Weird Oregon

Matthew Fox Charged With Drunk Driving

Newser | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Celebrity Crime, Holly-Weird, Celebrity Dui, Matthew Fox Dui, Matthew Fox, Lost, Weird Oregon, Oregon Crime, Crime News

First it was a stripper, then a bar brawl, and now it's a DUI for Matthew Fox. The Lost star was busted early Friday in Oregon, where he lives. ...

Read Whole Story

Lion Tries To Eat Zebra-Striped Toddler At Oregon Zoo (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.04.2012

A lioness at the Oregon Zoo thought she found herself the perfect meal when a Bend family recently brought a baby zebra to her enclosure. There was...

Read Whole Story

Boring, Oregon, Becomes A Sister City To Dull Scotland

AP | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Weird UK, Sister Cities, Boring Oregon, Video, Weird Photos & Videos, Dull Scotland, Weird Oregon, Weird City Names, Weird Scotland, Weird News News

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Boring: Meet Dull. That's what happened when two small towns, one in the U.S. state of Oregon and the other in Scotland, decided to...

Read Whole Story

Mom Allegedly Watched Her Underage Daughter Strip

Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Presley's Playhouse Cabaret, Weird Oregon, Salem, Christina Lopez, Oregon, Video, Crime News

In December, Christina Lopez complained to police that her 17-year-old daughter was stripping. Now, the 42-year-old Oregon woman faces charges beca...

Read Whole Story

Cops: Man Attacked Shoppers With Light Saber

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: David Allen Canterbury, Oregon Crime, Star Wars, Video, Light Saber, Toys R US, Light Saber Assault, Light Saber Attack, Weird Oregon, Oregon, Weird News News

That's not how you use the force! An Oregon man went Darth Vader on customers at Toys 'R' Us this week when he allegedly assaulted at least three p...

Read Whole Story

Marijuana Flung From Car Pelts Oregon Trooper

AP | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Dumb Crime, Marijuana Crime, Marijuana, Weird Oregon, Dumb Criminal Masterminds, Video, Crime News

EUGENE Ore. -- An Oregon state trooper says he was giving chase at more than 100 mph when suspects in the car ahead ripped open half-pound bags of mar...

Read Whole Story

Suspect Falls Through Ceiling Into Police Custody

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Oregon Crime, Video, Aaron Deon Kinsey Falls Through Ceiling, Portland Oregon, Man Falls Through Ceiling, Aaron Deon Kinsey, Domestic Violence, Weird Oregon, Weird News News

In the Pacific Northwest, when it rains, it pours -- including criminals. Police say that a man hiding from them in an attic fell through the ceil...

Read Whole Story

Portland's Alleged 'Moss Man' Fails To Show Up For Trial

AP | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Oregon Crime, Ghillie Suit, Moss Man Misses Trial, Portland, Weird Oregon, Gregory Liascos, Video, Dumb Crime, Halloween Costume, Camouflage, Ghillie, Weird Portland, Moss Man Misses Court Date, Moss Man, Oregon, Weird News News

HILLSBORO, Ore. (Associated Press) -- Authorities say an Oregon burglary suspect dubbed "Moss Man" failed to show up at his trial, and a warrant has b...

Read Whole Story

Fossil Fool: Dig Up A Skull, Get Banned From National Parks

AP | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Extinct, Oreodont, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, David Wixon, Oreodonts, Animals in the News, Fossils, Fossil, Weird Oregon, Oregon, Video, Weird News News

PORTLAND, Ore. (Associated Press / The Huffington Post) -- A Longview, Wash., man accused of digging up the skull of a hog-like animal that predated h...

Read Whole Story

Vegan Strip Club Is No Meat Market

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Video, Casa Diablo, Johnny Diablo Zukle, Vegan Strip Club, Johnny Zukle, Portland Oregon, Weird Oregon, Gentlemens-Clubs, Strip Clubs, Weird News News

Casa Diablo gentleman's club is not the place to go if you want to see a piece of meat. The world's first vegan strip club made history by eliminat...

Read Whole Story

Oregon Man Looking For Neb. Casino Gets Detox Stay (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Casino Detox, Video, Weird Crime, Weird Oregon, Blackjack, Drunk Guy, Weird Nebraska, Weird News News

LINCOLN, Neb. -- An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station...

Read Whole Story

Hawaii Girl Finds Message In A Bottle From Oregon

AP | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Silverton, Weird Hawaii, Weird Oregon, Message in Bottle, Weird News News

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii -- A 10-year-old Oregon boy scribbled a note on binder paper, stuck it into a bottle and tossed it into the ocean. A year later an...

Read Whole Story

Bald Eagle Saved By Oregon Vet's Mouth-to-beak CPR

AP | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Weird Photos, Vet Gives Eagle CPR, Animals in the News, Weird Oregon, Weird News News

BEND, Ore. -- A Bend, Ore., veterinarian has performed life-saving CPR on an injured bald eagle that was under anesthesia during physical therapy. KT...

Read Whole Story

Bicyclists Report Getting Smacked By Angry Bird

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Hawk Attack, Hawk Attacks Bicyclists, Animals in the News, Weird Oregon, Weird News News

PENDLETON, Ore. -- Bicyclists in eastern Oregon say they're getting whacked on the head by an angry bird. Riders in Pendleton, Ore., told the East Or...

Read Whole Story

Portland Man Urinates In Reservoir, Costs City $33K To Drain

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Dumb Criminals, Urination, Josh Seater, Dumb Crime, Portland, Man Pees in Reservoir, Weird Oregon, Video, Weird News News

...

Read Whole Story

Bears Busted As Students Look On

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Weird Photos, Animals in the News, Weird Washington, Bears Busted, Weird Animals, Weird Oregon, Bears in Schoolyard, Weird News News

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Did Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo get separated? While the children in one town were watching the capture of a black bear outside their...

Read Whole Story