Life would be dull without the world’s weirdest moments. But sometimes, they exceed our wildest expectations. There are spooky forests that move and footage of the Moon that nobody believes. Things get weird inside a beatboxing throat and when people bite products in stores. But the most terrifying moments happen when clips show what unregulated kill-bots can do and when drones see hundreds of blindfolded people in China.

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10 Tom Thum’s Larynx

In 2017, Australian beatboxer Tom Thum said “Ah,” and let doctors look at his throat. More precisely, he allowed a camera to slither up his nose and down his throat. Then he made a bunch of noises so that the team could see his vocal cords do their thing. The view was not for kids, lunchtime or anyone with a sensitive stomach.

The footage of the camera going up the nose and past the soft palate was gross enough. However, for those who could keep watching, it became clear how versatile the human larynx really is. Most of the noises created by the tongue’s movements started at the top of Tom’s soft palate against the mouth’s roof. Then, twisting into freaky-looking shapes, the tissues of the larynx also moved to help form different sounds. Some squeezed like mad while others shivered, flattened, lifted or pulled. As remarkable as this design was, the footage remained far from pretty.^[1]

9 A Bite-Induced Explosion

Thanks to one man, iPhone users now know not to bite batteries. Although the logic is obvious, this customer learned his lesson the hard way. In 2018, there was a rush after Apple users realized they had to replace their batteries. Apple was giving a discount to anyone who had an iPhone 6 or any model after that. The offer came after the company admitted to slowing these devices to stretch out battery life.

Since the response was positive – a veritable stampede occurred – some people ended up on long waiting lists. Those who found the idea of waiting for weeks unacceptable turned to third-party providers. The problem with that avenue included fake iPhone batteries. This thought was apparently the main concern of the unnamed man who entered a Chinese store that sold electronics. He eventually found what he was looking for. Like some people bite coins to test their authenticity, he chomped down to make sure he was getting a genuine iPhone part. The battery exploded. Remarkably, the man was unharmed. But his dignity might suffer forever. The whole thing was caught on the store’s security camera and uploaded to the Internet.^[2]

8 Declassified Nuclear Tests

From 1945 to 1962, around 10,000 films were shot of nuclear tests. They recorded the U.S. detonating devices both underground and on the surface. Most of these reels languished for decades in high-security storage. In 2017, 6,500 were recovered by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). For years afterward, researchers battled against time to digitalize the historic footage. All of them were on the verge of decomposing beyond repair.

The Laboratory had several reasons for wanting to preserve the explosions. Apart from being an integral part of human history, some were freshly declassified and available for studies for the first time. The footage also corrected a few mistakes. Back in the day scientists had to use eyesight to measure the explosions’ fireballs and shockwaves. Most of the published measurements turned out to off by about 25 percent. While correct facts are always a joy for researchers, the greatest achievement LLNL is hoping for is that the unsettling films would discourage the future use of nuclear weapons.^[3]

7 The Slaughterbot Warning

A growing number of people, including Stephan Hawking and Elon Musk, have voiced their concern about a future that includes killer robots. They are not alone. Several organizations also exist to monitor the situation and spread awareness.

The Future of Life Institute is dedicated to protecting human life from unsavory inventors and their bots. In 2017, they released a fictional film about killer drones. The footage had a deliberate documentary or news-read feel to make the “event” more real. The 7-minute clip was graphic. It followed swarms of slaughterbots as they were released to eliminate targets like US lawmakers and political activists. The machines needed no human guidance to find these people. The hand-sized robots used real-time data mining and their own intelligence to track down their victims. Once located, the unfortunate individuals received the business end of an explosive charge.

This was not a homemade video that went nowhere. “Slaughterbots” was screened at a convention at the United Nations in Geneva. This particular meeting, called the Convention on Certain Convention Weapons, have already banned lasers designed to blind people. The hope is that the film would raise awareness about just how close we are to creating weapons that can kill on their own. Frighteningly, everything that engineers would need to make them – the desire, technology, and skill – already exists.^[4]

6 A Beached Shark Ate A Beached Whale

In 2018, a crowd formed on Ponta beach, in Mozambique. They were watching a beached whale and those trying to save it. However, all rescue attempts ceased when it became clear that the humpback was too ill to survive and the animal died shortly afterward.

Locals started to gather for their share of the meat but the sharks beat them to it. The whale’s corpse was deep enough for about 60 sharks to tear off a chunk and swim back to safety. However, it was too shallow for one particular customer. A tiger shark, measuring 4 meters (13 feet) long, grabbed a mouthful but beached itself right next to the humpback.

At this point, a diving instructor joined the crowd and started filming. The footage shows the shark thrashing next to the mutilated whale, something that frightened some of the locals so badly that they can be heard shrieking and cursing. After a few minutes, a large wave pulled the shark back into the water and ended the bizarre scene.^[5]

5 A Plane Inside A Hurricane

When a hurricane comes along, people usually get out of the way. Scientists fly into the storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has two planes just for this purpose. Called after the muppets Kermit and Miss Piggy, they brave the dangerous conditions to gather more information about hurricanes.

In 2018, Kermit took on Florence. Since this was one of the season’s most powerful hurricanes, the mission was very dangerous. The four-engine Lockheed WP-3D carried onboard an aerospace engineer called Nick Underwood. He managed to capture Kermit’s harrowing flight into the hurricane before the aircraft broke through to the eye of the storm. Unlike the outer chaos, the center was quiet with blue skies. Another researcher, Heather Holbach, was also filming and captured the strange beauty within the eye. The plane was surrounded by a wall of white clouds with the sun overhead.

The center might appear preferable but the real benefits are reaped from the hellish conditions surrounding it. During a flight lasting up to 12 hours, GPS cylinders are dropped into the air. The devices gather an incredible amount of data which allows for better hurricane prediction and management.^[6]

4 A Breathing Forest

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In 2018, Daniel Holland shared a video on Twitter. The footage showed a forest in Quebec, with densely packed trees and a carpet of moss. However, the carpet was moving. The rising and falling looked freakishly like the forest was breathing. One of the weirdest responses on Twitter said that the heaving was caused by a giant, hidden turtle.

There was no reptile or even an earthquake tremor. When weather experts were shown the footage, they failed to get excited. This was something that creeped-out locals had already brought to their attention. The “breathing” was a result of natural forces. In particular, wind and water. The phenomenon only happens when the soil is moist enough. Usually, after a storm drops a ton of water on the forest, the tree roots become saturated and disconnected from the earth. When the wind is powerful and persistent enough, the trees are forced to one side. This toppling causes their loosened root web to lift the forest floor.^[7]

3 A Turkey Death Dance

In 2017, a Boston man encountered an eerie sight. There was a dead cat in the middle of the road. What made it so unsettling was the circle of turkeys marching around the corpse. Each bird followed the one walking in front of her. That was the other thing. All the turkeys were hens. During the film, the man can be heard to say, “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.” A lot of people agreed.

At first glance, the performance looked like a creepy display of dominance. However, when bird experts viewed the tape, they came to a different conclusion. The fact that the birds were all female was a strong clue. Hens lack the formidable weight and leg spurs of males. When a predator bounds closer, females have two choices. Run like crazy or flock together with the hope that another hen gets eaten.

In this case, their curiosity got the better of them. The turkeys decided to eyeball the cat but stayed true to their flock defense. Walking around the dead animal, they could look without getting too close. However, people wanted to know why the birds kept circling. It must have clicked at one point that the dead feline was not dangerous. A turkey expert had the unflattering answer. Apparently, in this case, the instinct to follow another turkey was stronger than realizing it was time to go.^[8]

2 Mysterious Prisoners

Drones are changing the way we view the world. These nifty devices can fly over deep-sea whales, mountains and inhospitable terrains, capturing images that would otherwise be impossible or require too much effort. Drones also find things nobody is supposed to see.

