Thousands of people are queueing up to worship a man with a 13 inch tail in India. He is believed to be the incarnation of the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman. (click here to read)

The local primates tell another story though....

A Turkish student is hoping to get into the record books after giving wrong answers to all 180 university entry questions as a form of protest.(read the story here)

(Editor's note: Nice going Sefa, but I don't think your parents and much less your tutors are gonna buy it!!! In our books there is only one kind of person that does that.....)

A Canadian woman arrives home to find a bear eating porridge in her kitchen. The woman is quoted as saying "It sounds like a nursery rhyme, doesnt it?" (Read it here)
On the other hand, it was not so for the bear.Our team of reporters to the scene has managed to produce footage of the bear's escape down a narrow road into the forest.

A team of archaeologists claim to have found Robin Hood's house in Sheffield, England.
Read about it here

In the meantime, our team of researchers have uncovered the legendary people's hero remains
in a nearby shed in the forest. Forensics point to an accidental cause of death. Robin was cleaning a loaded weapon when it went off. (see below)

Always check your guns before cleaning them, whatever kind they are!!!

A joint production for Discovery Channel made by Japanese and Canadian TV stations, show what would happen if a sizeable meteorite hits Earth.Click here to see the video simulation

Our team at The Spot has produced our own simulation of the catastrophic effects showing the first millionths of a second, in the most detailed manner (see below)

Sheep dog.....no really,...sheep dog... think of it exactly as you read it.
(Sheep Dog link)

Freeze in Hell!!

Two of the pioneers and founders of the cryonics movement have been cremated...after being frozen
(read it here....)

Friday 16th of June 2006.

A new glacier theory on Stonehenge has emerged that claims that the stones were brought by glaciers and not dug up from a quarry. A geology team from the Open University has come up with the theory( read the article at BBC News here)

In the meantime, our researchers Buzz and Buzzuh, have come up with prehistoric photographic evidence that may support the theory and further speculation.

An addition to our staff, our science advisor, Dr. Lars Uberfunk will bring you science and technology news and insightful reviews. Dr Uberfunk has expressed his pleasure in joining our team:
"Ich been verry happy fur joining zie team und verking fur Zie Spot in zie zience und zings of zis nature. "

*Saturday,10th of June, London, UK. Spot News presenter and field journalist presents a formal apology to our readers over his unprofessional and crude language on the first edition of the Spot.

The editor would also like to apologise for the sketchy, colourless appearance of the strip. ( He finds them rather good anyway)

Welcome to The Spot of High Strangeness and High Randomness debut. It is pretty much self expalnatory what is gonna happen here. Apart from random strangeness and strange randomness you may find every now and then sobbering ,articles, reviews, news and comic strips. Our field photojournalists (Buzz and Buzzuh) will provide in insightful commentaries and their unique view on any subject matter.

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Dr. Uberfunk

Buzz and Buzzuh our field photojournalists will provide our readers with first hand news and reports, exclusively to The Spot.