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Doomsday "Hotspots" Flocked by believers

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">About 1,000 self-described shamans, seers, stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis and swamis are gathering in a convention center in the city of Merida on the Yucatan peninsula about an hour and a half from the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza, convinced that it was a good start to the coming "New Era" supposed to begin around 5:00 a.m. local time Friday. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">According to one rumor, a rocky mountain in the French Pyrenees will be the sole place on earth to escape destruction. A giant UFO and aliens are said to be waiting under the mountain, ready to burst through and spirit those nearby to safety.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">Arthur Uther Pendragon, Britain's best-known druid, said he was anticipating a much larger crowd than usual at Stonehenge this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">For $1,500, a museum is offering salvation from the world's end in former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's underground bunker in central Moscow — with a 50 percent refund if nothing happens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">Some Serbs are saying to forget that sacred mountain in the French Pyrenees. The place to go Friday will be Mount Rtanj, a pyramid-shaped peak in Serbia already drawing cultists.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">A local legend has it that the mountain once swallowed an evil sorcerer who will be released on doomsday in a ball of fire that will hit the mountain top.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">Another spot said to be spared: Cisternino, in southern Italy, plans a big party Friday with hot-air balloons and music in the main piazza. "Nobody will want to sleep anyway as they await the end of the world," Mayor Donato Baccaro was quoted as saying in the newspaper La Stampa on Wednesday. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">A small Turkish village known for its wines, Sirince, has also been touted as the only place after Bugarach that would escape the world's end. But on Thursday there were more journalists and security officials present there than cultists — to the great disappointment of local restaurateurs and souvenir shop owners.</span></span></div>
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Doomsday "Hotspots" Flocked by believers

MEXICO About 1,000 self-described shamans, seers, stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis and swamis are gathering in a conventi...

Black Widow Inside Whole Foods Grapes

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A Connecticut woman recently received a shock when she found a live black widow spider tucked amongst the organic grapes she'd recently purchased from Whole Foods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nora Weiss posted a picture of the spider, its telltale red markings clearly visible, with the following message:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Attention all Fairfield Whole Foods Customers!!!! I just found a black widow spider in my Sunview Organic Table Grapes bag!!!! If you just bought or will be buying these grapes or any other produce from them, carefully inspect and wash them with rubber gloves!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!! Totally freaked me out!"</i></span><br />
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Black Widow Inside Whole Foods Grapes

A Connecticut woman recently received a shock when she found a live black widow spider tucked amongst the organic grapes she'd recently...

Vampire on the Loose in Serbia

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The lore of vampires may make for a tantalizing tale, but for locals in a tiny Serbian village, the threat of a vampire on the loose is all too real.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Villagers in Zarozje, Serbia, are afraid the legendary vampire Sava Savanovic is on the loose, according to ABC News. Savanovic's home, a former water mill near a small river, recently collapsed, and villagers believe he is roaming the mountainside looking for a new home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sava Savanovic, one of the most famous Serbian vampires, reportedly lived in an old wooden mill on the Rogačica river and sucked the blood of millers. The legend of the blood-sucker brought many tourists to the "vampire mill" throughout the years, according to Serbian news outlet, Politika Online. However, the mill succumbed to rot.</span><br />
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Vampire on the Loose in Serbia

The lore of vampires may make for a tantalizing tale, but for locals in a tiny Serbian village, the threat of a vampire on the loose is a...

"Beard for a Cause" Woman Grew Beard

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each November, thousands of male grow mustaches to bring awareness to men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and testicular cancer, in a campaign known as "Movember." This year, a British woman with a pre-diagnosed medical condition grew a beard in support of the cause.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Siobhain Fletcher, a 36-year-old from Leek, Staffordshire, was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) when she was just a teenager. PCOS is a condition in which a woman has an imbalance of female sex hormones, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. PCOS can cause women to develop male-like characteristics, including abnormal hair growth on the face, stomach or chest.</span><br />
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"Beard for a Cause" Woman Grew Beard

Each November, thousands of male grow mustaches to bring awareness to men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and testicular can...

