickin' sadist.