In 2019, a video was posted on YouTube. Perhaps fearing retribution, whoever uploaded the footage did so anonymously. The video showed a bird’s view of hundreds of prisoners. They were shackled, blindfolded, wore identical clothing and had their heads shaved. Some clues were immediately obvious. The police offloading the men from a train were Chinese. The fact that China is known for transporting prisoners blindfolded and handcuffed added more certainty that this was happening somewhere within the country.

The captives also appeared to belong to an ethnic minority, most likely Uighurs. Currently, over a million Uighur and other Muslim minorities are held in Chinese internment and “re-education” facilities. Most of this shepherding are due to China’s anti-terrorism campaign which is being heavily enforced in Xinjiang. When experts reviewed the YouTube video, they used landmarks and the sun’s position to identify the location. They believe that the drone captured the sad crowd at a train station in south-east Xinjiang about a year before the footage was released.^[9]

1 The Moon’s Weirdest Video

This footage is so extraordinary that most first-time viewers dismiss the clip as fake. The skepticism is understandable. The video shows a mountain range with tiny human figures. Above them is the Moon, huge and hanging close to the Earth. Worse, it appears to be moving towards the planet. The footage seems fake because, you know, the people are not running away screaming. In fact, they appear oblivious to the Moon’s presence.

The video is real. In 2018, Daniel López wanted to film a “milk moon,” the first full moon in May. On that day, he set up his equipment on Mount Teide in the Canary Islands. López was separated by the people seen in the video by about 16 kilometers (10 miles). He used a powerful telescopic lens to zoom the Moon into focus. This caused the extraordinary illusion that it was moments away from crashing into the hikers below. The speed was real too but not because the Moon was hurtling towards mankind’s doom. This effect was caused by the Earth’s rotation. As the planet turned, the Moon was setting in real-time behind the mountain.^[10]

The world is an amazing place, sometimes more so than we ever imagine. We are living in a Golden Age for those who are interested in scientific phenomena.

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No longer do you have to get your hands dirty in a smelly lab or trek into unknown regions to witness something wonderful. You just have to start up your computer and watch a video of it. Here are 10 phenomena worth seeing and the scientific theories behind them.

10 Prince Rupert’s Drops

Prince Rupert’s drops have been fascinating scientists for hundreds of years. In 1661, a paper was presented at the Royal Society of London on these strange objects that look like glass tadpoles. The drops are named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who first introduced them to his cousin King Charles II.

Made by dropping molten glass into water, they exhibit weird properties when exposed to forces. Hit a Prince Rupert’s drop with a hammer on the bulbous end, and nothing happens. Yet with just the slightest damage to the tail end, the whole drop explodes violently. Charles had an interest in science and so challenged the Royal Society to explain the behavior of the drops.

His savants were stumped. It took nearly 400 years, but modern scientists armed with high-speed cameras were finally able to see directly how the drops exploded. A shock wave can be seen traveling from the tail to the head at around 1.6 kilometers per second (1 MPS) as the stresses inherent in the drop are released.^[1]

When the Prince Rupert’s drop is made in the water, the outer layer becomes a solid while the inner glass remains molten. As the inner glass cools, it shrinks in volume and creates a strong structure by pulling against itself, making the head of the drop incredibly resistant to damage. But as soon as the weaker tail is broken, the stress is released, allowing the whole drop to erupt into a fine powder.

9 See Light Moving

While light is technically the only thing we see, we never see it moving. Moments after you flip a light switch, the light from a bulb has already crossed the room. So fast is light that only on the largest scales would it be conceivable that you could track its movements—until now.

Using a camera capable of taking 1 trillion frames per second, scientists have been able to create videos of light moving across everyday objects like apples and Coke bottles. Firing a laser pulse that only lasts for 1 quadrillionth of a second, the researchers could capture what amounts to a bullet of light as it passes over things.

Other teams have already improved on the techniques used to create the video above. Using a camera able to take 10 trillion frames per second, they can follow a single pulse of light rather than having to repeat the experiment for each frame.^[2]

8 Cloud Chambers

Radioactivity was first discovered when X-rays were found to be fogging photographic plates. Ever since, people have been searching for ways of observing radiation to better understand the phenomenon.

One of the earliest—and still coolest—ways was to create a cloud chamber. Cloud chambers take advantage of the fact that droplets of vapor will condense around ions. When a radioactive particle passes through the chamber, it leaves a trail of ions in its wake. As the vapor condenses on them, you can directly observe the path that the particle has taken.^[3]

Cloud chambers have been replaced today with more sensitive methods of detection, but they were vital in the discovery of subatomic particles like the positron, muon, and kaon. Today, cloud chambers are useful in displaying the different types of radiation. Alpha particles show short, heavy lines, while beta particles have longer, thinner ones.

7 Superfluid

Everyone knows what a fluid is. Well, a superfluid is like that but more so. When you stir a fluid like tea in a mug, you might get a swirling vortex. But within seconds, the friction between the fluid particles will stop the flow. In a superfluid, there is no friction. So, a stirred cup of superfluid will continue to rotate forever. Such is the weird world of the superfluids.

In a similar way, it is possible to construct fountains that will continue to jet upward without adding more energy because no energy is lost to friction in a superfluid. The most bizarre property of superfluids? They can climb out of any container (as long as it is not infinitely tall) because their lack of viscosity allows them to form a thin layer that completely covers the container.^[4]

For those wanting to play around with a superfluid, there is bad news. Not all chemicals can form superfluids. For those that do exist, they only occur within a few degrees of absolute zero.

6 Ice Wave

A frozen lake can be a haunting place. As the ice cracks, eerie pinging noises can echo across the surface. Looking down, you might be able to see animals that have become frozen and trapped. But perhaps the most amazing ability of a frozen lake is to form waves of ice that crash on the shore.

If only the top layer becomes solid when a lake freezes, it is possible for the ice on top to move. If a warm wind passes over the lake, the whole sheet of ice may begin to move. All that ice has to go somewhere.^[5]

As the ice reaches the shore, the sudden friction and stress causes the ice to shatter and build up. Sometimes, these ice waves can be several feet high and travel inland. The cracking of the crystals that make up the ice sheet gives the creation of ice waves an eerie tickling sound like thousands of glasses being shattered.

5 Volcanic Shock Wave

A volcanic eruption is just about the most powerful explosion that humans are likely to see on Earth. In seconds, energy equivalent to multiple atomic bombs can launch thousands of tons of rock and debris miles into the air. Best not to be too close when that happens.

However, some people are inquisitive about these things and will linger near an erupting volcano to record a video of it. In 2014, Mount Tavurvur in Papua New Guinea exploded. Luckily for us, people were there to film it. As the volcano blew, a shock wave could be seen traveling upward into the clouds and outward toward the observer. It broke over the boat like a thunderclap.

The explosion that produced the shock wave was probably caused by gas building up within the volcano as magma blocked its escape. The sudden release of this gas compressed the air around the volcano and produced the wave that rocketed out in all directions.^[6]

4 Volcanic Lightning

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, Pliny the Younger observed something strange about the explosion: “There was a most intense darkness rendered more appalling by the fitful gleam of torches at intervals obscured by the transient blaze of lightning.”

This is the first recorded mention of volcanic lightning. When a thunderous cloud of dust and rock is propelled into the sky by a volcano, huge bolts of lightning can be seen dancing around it.

Volcanic lightning does not occur with every eruption. It is caused by a buildup of charge.

In the heat of a volcano, electrons can be easily kicked off an atom to produce a positively charged ion. Electrons can also be transferred by collisions between dust particles. The electrons can then attach to other atoms to make negatively charged ions.^[7]

From the different ways that the ions move due to size and speed, a buildup of charge can occur across the plume of the eruption. When the charge is sufficiently high, it will transfer from one region to another in the blisteringly fast and hot bolts of lightning seen in the video above.

3 Levitating Frogs

Each year, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded for research that “makes people laugh and then think.”

In 2000, Andre Geim won the Ig Nobel Prize for levitating a frog using magnets. His curiosity had been piqued when he poured some water directly into a machine with powerful electromagnets around it. The water clung to the walls of the tube, and droplets even began to float. Geim had discovered that magnetic fields could act strongly enough on water to overcome the Earth’s gravitational pull.

Before this, diamagnetic materials—those without an overall magnetic field—were thought not to interact much at all with magnetic fields. Geim moved from water droplets to live animals, including frogs. These could be levitated because of their water content and led to some bemused-looking animals in strong magnetic fields.^[8]

The sting of winning an Ig Nobel Prize was somewhat lessened when Geim won a real Nobel Prize for his part in the discovery of graphene.

2 Laminar Flow

Can you unmix a liquid?

It turns out that you can under certain conditions. If you pour orange juice into water, then it is unlikely that you will ever separate the two. But using dyed corn syrup as shown in the video above, you can. This is due to the special properties of syrup as a fluid and what is called laminar flow. This is a type of movement within fluids where layers tend to move in the same direction as each other without mixing.

This example is a special type of laminar flow, known as Stokes flow, where the fluid used is so thick and viscous that it barely allows any diffusion of particles. The mixture is stirred slowly, so it does not form any turbulence that would really mix the colored dyes together.^[9]

It only appears that the dyes mix because light is passing through the layers that contain the separate dyes. Slowly reversing the mixing brings the dyes back to their original positions.

1 Cherenkov Radiation

You might think that nothing moves faster than the speed of light. Indeed, the speed of light does seem to be a speed limit in this universe that nothing can break—as long as you are talking about the speed of light in a vacuum. When light enters any transparent medium, it slows down. This is due to the electronic component of light’s electromagnetic waves interacting with the wave properties of electrons in the medium.

It turns out that many objects can move faster than this new, slower speed of light. If a particle enters water at 99 percent of the speed of light in a vacuum, then the particle will overtake light, which only travels at 75 percent of the speed of light in a vacuum in water. And we can actually see this happen.

When the particle passes through the electrons of the medium, light is given off as it disrupts the electronic field. A nuclear reactor in water glows blue because it is flinging off electrons at such high speeds—as seen when the reactor is activated above. The eerie glow of radioactive sources is even cooler than most people think.^[10]

As we all know – whether we believe in them or not – there are hundreds of UFO sightings on record over the years. However, these sightings continue to happen all around the world today. And while most of us only hear of some of the better-known and fully investigated sightings from many years ago, some of the most intriguing have happened within the last two years alone. And what’s more, dozens of further intriguing sightings will happen in the years ahead.

Perhaps what is a bonus of the contemporary age is that most people have instant access to cameras on their phones. With that in mind, then, here are ten sightings from recent years, all of which have video footage to back them up. Make of all of them what you will.

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10UFO Caught On Video Flying Past Doncaster Airport, United Kingdom, August 2020

We will start with arguably the most recent UFO sighting on our list. It involves an intriguing piece of footage captured at Doncaster Airport in the United Kingdom. A local father and son were watching arriving airplanes when they began to film one that was approaching. However, unbeknown to the witness, he had the setting on slow motion. This meant the footage, when played, was much slower than it should have been. However, because of this, the pair were able to see a strange disc-shaped object speeding across the screen in the background.

They had not seen it with their naked eye. However, the more they viewed it, the more convinced they were that it was not a bird or a drone. Once the footage appeared online many UFO researchers were quick to state how credible the video likely was. Not least due to the straight-line motion that it moved in and the fact that it moved much too fast.

9Meadow Park Football Stadium, United Kingdom, February 2019

Perhaps what makes a UFO sighting at Meadow Park Stadium during a women’s football match in February 2020 all the more intriguing is that the game was being broadcast on television at the time. Not only did this mean that those at the stadium witnessed it (and quite possibly managed to capture footage themselves) but many witnessed the object from the comfort of their own homes. In fact, it was a viewer in London who happened to be watching the match who first spotted the strange orange orb over the stadium.

As we might imagine, there was much debate as to the credibility of the sighting. Many believed the object was nothing more than a drone in the area. If it was an alien craft, what might the reason be for it seemingly approaching a packed stadium? Might it have been there as part of an alien spying mission?

8Object The Size Of A Bus Captured Near The International Space Station, February 2020

There have been many UFO sightings captured from the live feed of the International Space Station over the years. At the end of February 2020 one of the most recent of those would unfold.

The footage – which appeared online almost immediately – shows what appears to be a “bus-sized object” enter into the frame. What’s more, it seems to be heading toward the space station itself. It would even remain in view for around 20 minutes. As with many sightings of this nature, there is a difference of opinion as to whether the strange object was an alien ship or a top-secret space vehicle of the American military or space program.

Whether it is of consequence or not, there has been no word given by NASA or the space station as to what the object might have been. Perhaps that silence on the matter should tell us all we need to know.

7Resident Captures Two Strange Objects Over New South Wales, November 2019

While on vacation in New South Wales in Australia a witness captured footage of two UFOs in the sky overhead. Some UFO researchers would claim the footage was the “clearest daylight footage” ever recorded.

What is perhaps particularly interesting is that the two UFOs are different from each other. One appears to be a disc shape, while the other is seemingly distinctly triangular. One thing we should perhaps consider – and something which will come up later in our list – is that many people claim to see such UFOs actually changing shape in midair. With this in mind, might it be that as opposed to being two UFOs of a different type they were simply captured each in a different form?

The witness would report that they watched the UFOs for around 5 minutes before they finally disappeared into the distance. The footage will undoubtedly be studied for some time to come.

6Disc-Like Object Circles Small Plane Over Spangdaheim Air Base, Germany July 2020

A particularly interesting UFO sighting was captured over a United States base in Germany (Spangdaheim Air Base) on the evening of 7th July 2020. The disc shaped object was captured flying extremely close to a small airplane making many who viewed video ask if the pilot themselves had also witnessed the strange craft. This would appear even more likely when we see that the disc-like object circle the plane.

There is much to investigate about the sighting. For example, was the plane in the region as part of an intercept mission? If so, what do the US military working out of the base know about the incident? Might it even be that the craft was, in fact, a top-secret military vehicle? Like many of the sightings on our list, there are numerous other similar incidents on record. And UFO sightings over military air bases are in abundance within the records over the years.

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5Metallic Object Hovering Over Shopping Center, Panama, Cuba, October 2019

An intriguing UFO was captured on video at just after 10 am on 9th October 2019 when an unnamed resident noticed a strange, metallic object hovering over a shopping center in Panama in Cuba. The witness, along with a friend, were driving into the shopping complex looking for a place to park. It was as they were heading directly toward it that they noticed the strange craft.

They managed to take in quite a few details of the bizarre aerial anomaly. They would claim as well as being metallic there was a strange white glow to the exterior. What’s more, there appeared to be multiple domes on top.

Many from the UFO community feel confident that this piece of footage is one of the more credible of recent years. We should also note that the video only surfaced online via the witness’s personal social media account. Many “suspect” videos are often pushed on larger and more public platforms in order to earn money from the views.

4Speeding Disc Captured By Volcano-Cam Popocatepetl, Mexico, August 2019

Without a doubt, one of the most intriguing UFO sightings captured on film in recent years took place in August 2019. Volcano-cam watching a volcano in Popocatepetl in Mexico captured what appeared to be a disc shaped object zipping past the screen. Closer examination of the speeding object appears to reveal a black dome on the top, as well as a bright light in the center. Some viewers of the footage have even claimed that the domed part could even be a cockpit of the craft.

It is certainly intriguing footage. And would appear to be something much more solid than a passing bird. As well as much too fast for a drone or other known aircraft.

We have also examined before on these very pages how mountains and volcanoes are claimed by many in the UFO community to house secret alien bases. Whether that is true or not is very much open to debate.

3Rotating UFO Caught Hovering Over The Bristol Channel, United Kingdom June 2020

At some point in early June 2020 a local resident looking out on the Bristol Channel suddenly noticed a strange “rotating object” hovering over the water. What’s more, the strange craft appeared to be near to a ship on the water.

