This Week's Weird News 7/25/25

A pair of possible Bigfoot sightings, enlightening new surveys on high strangeness, and a scarf-clad chicken that caused a ruckus at a courthouse in Zimbabwe were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.

Paranormal data fans were served something of a feast this past week thanks to three new surveys concerning the strange and unusual. First, a pair of British polls asked residents of England, Wales, and Scotland about their beliefs in supernatural practices and curious creatures. Of note from the findings was that a mere 12% of participants said they believe in the Loch Ness Monster. Later in the week, Gallup released their poll on Americans' perceptions of paranormal phenomena. Topping the list of eight 'odd' ideas was psychic healing, which received support from 48% of the respondents. Fairing nearly as well were ghosts, which ranked second at 39 percent.

A pair of Bigfoot stories bookended the week, beginning with a tantalizing video that may have captured the legendary cryptid crossing a mountain ridge. Filmed in Alberta, the somewhat difficult to decipher footage features a puzzling dark form resembling a figure at the very top of the massive stretch of the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that whatever was moving up there was rather sizeable itself. The end of the week brought news of an interesting Sasquatch sighting from Washington State, wherein two witnesses on a camping trip looked through their binoculars and got a close-up look at what they believe to have been Bigfoot.

By far the most bizarre story of the week came by way of Zimbabwe, where business at a courthouse came to a standstill when an eerily poised chicken wearing a scarf strutted onto the property. Awestruck observers marveled that the dapper bird walked as if it were human, which led many to suspect that the creature described as "confident" was some kind of black magic unfolding before their eyes. Whether it was because it had accomplished its supernatural mission or simply that it wandered its way off the property, the mysterious scarf-clad chicken was nowhere to be seen the following day.

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