This Week's Weird News 7/10/26

A wondrous dual-witness UFO sighting in Japan, a Brazilian movie buff who took his horror film fandom a bit too far, and a possible Bigfoot encounter in California were among the weird and wondrous stories to cross our desk this past week.

A pair of curious creature sightings caught our attention this past week. First, in California, a woman dropping her grandson off at his job at a summer camp in the Sierra National Forest spotted what appeared to be an eight-foot-tall creature covered in "brownish red hair" and sporting inordinately long arms. As one has likely surmised, the astonished witness believes that the unusual figure may have been Bigfoot. Meanwhile, a doctor in Argentina came forward with a jaw-dropping tale told to him by a patient who claimed to have hunted down and killed the county's version of Sasquatch, known as an Ucumar.

Two particularly compelling UFO cases made headlines this past week, beginning with a sighting in Japan that had two separate witnesses. Occurring on Monday evening, the incident featured multiple mysterious orbs that were observed floating over the Pacific Ocean for more than 20 minutes. Remarkably, the wondrous sight was filmed by two different individuals who caught glimpses of the uncanny orbs from their respective communities. Later in the week, a family in Mexico captured footage of what appeared to be an illuminated flying saucer seen cruising through the sky over a mountain. Quickly going viral on social media in the country, some suggested the video showed an alien craft, but others argued the UFO was likely a drone or an AI creation.

By far the weirdest story of the week came by way of Brazil, where an overzealous horror movie fan sparked something of a panic when he dressed up as the film's unsettling villain and roamed the streets. After he was seen on several occasions wandering around with his face covered and wearing a long black coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and monstrous-looking clawed gloves, Elivaldo Ribeiro de Sales was finally unmasked when police caught the mysterious stranger who had been menacing the community. When questioned about his strange reign of terror, the man insisted that it was all an homage to his favorite movie, Jeepers Creepers. Unfortunately for him, authorities were not amused and charged Ribeiro de Sales with disturbing the peace.

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