As soon as the footage appeared online there was an abundance of theories as to what it might be. A particular split developed as to the actual shape of the apparent craft. Some who viewed the video asserted that it was most definitely disc shaped. Others, however, were equally certain the craft had triangular dimensions. There also appears to be a white light on the underside of the craft – something also associated with triangular UFOs.

The claims of the craft being triangular are particularly interesting. Many believe triangular UFOs are not the result of alien visitation but of secret military vehicles. Might this have been a case of such top-secret tests?

2UFO Captured “Soaring Away” In Cathedral City, California, January 2020

One of the most intriguing pieces of footage to find its way online in recent years came from Cathedral City in California. The video was captured by a security guard, Douglas Benefield, at a construction site on the evening of 11th January 2020.

When he submitted the video online, Benefield would state that he was merely going about his duties as he normally would do when “everything just felt weird all of a sudden”. Then he noticed something moving in the sky a little way in front of him and reached for his phone. He filmed for several seconds and then immediately watched the footage back. He was amazed to see something enter the frame and hover for a moment. The strange object would then ascend upwards with alarming speed.

He was uncertain of exactly what the object was. However, he was certain that it was a craft that was unlike anything else he had seen.

1Shape-Changing UFO, Monroe City, Missouri, June 2020

Just before midnight on the evening of 30th June 2020 in Monroe City in Missouri, a local resident was going around her home ensuring it was secure before turning in the for the evening. As she walked into her backyard, however, she saw a strange orange glowing object overhead. To begin with, it was completely motionless. What’s more, it was completely silent. After several moments, though, it suddenly began to move in a fast “zig-zag” motion. Even stranger, as it moved, it appeared to change shape.

The object remained in view for around a minute, eventually moving toward the front of the house before finally disappearing back in the direction it arrived. She managed to capture several seconds of footage of the incident, though. Incidentally, the detail of a UFO changing shape in midair is one that surfaces relatively frequently in UFO reports. Whether this is a trick played on the eye or whether it suggests a truly advanced vehicle is open to debate.

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Whether it’s ghost hunters communicating with trapped spirits, or shadowy figures spotted in desolate gravesites, everyone loves to hear about supernatural occurrences caught on camera. The internet is filled with real paranormal stories backed up by scary images and videos that make you want to leave the lights on at night.

Footage from around the world showcases scenes from eyewitnesses that have captured a strange phenomenon, and thankfully, they weren’t too shaken to share it. Authenticating supernatural occurrences can be challenging, but it usually refers to paranormal activity that’s beyond the scope of modern science. Some remain skeptical, but ‘ghost hunting pictures’ or ‘caught on camera videos’ have become part of mainstream entertainment.

Supernatural experts now believe the word or paranormal is misleading, as these occurrences are now seemingly ‘normal’ since they are happening more often. Before you get your spine chilled by investigators looking to uncover unexplainable goings-on, keep in mind that the best supernatural footage happens unexpectedly. Here are the 10 best supernatural occurrences caught on camera: credible, unbelievable to see, and fascinating to hear about.

10 Rolling Inside the Plattsmouth Museum of Shadows

In Plattsmouth, Nebraska, the Museum of Shadows lived up to its name with occurrences that had the whole town talking. Although the institution has seen its fair share of paranormal happenings, the scene that staff discovered from security video footage is nothing but chilling.

According to museum owner Nate Raterman, it happened on Friday the 2, February 2018, in the wee hours of the morning. You’ll see a ball being thrown around and rolled on the floor, but nobody in this video.

The ball is picked up by an invisible hand, which throws it across the room, then it rolls to the center of the floor. Nate said the ball is what paranormal buffs call a trigger object, a plaything for the supernatural, and he believes the mystery ghost could be a child. The Museum of Shadows is no doubt a haunted building, seeing as it was built in 1881.

Once a saloon, it had an upstairs brothel where many people are said to have died or been murdered. Raterman reflects that if the house itself isn’t attracting malevolent spirits, then the items that are part of his more than 2,000 artifact collection possibly are.

9 Odd Creature Captured by Security Camera Confounds Viewers

This clip that surfaced on Facebook is puzzling, if not alarming. The footage posted by Vivian Gomez has gone viral. When you watch the images captured on her security camera, you’ll be saying ‘what the heck’ right along with Vivian.

You can see a short joyful figure; a bony frame carried on wobbly legs gallivanting along with no qualms whatsoever. The image shows a cross between a rabbit, an elephant, and an alien creature, almost a dead-ringer for ‘Dobby’ from the Harry Potter series.

On Sunday morning, Gomez woke up and looked into her black and white monitor for any activity from the night before. At first, she recalls a shadow that fell across her front door where the camera that captured the wraith is located. Moments later, the figure appears, casually skipping along on the driveway, appearing to do what many viewers related as the ‘chicken dance.’ The dancing phantom disappears and is curiously not captured by two other cameras on the property, but Gomez swears that the video hasn’t been doctored.

8 Mystery Ghost Seen Lurking at a School Where Six People Died

Ghost Hunters worldwide have had their imagination captured by the happenings in a Pocatello high school in Idaho. CCTV footage shows a spine chilling poltergeist roaming the empty corridors at night during the Christmas holidays.

The school was once gutted by fire, and six people lost their lives on its grounds, including a young boy that drowned in the pool, and paranormal occurrences have long plagued it. Students and staff have reported strange noises, fleeting whispers, and there’s an ever-present dark shadow looming on the ceiling of the auditorium. In the eerie clip, there’s flickering as lights turn themselves off and on again, right before a mysterious figure casually strolls into the corridor and enters one of the classrooms.

7 Ghost Opens Transport Van Doors at Bloody Civil War Battle Site

On the night of Tuesday, September 25^th, 2018, at the Putnam County Aging Agency in St. Albans, West Virginia, security cameras capturedcurious paranormal footage. At around quarter past 1 am, a transport van parked on the grounds had its doors slid ajar. But nobody was in or outside the vehicle.

According to Jenni Sutherland, the programs executive director, the van was found with doors open the next morning. Staff assumed there had been a burglary or a trespasser came by at night and checked camera footage for the entire property.

Only the van seems to have been affected, with the clip showing doors being pushed open by an invisible force. The van slightly shudders as a latch that secures the door inside the vehicle is flipped undone in the video. This isn’t the first supernatural occurrence to spook this business’s staff, as the property has a dark past. The aging program agency is located at the civil war Battle of Scary site, where 19 soldiers died.

6 Mischievous Ghost Causes Havoc in Old High School

In October 2015, a Cork, Ireland secondary school with a history of supernatural occurrences managed to obtain video evidence of their resident ghost. In a seemingly deserted corridor, spooky CCTV footage shows the handiwork of a mischievous or angry spirit leaving students and staff mystified. Deerpark CBS was founded in 1821, the oldest school in Cork. And spiritual remnants of someone or something have been intent on making a mess when no one is around.

The eerie clip, which follows what happens after motion sensors were triggered, is straight out of a Ghostbusters remake. Lights start flashing from behind a closed door, flickering as though someone was arc welding at 3 am. A thunderous crash is then heard, and then right on camera, a set of heavy lockers start to rock violently back and forth.

One of the locker doors is swung open with mustered force, papers and books spewing across the corridor floor. As the video ends, a ‘Wet Floor’ sign that’s been left near the wall is aggressively knocked over, sliding to the side as though someone kicked it.

While wondering if it could be an elaborate prank, the school Principal Aaron Wolfe said that the corridor where it happened was outside the religion room. He also added that the particular section of the 200-year-old building had been having a strange chill, an extreme coldness felt more often by the female staff members.

5 Man Flees Home after Terrifying Face Appears in Photo

After capturing what he believes is a ghost in his kitchen, a man ran from his house, an eerie image that he later shared on the Reddit blog. He was home alone at the time when he heard what can only be described as feet shuffling or the clothes ruffling through the slightly ajar kitchen door.

On taking a photo of the door, he looked closer to see a blurry white face with two dark eyes staring straight at him. The picture horrified the man so much that he’s now looking for another place to live. And we don’t blame him.

