UPI Odd News Minute

A pumpkin mysteriously appears atop a University of Montana spire for the 30th consecutive year and a Nova Scotia town holds an election for "pet mayor" on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A cat adds a secret ingredient to her foster owner's dinner and the California Highway Patrol stops a driver with a homemade license plate on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A large piece of NASA equipment blown off-course in New Mexico lands on a Texas farm and a rare calico lobster caught in Massachusetts gets a new home at Northeastern University on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A Pennsylvania family's cat stows away atop their van for 100 miles of highway travel and David "Record-Breaker" captures a fist-bumping Guinness World Record on the sidelines of FOX game show "99 to Beat" on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a giant inflatable pumpkin that broke loose in Ohio, an absolute unit of an iguana captured in Florida, an Indiana resident's record-breaking collection of Joker memorabilia and a dog reunited with his owner after...

A Kentucky man dubbed Halloween Herm aims for a Guinness World Record with his holiday display and a cow of unknown origins is lassoed on a Pennsylvania highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A cup of coffee is instrumental to the capture of a spider monkey spotted running loose in a South Carolina town and a resident cat living at a Lowe's store in Virginia stows away on a truck to North Carolina on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

An alligator crashes happy hour at a tiki bar Florida, an overturned truck covers an Illinois road in applesauce and a baby squirrel is rescued from a mini golf course in Colorado on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel delights crowds at the Carolina Classic Fair, an alligator intently watches a PGA Tour golfer take a shot just a few feet away and a California woman with multiple Guinness World Records titles for video games prepares to take on her own "Just Dance" record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News M...

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a herd of yaks paying a surprise visit to an Ohio school, a bear stealing a sweater from a Colorado porch and a black swan evicted from an England town for trying to drown the native swans. For these stories and m...

A python is rescued from the drive-through at an In-N-Out Burger in California and a California woman amasses the world's largest collection of Polly Pocket toys on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A mother holding her 5-day-old baby wins a "Mortal Kombat XL" tournament in Florida and Alaska's Katmai National Park announces the winner of this year's Fat Bear Week on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A bear wanders into an Arizona grocery store and a husky's squirrel chase ends with a tree rescue on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A binturong escapes from a zoo in Kent, England, and the Chicago Police Department's Marine Unit rescues a dog stranded in a Chicago River drain pipe on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a "very mean squirrel" terrorizing a California neighborhood, a crocodile found wandering loose in a Michigan yard, a 2.79-carat discovery at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas and 105-year-old Ohio nun enj...

A crab is found riding in its own first class seat on a South Western Railway train in England and an orange crab is rescued from the tank at a Long Island grocery store on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A pet macaw escapes during a camping trip and takes a self-guided tour of the Chicago suburbs and a Japanese man breaks a world record for running on all fours on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

Katmai National Park reveals this year's Fat Bear Week bracket, multiple animals escape from a Washington farm and Utah rescuers save a senior dog stuck in the mud on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A Michigan corn maze pays tribute to Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown's viral headstand, Chicagohenge frames the rising and setting sun and Florida deputies lasso an alligator trespassing on a woman's front porch on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

The Annals of Improbable Research award the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes for unsual scientific research and a California team finds chimpanzees ingest the equivilant of two alcoholic drinks per day on today's highly-scientific UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A capuchin monkey escapes from a North Carolina zoo and a truck crash covers a New Jersey highway in M&M's chocolate candy on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

An Austrian daredevil pulls a car 100 meters while his body is engulfed in flames and Long Island animal rescuers help a buck entangled in a soccer net on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A cheating scandal nearly sinks the World Stone Skimming Championships in Scotland and a boa constrictor is found slithering across a Pennsylvania road on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

A Florida woman punches an alligator to rescue her dog and hundreds of Ryans gather for Rytoberfest in New York on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .

An iguana at a British zoo hatches eight babies without a father and a raccoon raids a package on a New York porch on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok .