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The ODDITORIUM is a group dedicated to the all that which is bizarre and unusual in the world.

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The ODDITORIUM is a group for atheists who are interested in the bizarre and unusual, such as circus freaks or genetic anomalies in nature, bizarre beliefs, extreme behavior, unique talents, odd customs, unusual events, unbelievable news, strange happenings, and anything else that is oddly curious, out of place, or proves the old adage that fact is stranger than fiction.

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I prefer that we skip topics such as conspiracy theories, UFO’s, crystal gazing, and subjects along those lines, unless they deal with real-world events, such as a group of UFO worshipers who commit mass suicide, or conspiracy theorists who, because of their belief, behave in a strange manner.

The image used above is that of Stephan Bibrowski, aka: Lionel, the Lion-Faced Man, who was born with hypertrichosis.

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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 5, 2011 at 9:27am

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 5, 2011 at 9:26am: Swedish insect shoots larvae into victims' eyes

A bumble bee-resembling fly hovering in front of your face could be an elk bot fly preparing to shot larvae into your eyes.

“It was uncomfortable and hurt a bit,” said Malin Hallgren who had 30 eggs ejected into her eye by the insect.

Bot fly larvae is a parasite that mainly feeds on the mucus of elks and deer.

Up until recently the insect was only found in elks in the north of Sweden but it has now been detected as far south as Jönköping, in the county of Småland, south of Stockholm.

A full grown insect measures around two centimeeters and looks a bit like a hairy fly or a bumble bee. After mating the female looks for an appropriate host for her offspring.

Read the rest here.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on February 24, 2011 at 2:50pm: Dunno. Kind of wierd lookin' tho.

Comment by Donna Darko on February 24, 2011 at 2:45pm: Okey, dokey, is this early Photoshopping, or what?

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on February 24, 2011 at 10:25am: Cool!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on January 15, 2011 at 8:37pm: An unusual finding during screening colonoscopy: a cockroach!

“A 52-year-old woman with a history of depression was referred by her primary physician for colorectal cancer screening. She had no family history of colorectal cancer and a review of systems was positive for abdominal bloating. Bowel preparation was done using 4 L of polyethylene glycol the evening prior to screening colonoscopy. The procedure was uncomplicated with no gross mucosal pathology, however, an insect was found in the transverse colon (Fig. 1, to the left), was found in the transverse colon on a routine screening colonoscopy.). The insect was aspirated and sent to the lab for further identification. The insect had three body segments (head, thorax, and abdomen) with ventrodorsal flattening of the body and a segmented abdomen, three pairs of legs extending from the thorax (with spikes and claw-like terminal appendages), elongated hind legs, and a pair of elongated antennae extending from the head to beyond the hind legs.These morphologic findings were most consistent with the nymph form of Blattella germanica (German cockroach) of the Blattellidae family, a common household pest. The patient had a cockroach infestation at home and hence it was hypothesized that she may have inadvertently ingested a cockroach with food.”

Comment by Ann on September 26, 2010 at 3:10pm: @ Donna, that's the creepiest thing I've seen since...umm...I don't know what.
Thanks for sharing.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 13, 2010 at 5:17pm: Donna, that's gross.

Comment by Donna Darko on September 9, 2010 at 8:19am: There's something in my eye!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on August 30, 2010 at 10:01am: Yeah, but you can 'not give a shit' about what others think, and still choose not to wear a bandaid to cover your hoochie.