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Weird or What?
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Weird or What? is a series on the Discovery Channel and History hosted by William Shatner. Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained. As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility. The show features strange occurrences such as ghosts, aliens, monsters, medical oddities and natural disasters.

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a small Canadian community on the East Coast is devastated by an earth-shattering "boom'; a paranormal fog swallows the ships and planes on Lake Michigan.

The stories of three people who survived deadly events are presented, including a man who survived the 9/11 World Trade Center collapse, a man who was cut in two in a railway accident, and a Zimbabwe safari guide who was attacked by a hippopotamus.

Three incredible stories of people who cheated death: On 9/11, a man survives impossible odds in the collapse of the World Trade Center; a Texas man is cut in two by a freak rail accident; a safari guide in Zimbabwe is savagely attacked by a hippo but lives to tell his story.

Three stories of mysterious creatures that are seemingly half-man and half-beast: a New Jersey woman and her son come face to face with the legendary Jersey Devil; a sleepy South Carolina town is terrorized by a giant reptile; in Wisconsin, a bloodthirsty werewolf-like creature appears on a remote country road.

Three stories that suggest aliens are among us: a Mexican rancher slays a terrifying and mysterious creature; an Arizona woman claims to have been fathered by an alien; a young serviceman befriends a colony of extraterrestrials.

Three ghostly stories about blood-curdling curses: in Britain, a string of deadly house fires is linked to a mysterious painting; in Florida, a sinister doll ruins the lives of anyone who crosses it; and, driven by vengeful spirits, a wealthy California heiress embarks on one of the most bizarre construction jobs in history.

Three stories about the supersensory power of animals: an octopus correctly predicts winners in the soccer World Cup; in Scotland, more than 50 dogs plunge to their deaths from the same bridge; and, a housecat makes an epic cross-country journey to find its owner.

In Florida, the pilots of a crashed plane are spotted on board Eastern Airlines; in Britain, a near-fatal attack on a boy is blamed on a painting; and, after a devastating earthquake, a New Zealand man is savagely beaten by a ghost.

Three incredible stories about the predictive power of the sub-conscious: a man warns of a horrific plane crash before it happens; a child’s intuition saves his family from a volcanic eruption; and, claiming he can see the future, a California man predicts 9/11 and hurricane Katrina with uncanny accuracy.

Baffling stories of people who disappeared without a trace: in Australia, three men mysteriously vanish from a yacht; nearly a dozen people disappear from a remote Vermont mountaintop; and, a pilot is chased by unidentified aircraft before disappearing into thin air.

Three medical mysteries seemingly beyond the realm of science: A woman becomes so toxic she hospitalizes dozens of people; a man is struck by lightning and becomes a musical genius; and, a Tennessee teen cries tears of blood.

Three spine-tingling stories about mind-control: a man with a mysterious implant believes aliens have been monitoring his every move; a séance turns a housewife into a literary genius; and, a California woman suspects she is the target of a sinister government experiment.

All over the planet, strange events suggest that aliens are among us: In Colorado, a farmer discovers a cow mysteriously mutilated by unknown forces, and it’s a phenomenon that’s been reported by farmers around the globe; a Texas man is repeatedly abducted from his bed and, like thousands of people worldwide, claims he is the subject of extraterrestrial experiments; and, in Ohio, an astronomer’s powerful telescope intercepts a mysterious message from outer space that could be the most important broadcast in history.

Three incredible stories that could spell the end of human life on Earth: Decoding ancient Mayan texts, a physicist predicts a huge cataclysm will destroy the world in 2012 and believes the culprit is a deadly super-volcano lurking beneath Yellowstone National Park; a NASA scientist makes an incredible alien discovery and believes a solar storm could destroy the planet; and, one of the world’s greatest minds makes a startling prediction about a sinister robot takeover — man and machine will merge by 2050.

