In Opa-locka You Can Now Drop Your Drawers With Impunity
For years, the south Florida city of Opa-locka, already one of the most unusual communities in a very odd state, had one of the more bizarre ordinances on the books. The city, famous...
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Coronavirus in Florida Claims an Entire City but Everyone Survived
By Alexander Strange As Florida reopens its beaches in the midst of a global pandemic and the death count rises, the coronavirus has now claimed an entire city. Thankfully, the mermaids are okay....
Fowl Play at Louisiana Bank Sends Police on Wild Hunt
Don’t call it a manhunt. It’s a chicken hunt. Police in Walker, Louisiana are scratching around for a pesky fowl who has been harassing bank patrons. The bird has chased customers attempting to...
The Grim Reaper Awaits You on Your Next Beach Excursion
The number of coronavirus cases and fatalities in Florida is at its peak, so what better time to drop restrictions on social distancing and open the beaches back up? What? You don’t see...
Sheriff’s Deputies Rush to Call for Help, but it Didn’t Add Up
“Help…Please…Get me out of here.” That’s the lettering on a yellow sheet of paper a maintenance worker saw in an apartment window in Naples, Florida. Was someone being held hostage? he wondered. Only...
Golf in the Time of Coronavirus: Florida Man Strikes Again
It is refreshing to learn that even in the midst of a deadly pandemic where thousands are dying and millions are holding themselves in self-isolation, that some men have not abandoned their sense...
Hop, Hop, Hop. Here’s Comes the Easter Bunny With Some Porno
Maybe they’ll make a movie about this–Inside the Green Egg, or Deep Bunny, or Easter Bunny Does Bunnell. Bunnell? Yeah, it’s a town just north of Dayton Beach on Florida’s east coast and...
Animals in the News: Missing Miami Dog Found in Michigan
We start off today’s report with news certain to bring a smile to your bandanna-covered face. In a town outside of Flint, Michigan, a woman named Kris Gibson spotted a black dog hanging...
It’s Florida, So It’s Weird, but Not All is Doom and Gloom
Alexander Strange is marooned in Key West waiting out the pandemic. Here’s his latest report. We start out this edition of The Strange Files with an uplifting little story, not the least bit...
So, You Were Thinking About a Midnight Snack of Raw Centipede?
While we’re all on lockdown, avoiding contact with one another lest we spread or catch what some are calling the “invisible enemy,” I thought I would share this bit of science news about...
