Weirdest News Of 2010: 13 Offbeat Stories (PHOTOS)

2010 has been a wacky year for many, but few news events have grabbed people quite like the stories here. From the out-of-the box, to the crazy, to the unfortunate 2010 produced some truly memorable news moments, including odd 911 calls, drug trafficking parrots, and cat-cooking chefs.

Paul the 'Psychic' Octopus was perhaps the year's most famous piece of odd news, but here's a few more that really turned some heads and may have made you chuckle.

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Man Forced to Eat His Own Beard

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Harvey Westmoreland, a Kentucky man, was forced to eat his own beard after an argument about a lawn mower apparently got out of control, according to the AP. For the full story and video, click here.

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Harvey Westmoreland, a Kentucky man, was forced to eat his own beard after an argument about a lawn mower apparently got out of control, according to the AP.

For the full story and video, click here.

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[Aluminaste]

12:51 PM on 01/11/2011

What an adorable parrot! :D

Poor thing D:

[Euterpe360]

11:22 AM on 01/03/2011

If you ask me I think we should eat MORE cats. Nothing quashes the elitist cat attitude and agenda like eating one of your pets buddies.

[rjmtx]

01:57 PM on 01/03/2011

huh huh.. eat cat...

[jasev01]

01:59 PM on 01/01/2011

Colombian Parrot Arrested For Tipping Off Drug Traffickers

An accomplished birdman trained this one

[birdlady5]

01:02 PM on 01/01/2011

Ah, the stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me! LOL!

Can't imagine eating a cat!

[jasev01]

01:59 PM on 01/01/2011

don't go to vietnam

[EvasDaddy]

02:05 PM on 01/01/2011

Or any local Asian restaurants.

[ZenCrusader]

10:32 AM on 01/01/2011

the parrot is cool

[GreenCanadian]

10:24 AM on 01/01/2011

The pitcher with no arms is inspiring, best of luck to him on his tour.

[unami]

10:01 AM on 01/01/2011

Cat is the new pork.

[emmeaki]

06:27 PM on 01/19/2011

Sick, but funny!

[MohammedAbbasi]

08:19 AM on 01/01/2011

That guy can eat anything.... we should send him to India where they have lots of elephants and maybe he could eat some of them to help the Indians out?

[white mende man]

07:59 AM on 01/01/2011

we need the list of weird stories of Sarah Palin on Huffo... (no fair saying "all of them")

[Hirnlego]

06:34 AM on 01/01/2011

We're a weird, but an interesting species.

[PTAOfficerforObama]

11:35 PM on 12/31/2010

I have to say, this guy looks like he would eat anything...

[Titanshanks]

09:42 PM on 12/31/2010

Was peeing in the hallway also an attempt to lure men?

[dave1111]

09:37 PM on 12/31/2010

I saw 'stewpid criminals' and assumed it was about George W. Bush.

[dave1111]

09:37 PM on 12/31/2010

I saw 'stupid criminals' and assumed it was about George W. Bush.

[shylove2]

08:01 PM on 12/31/2010

I can see eating ones own beerd and facing a momma grizzly beer but no a beard that's weird!!

[dave1111]

09:35 PM on 12/31/2010

That guy was never forced to eat ANYTHING, from the looks of him.