4 Ghostly Figure Haunts an Abandoned Mental Asylum

A paranormal investigator struck ghostly gold when a video she’d taken at a derelict Welsh mental health facility revealed an outline of what appears to be a human. Kayleigh Love encountered the spectral momentarily as she aimed her camera at an empty corridor, but on trying to get a second shot, the figure had disappeared.

Thinking nothing of it, Love went home, and on reviewing the video, her stomach turned. She later edited the footage, slowing it down so that the shadowy apparition with a female opulence was more noticeable. Love said that the image made her feel uneasy and on edge, despite her experience conducting investigations on supernatural occurrences.

She didn’t name the mental hospital where the spirit was seen, but her description matched a Mid-Wales Hospital psychiatric facility. This institute for the insane, located in Powys, Talgarth, opened in 1903 and was shut down in 1999. Love thinks the mysterious onlooker is the ghost of a former patient there, one that met their demise in a room on that corridor.

3 Strange Footage from Iowa Restaurant Hints at Supernatural Activity

While this footage has been dismissed as a bug running across a CCTV camera lens, others believe that Chuck & Edna’s Maid-Rite restaurant has potential paranormal residents. Pat Orr, the eatery’s manager, claims that staff members have reported unexplained incidents since the business was established.

First to be caught on camera was a ghostly shadow in the restaurant’s kitchen moving slowly towards the sink before dissipating. Barely a week later, another clip captured a worker being hit by cups that were sliding off a shelf. As if wanting to discredit the bug theory, another stack of cups can be seen falling sideways—all by themselves.

2 The Wailing Ghost of La Llorona Terrifies Residents in Colombia

In the video clip, which has since gone viral on social media, a wailing ghostly figure is captured in treetops during broad daylight. Some are calling it the scariest thing they’ve ever seen, while one resident of Monitors, Cordoba, Colombia, has admitted to being so petrified they had to sleep with their mother.

According to legend, La Llorona was a mother who took her sons to the river and drowned them, afterward killing herself. Being that her soul was now cursed, she was barred from entering heaven until she could find the souls of her kids. The myth goes that when the ghost appears, she wails loudly, abducting children to drown in the river in the hope that her own son’s souls will find rest.

1 Pensacola Paranormal Investigators Get What They Bargained For

The A-Team is a bunch of supernatural investigators who carry out ghost hunts in central Florida and South Carolina. Of these locations in Pensacola, FL, they’ve admitted that this one has the most active spiritual presence. This is likely due to its age and the events that happened there. According to Jill Miller, founder of the team, spirits will linger in the air anywhere where there’s a traumatic emotional activity.

In a home on Pensacola’s East Hill, the ghost hunters come across a malevolent spirit, captured on the group’s thermal infrared SLS or Strained Layer Super-Lattice camera. The dark shadowy figure can be seen walking across the right-hand corner of the video, and it can be slowed down to show the outline clearly above Miller’s left shoulder.

Do You See It Too?

It’s true, some images and videos are cooked-up with fake editing or camera tricks. But if you look closely at a recording of real paranormal occurrences, you’ll spot something you just can’t explain.

Whether or not you believe in the supernatural doesn’t stop that creepy rush of uneasiness from washing over you when you’re staring at paranormal activity caught on camera. Many clips and pictures ring with truth, depicting happenings that can only be described as out of this world.

One of the most chilling chapters in bestselling author Dean Koontz’s many thrillers details a lone survivor’s experience of a horrific airplane crash. Even more terrible are these 10 harrowing emergency landings caught on tape… because they really happened!

Related: 10 Shocking Air Disasters Caused by Birds

10 Alaska Airlines Flight 1288

On August 20, 2023, during Tropical Storm Hilary, Alaskan Airlines Flight 1288’s 106 passengers’ anxiety increased tremendously when a problem with their Boeing 737’s landing gear forced the pilot to undertake a risky landing at John Wayne Airport.

The 737 parked on the runway rather than taxiing to the gate, and buses took passengers to the terminal building. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found that the airliner’s left main gear had collapsed but could not determine why. Fortunately, there were no injuries or deaths.

Abhinav Amineni, who filmed the moment, admitted that he “was panicking,” thinking sparks along the runway might indicate that the airplane was about to burst into flames. His video offers a sense of the jitters he and his fellow passengers felt as they touched down roughly in the dark and raced along the wet runway as sparks streaked past the speeding airplane.^[1]

9 LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO16

As the result of a six-year, year-month-long investigation, Poland’s State Commission on Aircraft Accidents Investigation concluded that the November 1, 2011, LOT Polish Airlines’ Flight L012’s Boeing 747 landing gear wouldn’t work due to a combination of mechanical failures and human errors. Aircraft design features and other procedural omissions were contributing factors.

While the airplane circled the airport to burn off fuel, firefighters doused the runway with flame retardant. An ABC News video of the airplane’s crash-landing at a Warsaw airport shows the screeching aircraft skidding along the runway on its belly, emitting sparks and smoke from its underside. After it landed, the firefighters sprayed thick streams of water over the airplane, preventing it from bursting into flames.

Safe inside the terminal building, passengers praised Captain Tadeusz Wrona’s performance. One said that the landing was so “masterful” that the 747 had seemed to land “on [its] wheels.” None of the 220 passengers or 11 crew members who’d begun their trip in Newark were killed or injured.^[2]

8 Red Air Flight 203

As NBC News reports, when a Red Air twin-engine McDonnell Douglas MD-82, carrying 126 people, crash-landed at Miami International Airport on June 21, 2022, it burst into flames. Three of the people onboard were treated for minor injuries. After controlling the blaze, firefighters dealt with the aircraft’s fuel spill.

The airplane’s front landing gear collapse appears to have caused the fire. Video included with the NBC News article shows the fiery, smoking aircraft’s rough landing, first responders’ arrival on the scene, and firefighters subduing the fire.^[3]

7 Cathay Pacific Flight 780

A Civil Aviation Department’s Accident Investigation Department’s bulletin provides details concerning the April 13, 2010, crash-landing of the Airbus A330-342 in operation during Cathay Pacific Flight 780. The pilot announced the emergency situation as the aircraft approached the Hong Kong International Airport with 13 crew members and 309 passengers aboard, stating that there were “control problems on both engines.”

Despite these conditions, Captain Malcolm Waters and First Officer David Hayhoe landed the Airbus, but at a ground speed of 230 knots (approximately 265 mph or 167 km/h). After the rescue leader confirmed “fire and smoke on the wheels, the commander initiated an emergency evacuation of passengers.” There were no fatalities, but one passenger was seriously injured.

Mayday: Air Disaster video’s simulation of the incident puts viewers inside the cockpit and the cabin with the terrified pilots, passengers, and flight attendants.^[4]

6 Air France Flight 358

An online CBC article sums up the story of Air France Flight 358’s Airbus A340-313’s August 2, 2005, crash landing, stating that the airplane “ended up skidding off the runway.” Canada’s Federal Transport Minister Jean Lapierre says the fact that no one was injured or killed in the incident was a “miracle.” The violence of the crash landing is indicated by the fact that, although no deaths occurred, “12 people suffered serious injuries,” and some passengers believed that they would die.

A Disaster Breakdown video, offering further details concerning the flight from Paris to Toronto, explains how inclement weather and a number of pilot errors were responsible for the crash-landing, during which the airplane overshot the runway by 300 meters. The video also mentions the flight attendants’ decision not to open two of the airplane’s doors due to the fire hazard as an aggravating factor.^[5]

5 Qantas Flight 72

As the 7NEWS Spotlight video concerning the November 7, 2008, Qantas Flight 72 indicates, the airliner was on its way from Singapore to Perth when Captain Kevin Sullivan, a former Top Gun pilot in the U.S. Navy, was alerted that the autopilot had disconnected. This alarm was followed by contradictory stall and overspeed warnings. Then, the airliner began to pitch “violently down.” As Sullivan put it, the aircraft’s “automation… was trying to kill us.”