Three incredible stories about the parallel dimensions that may exist alongside our own: While hiking in a New York state park, a woman has a terrifying encounter with a mysterious human-shaped shadow she believes is an entity from another world; in a New Jersey suburb, a weird machine transports a six-year-old boy and his father hundreds of miles in a split second; and, discovered in Belize and Mexico, perfectly-carved ancient crystal skulls are thought to be cosmic gateways to another realm.

Three mysterious freaks of nature: On the East Coast of Canada, a small community is devastated by an earth-shattering ‘boom’ that leaves scientists scratching their heads; swallowing ships and planes and terrorizing sailors and pilots, a paranormal fog haunts Lake Michigan and seems to alter the very fabric of time; and, a blinding double flash of light over the Indian Ocean sends a nation into panic and forces the US government to ask some serious questions.

Real-life ghost stories that make the paranormal come alive: Featuring strange lights, apparitions and a penchant for murder, a California woman is terrorized by an invisible attacker who turns her home into a living hell; seemingly possessed, a New England mother undergoes a violent and demonic transformation before turning to an ancient Catholic ritual for help; and, a British teenager is terrified when she is visited by her first ghost and later struggles to understand her ‘gift’.

Three incredible stories about the untapped power of the human brain: While hearing about a murder on the radio, a Los Angeles housewife has a strange and sudden vision that eventually helps crack the case; suggesting that total recall is possible, a California man remembers every single moment from every single day of his life; and, several years after a debilitating freak accident leaves her in chronic pain, a woman visits a controversial Ohio faith healer who miraculously cures her symptoms.

Mystery of the Falling Man. Self Propelled Rocks. Severed Feet Washing ashore. Killer Ice falling from the sky.

A fishing boat vanishes without a trace or sending a distress signal. Mysterious lights hover over a small town in Texas. Why do cows always point in the same direction? And from the depths of the Ocean, one of the loudest natural sounds ever heard.

Were Ancient Pharaohs Cocaine party animals? Can sea lions sense disaster? A mysterious coded book that has never been cracked.

Shark Attack. Dolphins Rescue a man from a hungry shark. Pets predict death. Is Time Travel Possible? A skinny teenage weakling performs a miraculous feat of strength.

Possible Human Sacrifice in New Hampshire. A child is frozen solid and lives. Mysterious mountain lights. Ice Circles that can be seen from space.

Did the Chinese discover America? Heart Transplant - Personality Transplant. Lightning Rod Man. Super Powered Plants.

A man miraculously survives a fall from a 50-story building. Killer ice balls fall from the sky.

US Air Force planes in hot pursuit of UFOs One of the loudest sounds in the natural world from the depths of the ocean. ("The Bloop") A fishing trawler vanishes in calm waters.

Thousands of sea lions disappear before a major San Francisco earthquake. A mysterious medieval manuscript written in a secret code (Voynich Manuscript) Evidence of cocaine in mummies - a substance not found in Egypt until thousands of years later.

A surfer is saved by dolphins from a shark attack. Pets identifying people about to die. A teen lifts a car to free a man trapped underneath.

Rocks appear to be moving around on their own in Death Valley. (Sailing stones) Mysterious lights at North Carolina’s Brown Mountain. Tribe members in the mountains of Northern Mexico run 18 times further than a marathon.

A mysterious woman suddenly materializes out of thin air. Human sacrifice in New Hampshire. Plants seem to possess strange powers to detect human thought.

A man is struck by lightning six times and survives.

A woman survives a shot in the chest. A young man saves the life of a woman and discovers she had saved his life seven years ago. Most of the world’s cows are facing the same direction.

A patient assumes the personality of his heart donor. Perfect circles of ice are appearing in lakes and rivers. A mother undergoes a DNA test that reveals she is genetically unrelated to her children.

The US Army investigates paranormal mind control. A boy loses his thumb and it grows back thanks to a mysterious powder. Archaeologists find clues that suggest that a race of ‘hobbits’ lived on Earth.

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Language English
Release 2010-04-21
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