This Week's Weird News 5/30/25

A mystery creature spotted in Honolulu, the latest search for the Loch Ness Monster, and a phantom sign swapper flummoxing several communities in England were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.

A pair of peculiar creature sightings popped up in the news this past week, beginning with an odd encounter in Honolulu. Witness Donovan Luis was left scratching his head when he spotted an unidentified animal lurking on a grassy hill behind a building on the campus of the University of Hawaii. Photos of the mystery creature sparked a stir on social media with residents debating what the weird interloper could have been. Later in the week, from the world of alien big cats, footage emerged of what appeared to be a sizeable panther strolling across a British field with an unfortunate rabbit in its maw.

This past week brought some disappointing news from Loch Ness as this year's sizeable search for the site's famed monster came up short as far as sightings were concerned. The annual weekend-long event, dubbed The Quest, had previously produced some compelling footage in 2023 and an intriguing underwater recording last year. Alas, 2025 yielded no eyewitness observations of the famed cryptid said to lurk in Loch Ness nor any sign of the beast by way of remote-operated submersibles and camera traps. That said, in a testament to the enduring nature of the elusive creature, Nessie enthusiasts noted that the underwater exploration did stumble upon some relics left behind by famed monster hunter Dr. Robert Rines, who was on his own quest in the 1970s.

The wackiest story of the week came by way of England where an industrious prankster left officials in several towns fuming after they discovered their 'welcome' signs swapped with neighboring communities. After first pulling off the mischievous feat back in March, the troublemaker struck again early Monday morning, mixing up the markers for around a half dozen villages in the southwest part of the country. While some residents found the phantom's antics amusing, community officials were understandably not as amused, fuming about the unnecessary cost that would come from having to have the correct markers reinstalled.

For more strange and unusual stories from the past week, check out the Coast to Coast AM website.