As the airplane plummeted toward the Indian Ocean, passengers and flight attendant Fuzzy Maiava, who were not strapped into their seats, were thrown against the ceiling. Two were rendered unconscious. All were pinned in place. Sullivan released his control stick, and the plane righted itself, causing Fuzzy and the unrestrained passengers to fall from the ceiling.

The primary flight computer, the automatic brake, the auto-trim function, and the third trim had also failed. Over 100 passengers were injured, some severely. Sullivan decided to land at nearby Learmonth, a Royal Australian Air Force base. Passengers were ordered to fasten their seat belts, but Caroline Southcott had trouble doing so. She was in agony, having broken her back and an ankle, the latter so severely that her foot faced backward. She would require extensive surgery.

Despite his concern that the automated system could again wrest control of the aircraft, Sullivan successfully landed the airplane. Walking through the cabin, he witnessed the injuries, terror, and trauma that his passengers had suffered and was so affected that he quit piloting.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau found that “incorrect data” caused the in-flight emergency but could not say how or why.^[6]

4 Asiana Airlines Flight 214

On July 6, 2013, with 292 passengers on board, Asiana Flight 214 was completing its overnight journey from Seoul to San Francisco when the pilots were alerted that the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was dangerously low. The pilot-in-training, Lee Kang-koo, and his trainer, the pilot-in-command Lee Jeong-min, tried to ascend, but it was too late. Short of the runway, the plane struck the ground, and its tail was ripped off.

The front part of the aircraft skimmed along the runway before coming to an abrupt halt. Were fire to spread from the burning engine to the fuel tanks, the airplane could explode. There was no slide, but evacuating passengers were able to climb down the fuselage. Firefighters fought the blaze and tended to injured passengers.

Although there were contributing factors, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that there were several probable causes of the accident, two crucial ones of which were the flight crew’s mismanagement of the airplane’s descent during the visual approach and their delay in executing a go-around after becoming aware that the airplane was below acceptable glide path and airspeed tolerances. Of the 310 people aboard the aircraft, 3 died, and 187 were injured, 49 seriously.^[7]

9 Flying Tiger 923

Engine number three of the Flying Tiger, a 73-ton Lockheed 1049H Super Constellation with 76 passengers on board, was on fire, spitting flames and bits of molten metal as an alarm bell clanged. Captain John Murray ordered the discharge of an extinguisher. The September 23, 1962, crisis had been averted—or so the passengers and crew had thought.

In fact, as Eric Lindner writes, flight engineer Garrett “had forgotten to close the no. 3 engine firewall.” This oversight “triggered a chain reaction” of equipment failures, and the airplane lost “two of its four engines.” Nearly 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from land, the Flying Tiger had no alternative but to ditch into the Atlantic Ocean. Impact “would feel like crashing onto a cement runway,” a Popular Mechanics article observed.

It didn’t help when rain started, obscuring visibility, especially since Murray would have to ditch between waves; otherwise, the airplane’s wings could snap off, or the aircraft itself might break apart and sink when it struck the water at 120 mph (193 km/h).

Murray was up to the task, though, and all aboard survived the impact and evacuated. Unfortunately, only 48 lived through the seven hours they spent in the bitter-cold waters; the other 28 drowned. An Aviation Horrors video captured the passengers’ and crew’s harrowing ordeal.^[8]

2 U.S. Bangla Flight 211

According to the final report concerning the March 12, 2018, accident involving U.S. Bangla Flight 211’s Bombardier Q400 aircraft, the aircraft’s pilot, Abid Sultan, probably experienced “disorientation and a complete loss of situational awareness.” As a result of the crash-landing, all 4 crew members and 45 out of the 67 passengers aboard the aircraft were killed, and “more… succumbed to injury later in hospital during the course of treatment.”

The report also found other contributing factors, including dangerous attempts to “align the aircraft with the runway… at very close proximity and very low altitude,” without any prior attempt to execute a “go around,” even though such a maneuver appeared to be possible until the last instant before touchdown on the runway.

A Smithsonian Channel video indicates that, near the conclusion of the 90-minute flight from Dhaka to Nepal, the airplane flew past the Kathmandu Airport toward the mountains. The control tower’s supervisor redirected the errant plane, instructing the pilot to loop back around and land on the runway for southbound traffic. The turn was executed, but the aircraft was to the right of the runway.

During several attempts to correct the aircraft’s approach, Sultan first aligned the airplane with the taxiway before lining up with the control tower instead of the runway. The plane missed the tower but crashed into a field 1,443 feet (440 meters) away from the runway, bursting into flames.^[9]

1 United Airlines Flight 232

The explosion of the DC-10 aircraft in service to the July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232, as it headed from Denver to Chicago, severed the airplane’s hydraulic lines, disabling flight controls. Captain Alfred C. Haynes, First Officer William Records, and Second Officer Dudley Dvorak eventually stabilized the aircraft by “adjusting the thrust” of the one working engine on each wing. An off-duty flight instructor among the 284 other passengers and the 11 crew members on board joined them in the cockpit to operate the throttles.

They’d attempt to land at Sioux City, Iowa. As the Des Moines Register’s understatement declares, “It was not a happy landing.” The flight crew was unable to reduce speed, and the aircraft’s right wing, clipping the runway, caused a fuel spill. The airplane broke into four pieces, the main part of the burning wreckage sliding into a cornfield.

One hundred and twelve passengers died. Two local hospitals, assisted by the Iowa National Guard, whose soldiers helped search for and rescue the injured and perform triage, treated the crash-landing’s 184 survivors.^[10]

Some people have a knack for rising to fame and fortune without so much as moving a finger…or their lips. Yes, some celebs can lip sync so well that we could maybe even pass it off as a skill. After all, it isn’t all that uncommon for singers to use backing tracks, especially when there’s a large, outdoor arena with wind or other factors which would impact the sound quality. Several singers lip sync during the Macy’s Day Parade for better quality on the floats.

Despite the fact that backtracking and some amount of lip syncing are common in vocal performance, it’s understandable why fans would be pretty disappointed. Would you be happy paying hundreds of dollars for front-row seats at a concert only to discover the show wasn’t even live? And usually, when someone’s caught, it isn’t even good lip syncing. But just like performers, sometimes sound technicians mess up, too, leading to some pretty embarrassing moments.

It would be impossible to recount every lip sync fail that hit the headlines, but here are ten performers who were caught in the act…the act of lip-syncing, that is.

Related: Top 10 Times Musicians Lost Their Cool Onstage

10 Audrey Hepburn (1964)

Our first performer on this list doesn’t exactly fit the profile for a lip-syncer who got “caught,” but it’s worth noting the history of lip syncing. The idea of using a track in movies and live performances isn’t exactly a new concept. Plenty of Hepburn fans found themselves disappointed after learning the My Fair Lady female lead didn’t actually sing most of the songs that made the 1960s film.

The real voice behind such favorites as “I Could’ve Danced All Night” and “Show Me” was Marni Nixon. Marni Nixon is not only the “ghostsinger” behind Hepburn, however. She’s been the real voice behind the Hollywood star in numerous musicals, including The King and I, Westside Story, and others.

Sorry to ruin all your favorite classic films for you in one paragraph.

Audrey Hepburn sang a few of the songs, and she does have a decent voice. She’s not awful by any means, but ultimately the acting went to Hepburn while the voice went to Nixon. So next time you watch My Fair Lady, just remember to give a little credit to Marni Nixon.

9 Milli Vanilli (1989)

Girl, you know it’s NOT true…if you’re talking about the singing of the duo that made up Milli Vanilli. The pair consisted of R&B singers Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. Hired by German producer Frank Farian, these two quickly rose to fame and fortune in1988, but after a late 1989 MTV performance gone wrong, it was discovered the two were lip syncing, which wasn’t entirely surprising considering how much dancing around they were doing.

In any case, that was the beginning of the end for Milli Vanilli, and their fifteen minutes of fame eventually ended after a series of lawsuits over disagreements with the producer about ownership and fraud protection.

