This Week's Weird News 7/11/25

Footage of an alien-like head peeking out from behind a car, a fortune teller who ate a man's gold ring, and an auto shop swarmed by pranksters posing as mechanics were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.

A pair of peculiar videos of possible paranormal activity made headlines this past week beginning with a weird scene filmed in Mexico. The confounding footage showed what appeared to be the top of a bulbous head peeking out from behind a car. Sporting a pair of large black eyes, the eerie anomaly was likened to an alien by many viewers. That said, some observers also suggested the oddity was a supernatural entity and skeptics posited that it was probably a clever hoax. Later in the week, a pair of friends in Venezuela filmed a mysterious stranger mulling around in front of a historic church. The duo was dumbfounded when they looked closer and saw that the figure, which they speculated was a ghost, was seemingly floating as it had no legs.

This past week featured an unusual new entry into the annals of odd psychic schemes when a man in India reported the theft of a gold ring by a self-proclaimed fortune teller who ate the expensive piece. The bizarre heist occurred when the victim was approached by the purported mystic as he was leaving a temple. Following a series of fantastic promises about his alleged abilities, the psychic convinced the man to take off his gold ring so that the soothsayer could examine it. Following a theatrical 'ritual' performed on the ring, the fortune teller popped the piece into his mouth and told the man the band would be at his home when he returned to the residence. Of course, this was not the case, but the mystic and the ring were long gone by the time the victim realized he had been had.

The weirdest story of the week came by way of Arizona where an auto shop owner found himself the target of a posse of pranksters who swarmed his business dressed as mechanics. David Hyland decried the troublemakers who flooded his garage wielding various tools and pretended to work on the cars there until he called the cops. The strange scene unfolded so quickly that the overwhelmed auto shop owner initially thought the faux mechanics were robbers. Since the coverall-clad ne'er-do-wells tinkered with his customers' vehicles, Hyland was forced to shut down the business for the day to ensure that nothing was taken and none of the cars were damaged.

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