This Week's Weird News 12/19/25

The strangest UFO sightings of 2025, a massive rock layer found beneath Bermuda, an Italian inmate who escaped from prison for a fourth time were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.

A pair of Italian fugitives popped up in the news this past week in two decidedly different stories, beginning with a bust in which a wanted man was captured while trying to hide in a town's nativity scene. The ne'er-do-well's scheme went up in smoke when the mayor of the community noticed that a 'statue' in the display was remarkably life-like, until he took a closer look and realized it was alive. Later in the week, an inmate dubbed the 'Escape King' lived up to his name when he managed to break out of a prison in Milan and go on the run. Incredibly, the incident was the fourth time that the fugitive had pulled off the feat, including a previous occasion when he orchestrated a human pyramid to boost him over a wall.

This past week featured two rather remarkable scientific discoveries coming to light. First, seismologists revealed that they had detected a massive layer of rock beneath Bermuda that is unlike anything seen elsewhere on Earth. The 12-mile-thick slab is believed to be what has kept the archipelago afloat for millions of years. The anomalous nature of the rock layer understandably led to speculation that it could be connected to the phenomenon of planes and boats disappearing in the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Later in the week, scientists in Canada shared the first-ever footage of a moth drinking the tears of a moose in a rarely seen symbiotic process known as lachryphagy.

The C2C website looked back at some of the year's paranormal highlights this past week, starting with the strangest UFO cases of 2025, which included an intriguing video captured by beloved entertainer Howie Mandel, of all people. This was followed by the best Bigfoot stories of 2025, which featured the most memorable moments for the famed cryptid, which had a rather busy year. Later in the week, the spookiest ghost videos of 2025 were showcased with a collection that ran the gamut from spirit children to a phantom horse. Finally, we revisited some of the stories that still leave us scratching our heads with a round-up of 12 unsolved mysteries from 2025.

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