8 Ashlee Simpson (2004)

Here’s Ashlee Simpson blaming her sound team for her embarrassing moment. At least she did a nice jig there at the end. Unfortunately for Simpson, she became the butt of a joke on Family Guy, which might’ve portrayed a superior performance than the actual one.

Her response might’ve gotten her more backlash than the actual incident, which provides a lesson to other singers out there: When things don’t go well, just own it. Don’t go blaming the tech team.

7 Lindsay Lohan (2004)

Lindsay Lohan, the star of The Parent Trap and, later, Mean Girls, had a long-time career goal of releasing her own album. In 2004, the album Speak came out, featuring the single “Rumors.”

The punk-style young new artist emerged to promote the new album on an episode of Good Morning, America. The performance sounds good but uncannily like the recording on the album, which seems like a pretty good sign someone is lip-syncing.

To be fair, though, Lohan denied the accusations back in 2004, explaining there were some backing tracks for the first song, but only of the background singers. What do you think? Considering she’s since released another album and several singles, including “Back to Me” in 2020, the questions didn’t seem to cause ripples in her career the way Ashlee Simpson’s awkward performance did.

6 Sarah Harding (2000s)

Singer Sarah Harding passed away from breast cancer last year, so I think it’s fair to include her here as a sort of tribute. Yes, she did lip sync as most artists have done, but as you can see from other performances, it wasn’t as if she couldn’t sing, which is really the case for most of these artists, to be fair. But it doesn’t help with the embarrassment at the moment.

Supposedly, she didn’t do a very convincing job of lip-syncing the song “Lorraine” during a performance in 2015. Considering it was that obvious, maybe the singer learned her lesson.

5 Britney Spears (2007)

Unfortunately for Britney, much of her career was overshadowed by accusations of lip-syncing most if not all of her performances. According to the singer, this is not true, and she just got caught in a few unfortunate incidents.

One of the most embarrassing was her performance at the MTV awards, circa 2007. Unfortunately, her lip syncing wasn’t exactly in sync. Things weren’t off for a great start into her return from an already rough year. If you were following the early 2000s Britney saga, you’re aware her marriage ended in 2006. The media can be cruel, and she had to deal with not only the collapse of her own family life but with the visceral reactions from the public, accusing her of not being a good mother and other similar comments.

Considering all she was going through, I think we can all stretch a little sympathy for the fact her heart may not have been completely in her performance of “Gimme More,” but it certainly didn’t help the situation.

It tarnished her reputation enough that the talk of lip syncing her performances continued without much of a break, eventually earning some frustration from the frustrated star.

4 Beyonce (2013)

This one was a bit surprising considering the huge brand Beyonce has built for herself, and she’s obviously talented, so why lip sync?

This one wasn’t some accusation. Beyonce did lip sync the national anthem at the inauguration in 2013. When asked about it, she didn’t deny it. However, she defended her decision, claiming she wanted to ensure the focus was on the president, not her performance.

She also said she didn’t have the time to rehearse with the orchestra. So to be fair, we can all recognize the national anthem is a pretty big deal, and everybody knows if you screw up. Can we blame her for playing it safe at something so high-profile? Plenty do.

Nevertheless, lip syncing the national anthem didn’t seem to have much of a negative effect on Beyonce’s fan base.

3 Katy Perry (2013)

I have to give her credit. Katy Perry saved herself in this one—I would’ve wanted to roar. In any case, this is an example of saving the performance. It’s obvious from the second take that Perry is singing live, and she pulls it off without making too big a deal of starting over.

Though it seems embarrassing to be caught lip syncing your own single at a music awards show, it is obvious from the list it’s fairly hard to tell the reasons performers choose to lip sync. She saved it on the second take, though, and you can tell from the cheering in the crowd nobody seems to have held it against her.

2 Selena Gomez (2010s)

Selena Gomez, who released her debut solo album, Stars Dance, in 2013, continues to undergo scrutiny over lip syncing. Pair that with her public outbursts, sometimes in the form of expletives on a hot mic, and you end up with a lot of disappointed fans.

Fortunately for Selena, her career seems to be going strong, topping the charts of Billboard in terms of singles, and millions of downloads testify to the star’s popularity even after her Disney career.

1 Mariah Carey (2016)

This isn’t the only video of one of Mariah Carey’s performances gone wrong. This one’s pretty darn bad, though. She seems to realize within about four seconds that there’s really no bouncing back and doesn’t even attempt to salvage the illusion. At least she has a sense of humor about it, I suppose, but talk about dropping the ball…

Some criminals are meticulous in their planning. They will stalk a victim and commit their nefarious deeds with a mind to how they will escape authorities and never be tied to the scene of the crime. There have been killers that actually shaved their bodies and wore clean suits ahead of time just so they would leave no evidence that they were involved. But for all the planning that some killers do ahead of time, it’s the stupid mistakes that they make afterwards that often end up being their downfall. 

10. Ted Bundy Stole a Car

During Ted Bundy’s reign of terror, the serial killer was responsible for at least 30 murders over a span of about 5 years. It’s very likely that he committed many other crimes that we’ll never know about. Bundy was known to be a charming man, and he was considered handsome as well. These were two traits that helped him gain the confidence of many of his victims. His M.O. was used as a part of the movie The Silence of the Lambs. He would approach his victims during the day, in public places, pretending to be disabled and in need of help. Seeing such a charming but helpless man lulled a lot of people into a false sense of safety. Then he would knock them unconscious and kidnap them before sexually assaulting and murdering them.

The full details of exactly what he did are widely available and also remarkably disturbing and gruesome. He had been a psychology student in University and was well-liked by other students and his professors.  He even got into law school in the early 1970s. It seems like the only reason he didn’t finish was that he was too busy committing murders. When authorities turned their eye to Bundy in 1975 after he was charged with assault and kidnapping, he left Colorado in favour of Florida and continued his crime spree. 

Bundy was initially caught because he was driving with no lights on in the early morning. When the police inspected his car, it was full of what we consider today to be a host of creepy items including a ski mask, an ice pick, and handcuffs. Unfortunately, all that they charged him with was kidnapping. He managed to escape from prison later, and then was caught again when he made an illegal turn in a stolen vehicle. Once again he managed to escape from prison, and once again he was caught in a stolen car.

Had he not chosen to steal a car for the second and third times he was caught, he might have gotten away with everything for an indefinite time.

9. Golden State Killer Left Old DNA

Tons of people get suckered into the allure of sites like Ancestry.com or 23andMe. Who wouldn’t be excited to find out that they are 11.6% Atlantean, 35.6% Scottish, and 0.4% French Canadian? If you’re a serial killer, however, then these online DNA registries could be your undoing.

Law enforcement use the site called GEDMatch to upload a DNA sample they had from the Golden State Killer left at a crime scene from the 1980s. that site is a free online database where anyone can post their genetic data that they received from a site like 23andMe or Ancestry.com. Most people use it to help find distant relatives they didn’t know about who also uploaded their DNA results. But the police used it to track down anyone who was genetically related to the Golden State killer, a serial killer who had been at large for decades. They ended up finding a few cousins.

Using the other information available to them, law enforcement was able to narrow down who the killer was based on approximate age and the location of the crimes. They subsequently caught and arrested Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. The former police officer had committed 13 murders, 50 rapes, and well over 100 burglaries between 1973 and 1986. 

The DNA that the killer has left at the scene was utterly useless to law enforcement before this. While it’s a great way to identify a suspect, you do need to match it to a suspect. Since the police had none, the DNA was like a fingerprint with no finger to match it to. But the killer’s family members had at some point in time had their DNA tested. Had it not been for the novelty of modern DNA testing, the killer might have never been caught.

8. Randy Kraft Drove Drunk

Randy Kraft was known as the Scorecard Killer among other colorful mantis the media gave him for his murder spree that lasted nearly a decade from the early ’70s into the early 1980s. He killed at least 16 young men, but it’s thought that’s the true number may get well over 50.

