Weird News is back… We talk about Werewolves, Robots, Asteroids, and Tromps.

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Old Stinker 

Thanks to Neil for sending us this story.
We read from this account of it –

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/8ft-tall-werewolf-old-stinker-prowling-in-hull-industrial-estate_uk_573999d2e4b01359f6872265

but he also sent the following links as well –
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3591219/Hull-residents-spot-fanged-beast-human-like-features-nicknamed-Old-Stinker.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/670358/Hull-South-Yorkshire-werewolf-Old-Stinker-full-moon-Barmston-Drain
http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/31/woman-met-eight-foot-werewolf-with-human-face-and-extremely-bad-breath-6100986/

 
 
Robot Guards

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2104287-the-threat-of-robot-guards-is-not-enough-to-stop-people-stealing/

The Tromp Family
Thanks to Aisling for bringing this story to my attention!
I read the account from the BBC News page, it also includes the map of their routes, and the video clips I played –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37293494

and here is the link the Aisling sent me originally, which delves further into ‘Folie a Deux’ –

http://www.news.com.au/national/is-the-tromp-family-suffering-from-a-rare-shared-psychotic-disorder-known-as-folie–deux/news-story/7b349973f3af4588002f9b21bce007d6

Asteroid

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/09/doomsday-asteroid-goes-undetected-narrowly-misses-earth/

Films
as usual we mention a few films this week.
An American Werewolf in London
(featuring the first CGI human)
(this is the pic that Tiss shows us on the ep) –
Deep Impact
Only Fools And Horses – To Hull And Back…