"Species" living on Belly Buttons

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rob Dunn and his team of ecologists aren't your average navel gazers. They're professional navel gazers, thank you very much, and their new study details the microbial contents of 60 volunteers' belly buttons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The upshot? Belly buttons, it turns out, are a lot like rain forests.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The whole thing started about two years ago. An undergrad's only-in-a-biology-lab idea—sampling colleague's navel bacteria for a holiday card—struck a chord with the North Carolina State University team, which had adopted a new focus on citizen science.</span></span><br />
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"Species" living on Belly Buttons

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"Project Glass": Glass with Internet Access and Camera

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google today launched its brand new invention – a pair of high-tech glasses known as "Project Glass" which can video everything you see.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The device has a camera to capture fleeting moments and allow others to see the world through your eyes. It also has a speaker, microphones as well as a processor and sensors which can give information on what users are seeing.</span><br>

"Project Glass": Glass with Internet Access and Camera

Google today launched its brand new invention – a pair of high-tech glasses known as "Project Glass" which can video everything...

Weird News: Man Eat 30-40 lbs Dog

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A man high on K-2 or synthetic marijuana killed and ate a 30- to 40-pound dog, according to police.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael Daniel was charged on Monday for an incident earlier this month in which he allegedly got down “on his hands and knees and chased a neighbor while barking and growling like a dog,” according to KWTZ.</span><br>

Weird News: Man Eat 30-40 lbs Dog

A man high on K-2 or synthetic marijuana killed and ate a 30- to 40-pound dog, according to police. Michael Daniel was charged on Monda...

Weird News: Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 that costs $65,000 only

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A brand new Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 would cost about $400,000, but in China you can have one that looks exactly the same as the original for only $65,000.</span><br>
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Weird News: Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 that costs $65,000 only

A brand new Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 would cost about $400,000, but in China you can have one that looks exactly the same as the origi...

Weird News: Man with 100 lbs. Scrotum Turn Down Free Surgery Offer

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wesley Warren has made the headlines because of the 100 pound scrotum he has, which is caused by an excess of watery fluid collecting around his testicles. And now he turned down an offer for free surgery to eliminate the "excess baggage" that he's carrying.</span><br>
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Weird News: Man with 100 lbs. Scrotum Turn Down Free Surgery Offer

Wesley Warren has made the headlines because of the 100 pound scrotum he has, which is caused by an excess of watery fluid collecting aro...

Weird News: Real "Sleeping Beauty" Wakes Up after 2 Months

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A British teen suffering from a rare neurological disorder that induces long periods of sleep recently awoke after sleeping for two months.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I've missed nine exams and my birthday in November," 15-year-old Stacey Comerford tells the Sun. "It's easier now people know what it is. It's easier to explain to them. Before, people didn't believe me. That was the hardest thing."</span><br>
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Weird News: Real "Sleeping Beauty" Wakes Up after 2 Months

A British teen suffering from a rare neurological disorder that induces long periods of sleep recently awoke after sleeping for two month...

Weird News: Witchcraft Use To Recruit Workers

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has long been kept in a violent battle for membership with the upstart Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) at the world's biggest platinum mine, manage by Impala Platinum.</span></div>
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Weird News: Witchcraft Use To Recruit Workers

South Africa's top mineworkers union has charged a competitor of applying witchcraft to improve recruiting, an accusation given se...

Weird News: "Yellow Haze" Covers A City in China

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old and young locals of the Chinese city of Wuhan were encouraged to remain indoors on Monday following a thick haze covered the metropolis of 9 million people, official media reported.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discussed by locals as opaque with yellowish and greenish tinges, the fog descended all of a sudden in the morning, forcing men and women to wear face masks, witnesses informed AFP.</span><br>

Weird News: "Yellow Haze" Covers A City in China

Old and young locals of the Chinese city of Wuhan were encouraged to remain indoors on Monday following a thick haze covered the metropol...