Kraft got the nickname Scorecard Killer after he was caught, and it was discovered that he had literally kept a kind of scorecard that was written in code referencing various aspects of his victims. Some of them included initials for the victims that he killed while others detailed the various ways he had mutilated their bodies.

Kraft had long been a suspect in the murders and had even been arrested before. Authorities were not able to make any charges stick, as there was little evidence tying him to the murders. In fact, when police did try to charge him with a murder, the Los Angeles District Attorney dismissed the request of the investigating officers because the coroner had concluded the particular victim in this case had died of accidental drowning and not murder. That was in 1975.

It would not be until 1983 after Kraft had murdered several more victims that the California Highway Patrol caught sight of him driving erratically down Interstate 5. After he performed an illegal lane change, the officers pulled him over on suspicion of drunk driving. They discovered that there was actually a dead body in the passenger seat at the time. Police uncovered a mountain of forensic evidence including blood from other victims, numerous Polaroids of victims, and the affirmation scorecard detailing his crimes.

7. Alexander Bychkov Robbed a Store

Russian serial killer Alexander Bychkov was convicted of murdering nine men. His victims were typically older, sometimes homeless men, and Bychkov is known to have cannibalized the victims.

Many of Bychkov’s crimes were committed in the same way. He would meet an older man at a bar who was either homeless or an alcoholic and invite them back to his place after a night of drinking. He would then kill them and dismember their bodies.

Bychkov caught a break in 2010 when police arrested another man for the crimes and managed to get a confession out of him. The man was mentally ill, and it’s believed the confession was coerced.

Two years later, Bychkov robbed a hardware store of several knives and about $300 worth of cash. After he was arrested, police searched his home and found a diary in which he details the life and murders. If not for the robbery, he might have been able to continue for quite a while.

6. Arthur Shawcross Returned to a Body to Have Lunch

Arthur Shawcross was known to the media as the Genesee River Killer. From 1972 until 1989, he is known to have killed at least 14 victims. He was drafted into the army to serve in Vietnam and used to boast about the horrible crimes he committed there, including beheadings and more, all of which turned out to be false since he was never in active combat.

Once he was out of the army his crime spree started with burglary and arson. He was sentenced to 22 months in prison and actually got out early after saving the life of a prison guard during a riot. The next year he killed his first victim,  a 10-year-old boy. Shortly thereafter he murdered his second victim, and eight-year-old girl and was arrested the very next day for the crime. Lawyers let him plead down to manslaughter for both murders. He was released after serving 14 years, deemed to be no longer dangerous.

In 1988, Shawcross killed again, and continued to do so for at least 11 victims. Police were able to catch him in 1990 when he was captured on camera from a surveillance helicopter parked near the body of his latest victim, eating lunch and pleasuring himself. Shawcross tried to plead insanity at his trial, but no one bought it. He was sentenced to 250 years and died in prison in 2008.

5. Jeffrey Dahmer Let His Final Would-Be Victim Use the Bathroom

One of the most famous and terrifying serial killers in modern memory, Jeffrey Dahmer’s downfall is that he decided to put some trust in one of his would-be victims. That misplaced trust saved the victim’s life, and who knows how many potential future victims as well.

From the late 70s into the early 1990s, Jeffrey Dahmer murdered, dismembered, and in some cases ate parts of 17 victims.  The full breadth of his crimes horrified the world and have been the subject of numerous documentaries and movies ever since.

Although Dahmer had experienced some near misses with law enforcement in the past, including one case in which a victim got away, and police actually brought the victim back to his home because he convinced the cops it was just a domestic dispute it wouldn’t be until 1991 when he made what ended up being a fatal mistake.

Dahmer had convinced a man named Tracy Edwards to come home with him. Once they were at Dahmer’s apartment, his intended victim was handcuffed and Dahmer explained that he wanted to take pictures of him and then eat his heart. Edwards assured Dahmer that he had no interest in running away from him and they could do whatever he wanted, but he wanted to go to the bathroom and maybe have a beer. Dahmer, for whatever reason, thought that was a good idea, so they went back to the living room together. Edwards proceeded to punch Dahmer in the face and run out the front door. 

Edwards returned to the apartment with police who discovered photographic evidence of Dahmer’s many crimes, and a severed head of the refrigerator. Dahmer ended up being sentenced to 16 life terms in prison, but only lasted a couple of years before he was murdered by other inmates in 1994. Had he not agreed to let Edwards go to the bathroom and had a beer, he might never have been caught.

4. Maury Travis Printed a Map

Maury Travis was a suspected serial killer. He was arrested for two murders and confessed to 17, although the true number is in dispute. Travis was caught after his local newspaper ran a story on the disappearance and murder of one victim which he had a problem with.

When police investigated Travis’s home, they found what was described as a torture chamber in the basement full of bondage equipment and other tools. They are also videotapes detailing his crimes. 

After the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote the article about one of his victims, Travis wrote them a letter in reply saying that he could show them where plenty more bodies were. He included a map in the letter that he printed from Expedia.com. Law enforcement was able to trace that map back to Travis’s computer and arrest him. He committed suicide in custody before he was able to stand trial.

3. Richard Kuklinski Bragged 

Some people are incapable of doing anything without telling other people about it. That’s kind of a big problem with social media. It was also an issue for Richard Kuklinski, serial killer and hitman.

Known as The Iceman, Kuklinski also had nicknames of the Devil Himself and One Man Army. Sounds like he was a scary guy, and he was convicted of five murders, though he is known to have committed numerous other crimes. Unfortunately for a Kuklinski, he just couldn’t keep his crimes to himself. 

An undercover federal agent managed to dupe Kuklinski into thinking he was a fellow criminal. The hitman spilled the beans on numerous crimes, detailing that he had laced hamburgers with cyanide and committed various other murders over the years, including how he got rid of the bodies afterwards. Lawyers tried to argue that Kuklinski was just blowing smoke when he made these statements and they weren’t real, but the problem was they matched up with real crimes. 

2. Neville Heath Signed a Hotel Registry

Leaving your ID at the scene of a crime is arguably one of the stupidest things you could do as a murderer,  possibly even more stupid would be signing your name at the scene because that actually takes extra effort to do. And that’s exactly what Neville Heath did.

Shortly after becoming engaged to a woman he just met, he hooked up with another woman and brought her back to his hotel room. Evidence discovered the next day suggested that he had tortured the woman before murdering her and leaving her in the room to be found by the house key for the next day. For whatever reason, however, he had signed the hotel registry with his real name when he checked in. 

In a baffling twist, after writing the police a letter saying that, sure it was his room but he let another guy use it, he then left town, checked into a different hotel using a fake name this time, and then murdered another woman the exact same way. He was found guilty at trial and executed by hanging in 1946. 

1. Henri Landru Bought One-Way Tickets

You can look at the way Henri Landru  was captured either as an example of the man’s over efficiency or his cheapest. In the early 1900s, Landru  was known to be a swindler of women. He would seduce lonely women out of their life savings and move on to someone else. It’s a con that still goes on today, but Landru took it a step further when he started committing murders.

Most of his victims were widows. Landru would meet them in his capacity as a furniture seller. After the women lost their husbands, they would come to him and attempt to sell some of their possessions. He would seduce them with promises that he could invest the little money they had,  before stealing it and disappearing.

He later upped his game by claiming that he was a wealthy widower in search of a woman who had also been widowed. He met numerous women this way, and while using numerous aliases he managed to convince these women to estrange themselves from their families to be with him and they were never seen again. This happened over and over until some families began to look into the disappearances of their loved ones.

Police were unable to find bodies when they began to investigate Landru,  but the man had a bad habit of keeping track of his finances in detail. This included the times that he would purchase train tickets for himself and his would-be brides. The problem was that he purchased round tickets for himself and one-way tickets for them. Not finding remains on the property of his home, neighbors pointed out that they had more than once seen thick black smoke coming from the chimney. When police searched his massive cast iron stove, they found human remains in the ashes.