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Unusual Oklahoma, Weird Oklahoma

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Weird history, fables, ghost stories and more from throughout Oklahoma, along with a colorful cast of characters, come alive in Know It: Unusual Oklahoma.

Bear shows up at downtown Pocola shopping center

Published: Thu, May 10, 2012 | Comment on this article

Unusual Oklahoma Articles

Begin your Memorial weekend adventure at an Oklahoma state park
Throughout the state, Oklahoma state parks, lodges and golf courses are ready to accommodate the masses who converge on the parks during the Memorial weekend. Read More

Bear shows up at downtown Pocola shopping center
POCOLA — What's there to do for a bear in downtown Pocola? Plenty, apparently. Residents in the Le Flore County town spotted the bear Wednesday morning as it went from shop to shop, occasionally stopping to admire its own reflection in storefront windows. Residents told Tulsa television station KOTV that the... Read More

Oklahoma Route 66 Museum to reopen after renovations
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton will reopen May 26 after $1.8 million in renovations since January. Read More

Iconic Oklahoma: Claremore and Catoosa boast world-renowned personalities, destinations
The next time you're in need of a total “Okie immersion,” see if the area where Catoosa and Claremore straddle the Verdigris River can provide what you need. Read More

Three natural wonders worth a day's trip to northwest Oklahoma
Gloss Mountains, Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Alabaster Caverns offer adventure and spectacular views in northwest Oklahoma. Read More

Hugo's circus history on display in southeast Oklahoma
“Come one! Come all!” Witness the history of the “Greatest Show on Earth” in Hugo with largest elephant herd open to the public, circus memorabilia at the library and an area in a cemetery reserved for former circus performers. Read More

Break away for your spring adventures in Oklahoma
Start your spring break planning online at TravelOK.com and find all kinds of Oklahoma adventures. Read More

Geocaching lures gadget-loving kids outdoors
Having five years of mommyhood on my resume, and freshly returned to my Oklahoma roots, I was resolute to rescue my Los Angeles-born daughters from the talk-show-touted epidemic of Nature Deficit Disorder. After all, Okie childhoods include more-than-casual relationships with robins, dragonflies and crawdads. Yep,... Read More

Artifacts uncovered through archaeology fills in clues of state's history
Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, among the places that help tell Oklahoma's prehistoric story. Read More

Coins spill from armored car onto Tulsa roadway
TULSA -- Crews made a big sweep Friday afternoon in Tulsa after boxes of coins spilled from an armored vehicle. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's facebook site, workers from several agencies, including the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the armored vehicle company and the patrol helped sweep up... Read More

Unusual America Articles

Student, brother have perfect attendance, K-12
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Neither bad weather nor car accident nor even feeling bad could stop Gennesaret Sealy from attending school every single day, nor could they stop her brother before her. Sealy is set to graduate June 5 from Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School in Montgomery with a perfect... Read More

Cops: NY man shoots friend in leg at his request
STOCKHOLM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot. State police in St. Lawrence County say the shooting occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday in the rural town of Stockholm when 25-year-old Shawn Mossow... Read More

2 NY sites recall Benedict Arnold's early heroics

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily, at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered. Arnold's heroic actions in the Revolutionary War's Battles of Saratoga are detailed in a new exhibit opening Thursday at Saratoga National... Read More

8-year-old old Boston boy rams car into house
BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old Boston boy backed his mother's BMW out of the driveway and crashed it into the porch of the house across the street. Officials say neither the boy nor anyone in the home was hurt in the accident in the city's Dorchester neighborhood at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. The... Read More

Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate

MIAMI (AP) — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest. The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to... Read More

Ohio deputy gets fired for making inmates dance

A northeast Ohio sheriff fired a deputy for ordering five jail inmates to dance to a song by Usher in exchange for privileges such as using a phone or microwave, the sheriff's office said Thursday. Dominic Martucci was accused of ordering the inmates to dance last month, after they were locked up in a disciplinary... Read More

Calif. mission lures iconic swallows back

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Reminders of the legend of the swallows are everywhere within the grounds of the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano: Tiny swallow silhouettes are etched into paving tiles, replicas of their distinctive mud nests hang from buildings and the gift shop overflows with swallow... Read More

Bucs sign paralyzed former Rutgers player LeGrand

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — To put it mildly, Rutgers' Eric LeGrand was surprised when his former coach called to let him know the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were interested in signing the paralyzed defensive tackle. "It came out of nowhere," LeGrand said Wednesday after the Bucs announced what Greg Schiano described as a... Read More

Mom, son die in accidents hours apart in Wisconsin
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman and her adult son were killed in separate traffic crashes just hours apart in a Milwaukee suburb, police said Monday. Mary J. Moore, 45, died after she was struck by a vehicle on a street in West Allis. A friend was speeding her son, Thomas M. Olson, 22, to the hospital... Read More

Hiker survives 4 days in Utah desert without food
A hiker who endured four days with a broken leg and no food and shelter in the remote southern Utah high desert says her faith and medical background helped her pull through the ordeal. Victoria Grover, 59, a physician assistant from Wade, Maine, was recovering in a Utah hospital after being rescued Saturday in a... Read More

Unusual World Articles

Historic diamond sold for $9.7 million at auction

GENEVA (AP) — Marie de Medici wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610, and now the Beau Sancy diamond is a lavish accessory owned by an anonymous bidder who paid $9.7 million for it at Sotheby's auction. The spring auction season for jewelry and watches is upon Geneva, where... Read More

French mystery: Hair dryers mailed to New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mysterious benefactor in Paris is spreading love, cash and hair appliances along a rugged stretch of New Zealand. Police are baffled by at least four packages that have been sent from different Paris addresses to residents of the South Island's sparsely populated West Coast. They... Read More

6th graders made porn video at Mexican school
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Campeche said Wednesday they are investigating how a porn video was made by sixth-graders inside their school. State Education Department spokesman Omar Kantun said the video was apparently made in an empty classroom during recess in late April. "It... Read More

Rover on the move after surviving Martian winter
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Mars rover Opportunity is on the go again. After spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the NASA rover moved for the first time this week, rolling off the rock outcrop where it hunkered down for the Martian winter. The mission team received confirmation late... Read More

Mexican topless candidate sparks debate

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless. Candidate Natalia Juarez says the poster is intended to fight prejudices. Twitter user Camila Deborarte tweeted "I'd vote for her." But Itzel Garcia... Read More

Barbie helps long-hidden Indonesian sisters shine

MOUNT BATUR, Indonesia (AP) — Putu Restiti and her little sister, Alit, have felt invisible most of their lives, hidden in a run-down shack because they were born with twisted limbs some believe were caused by evil spirits. They were kept out of school and had no friends. But like children everywhere, they had... Read More

Tsunami-swept Harley in container found in Canada

TOKYO (AP) — It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) away. The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo Yokoyama, had kept it. He was located... Read More

Protesters strip in Cambodia to demand land titles

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — About a dozen women who stripped down to their underwear were among 100 protesters outside Cambodia's National Assembly on Tuesday demanding land titles they said they were promised after being evicted from their homes. The protesters said they had been residents of Phnom Penh's... Read More

Danish restaurant ranked world's best for 3rd year

A menu of lichen, pine needles and hay once again has trumped classic cuisines in a ranking of the world's top restaurants. For a third consecutive year, chef Rene Redzepi's diminutive but innovative Danish restaurant Noma earned the top spot in Restaurant magazine's annual S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant... Read More

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind controlled robot
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using brain signals alone. The team at Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne says the experiment takes them a step closer to enabling immobile patients to easily interact with... Read More

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