Weird News: Chandra Wisnu "The Bubble Man"

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moment Chandra Wisnu married his wife Nanik 33 years back, he believed like he had it all. He was vibrant, good looking, well-educated and came from  a well-to-do family.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All was change after the wedding,</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prior to the wedding day, he started seeing weird tiny bumps on his back that appeared like small bubbles.</span><br>

Weird News: Chandra Wisnu "The Bubble Man"

The moment Chandra Wisnu married his wife Nanik 33 years back, he believed like he had it all. He was vibrant, good looking, well-educate...

Patient 0: Real-Life Zombie First Person Shooter Game

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon the availability of zombie obstacle race, zombie training camp and zombie infested mall challenge,  A group of enterprising young Australians has now decided to take things to a whole new level and announced they are working on a real-life first person shooter game for people who wish they could just get off the couch and play their favorite zombie shooter in real life. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They plan to combine laser tag games, interactive role playing, technology and, of course, zombies to create a real life game where players can actually be the protagonists of their very own zombie survival adventure, Called “Patient 0″.</span><br>
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Patient 0: Real-Life Zombie First Person Shooter Game

Upon the availability of zombie obstacle race, zombie training camp and zombie infested mall challenge, A group of enterprising young Aus...

Weird News Stories: Shoes Made from Real Dead Animals

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She agrees her creations aren’t exactly as comfortable as trainers, but she still wears them around the house. The designer says that her footwear is mainly meant for ‘aesthetic pleasure’. The animal shoes have been displayed at exhibitions around the world and Dolce & Gabanna have even created a range based on her designs. But so far, no company has had the courage to produce them for the general public.</span><br>

Weird News Stories: Shoes Made from Real Dead Animals

Made by German designer Iris Shieferstein, the footwear is actually created from body parts of dead animals. She uses horse hooves and skin,...

Weird News Stories: "Nodding Disease" Kills Ugandan Children

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a minute's effort to face his siblings, Anywar's head slumps onto his chest and his emaciated body is gripped by convulsions.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anywar is one of more than 3,000 children in northern Uganda who are suffering from a debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease, which has touched almost every family in the village of Tumangu.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For several years, scientists have tried and failed to determine the cause of the illness, which locals say has killed hundreds of youngsters.</span><br>

Weird News Stories: "Nodding Disease" Kills Ugandan Children

Patrick Anywar, 14, lies curled up naked in the dust and midday heat of a Ugandan village, struggling to look up at his younger brother and ...

Weird News Stories: Shark Swallow Shark

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYgfZ-aCUs5OZIq-rbQnGA77kJZuojxEy3bd-dNs_FJLQCc0tFb6qda64L9vvgRH_nKVO6x5VaMZX8edDR5GsA7JiBy1qZ8ywll48loX7KkNnE0TTuU1T9KWz7B-W1WdoDnb-1L96t941/s1600/weird+news+stories+shark+swallow+shark.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYgfZ-aCUs5OZIq-rbQnGA77kJZuojxEy3bd-dNs_FJLQCc0tFb6qda64L9vvgRH_nKVO6x5VaMZX8edDR5GsA7JiBy1qZ8ywll48loX7KkNnE0TTuU1T9KWz7B-W1WdoDnb-1L96t941/s200/weird+news+stories+shark+swallow+shark.JPG" width="200"></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniela Ceccarelli and David Williamson, from Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, chanced on the spectacle while conducting a fish census on the fringing reef off Great Keppel Island.</div>

Weird News Stories: Shark Swallow Shark

Daniela Ceccarelli and David Williamson, from Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, chanced on the ...

