This Week's Weird News 8/29/25

Mysterious lights photographed by a trail camera in Chile, a puzzling 'humanoid figure' spotted atop a Colorado mountain, and the chupacabra possibly causing a commotion in Argentina were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week. 

The infamous chupacabra found its way into the headlines this past week through two decidedly different stories. First, in Argentina, a rancher lamented that a mysterious predator had killed dozens of his calves over the past few months. Eerily, the beast left the downed creatures with puncture wounds in their necks and drained of their blood, leaving many residents of the area to wonder if the animals were killed by the notorious cryptid. On a lighter note, later in the week, it was announced that a forthcoming professional indoor football team set to play in Albuquerque next year had adopted the monstrous moniker New Mexico Chupacabras.

Mysterious and possibly paranormal figures were at the center of several stories this past week, beginning with a potential ghost that was filmed peering out from behind a pillar at a movie theater in Mexico. This was followed by a puzzling anomaly resembling a humanoid spotted by a hiker atop a mountain in Colorado. Meanwhile, a motorist in Hong Kong was taken aback when they turned a corner and encountered what appeared to be a spirit standing in the road. Finally, in Argentina, a municipal security camera system captured footage of a man who seemingly vanished into thin air after walking across a street in the middle of the night.

This past week featured a particularly perplexing story out of Chile, where scientists were stumped by a series of lights that were photographed by a trail camera in a remote location where nothing of the sort should have been seen. Part of an ecological survey conducted by the University of Magellan's Environmental Studies Group, the three images of the enigmatic illuminations left researchers scratching their heads. After ruling out prosaic possibilities such as vehicles or animals, the scientists were left to ponder more fantastic possibilities like plasma or perhaps even aliens. The case is considered particularly intriguing as the weird lights were inadvertently photographed by a genuine scientific project, which has resulted in considerable interest from Chilean academics.

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