Weird News Stories: Tank Made from Egg Cartons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgWiejs9Db72rbJ7hKdxp0DxXd0E3w3o1jtHcN7bEWibXhPcmbgrtAkvxKPr7nSi0BPmJRJM4BBeSIlEf9OVPvfuuvEXRgabHwKCs9FAgeF3B8MRHSnj45HWOFvTkgY93czvh27Bhyphenhyphene0B/s1600/weird+news+stories+tank+made+from+egg+cartons.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgWiejs9Db72rbJ7hKdxp0DxXd0E3w3o1jtHcN7bEWibXhPcmbgrtAkvxKPr7nSi0BPmJRJM4BBeSIlEf9OVPvfuuvEXRgabHwKCs9FAgeF3B8MRHSnj45HWOFvTkgY93czvh27Bhyphenhyphene0B/s200/weird+news+stories+tank+made+from+egg+cartons.JPG" width="200"></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘When I made special effects for film, we built unusual props, but never anything like this.’ says Stuart Murdoh</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Challenger II tank was created from 5,016 egg boxes, 26 litres (5.7 gallons) of glue, more than 10,000 nails and 5,000 staples.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A team of four, headed by former film special effects maker Stuart Murdoch, took 512 hours to finish the 10m (34ft)-long sculpture.</span><br>

Weird News Stories: Tank Made from Egg Cartons

‘When I made special effects for film, we built unusual props, but never anything like this.’ says Stuart Murdoh The Challenger II tank w...

Weird News Stories: Restaurant on an Active Volcano

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mmhd022ilVKIXIF_WskswsCgrFqEWCO-4vqzRIzOShWlqn3tiZ_DKOWKaMJwriHlqO_hMFyw9JWqCrxIXyBeC1GBnzvhtTGWjVhyCUHs59W3i3DgX-hByvBVXEb2szJiocROjPL9Zdac/s1600/weird+news+stories+restaurant+on+an+active+volcano.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mmhd022ilVKIXIF_WskswsCgrFqEWCO-4vqzRIzOShWlqn3tiZ_DKOWKaMJwriHlqO_hMFyw9JWqCrxIXyBeC1GBnzvhtTGWjVhyCUHs59W3i3DgX-hByvBVXEb2szJiocROjPL9Zdac/s200/weird+news+stories+restaurant+on+an+active+volcano.JPG" width="200"></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Located on a Spanish island called Lanzarote, northwest of Morocco, El Diablo is a unique restaurant where the chefs have access to a volcano of their own. Of course, it isn’t like a lava-spewing mountain, because if that were the case there would be no question of leisurely eating. No, this volcano is more like a hole in the ground, through which volcanic heat erupts from the deeps of the Earth.</span><br>

Weird News Stories: Restaurant on an Active Volcano

Located on a Spanish island called Lanzarote, northwest of Morocco, El Diablo is a unique restaurant where the chefs have access to a volcan...

Weird News Stories: Artwork Made from Smoke Inside a Bottle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZef_sN4L_1k4fet2Y1EpKhsPIag4n8wNFFGuWL7POMDgu5fMYUtAsNGxRt_LKdKr8koS5BenxkLf19ck8HKUmEOtiEBsB2Wmudxb5u1TbAlPURXYQ1F6VuA55yjlz9cHyI5LKaeG1kSx/s1600/weird+news+stories+smoked+artwork+in+a+bottle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZef_sN4L_1k4fet2Y1EpKhsPIag4n8wNFFGuWL7POMDgu5fMYUtAsNGxRt_LKdKr8koS5BenxkLf19ck8HKUmEOtiEBsB2Wmudxb5u1TbAlPURXYQ1F6VuA55yjlz9cHyI5LKaeG1kSx/s200/weird+news+stories+smoked+artwork+in+a+bottle.JPG" width="195"></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Candle smoke to paint picture-perfect images on the inside of empty bottles.“The miniature scenes I depict are of locations on the edge of suburbia which seem mysterious or even slightly menacing despite their commonplace nature. The bottles add to the implied narratives of transgression. </span><br>

Weird News Stories: Artwork Made from Smoke Inside a Bottle

Candle smoke to paint picture-perfect images on the inside of empty bottles.“The miniature scenes I depict are of locations on the edge of s...