Brendan O'Connor · 10/19/15 08:43PM

“Initial observations indicate a surfer was bit by an eel, not a shark, over the weekend off Hawaii’s popular Waikiki Beach, but officials said Monday they’re working to confirm that,” the Associated Press reports. “The state does not keep records of such bites, as they do for sharks.” Stay tuned!

Dumbass Hunters Blow Away a Pair of Moose in a Zoo

Chris Thompson · 10/19/15 06:33PM

A Norwegian hunting party failed to notice a fence separating them from a pair of majestic moose until after they’d shot and killed their quarry. It was a zoo fence. These motherfuckers gunned down zoo animals. Dammit.

This Drowned Mexican Church Is Spooky As Hell

Brendan O'Connor · 10/19/15 05:51PM

For the second time in a little over a decade, a drought so severe has hit southern Mexico that water levels have dropped 82 feet—low enough to reveal the 16th-century church at the bottom of the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, a watershed of the Grijalva river.

Report: Former Professor Forced Students to Pierce His Chest With Hooks, Hang Him From Trees

Ashley Feinberg · 10/19/15 03:34PM

A professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, has resigned in the wake of a bizarre, gruesome report that accuses the now-former political science teacher of coercing students into aiding him with something called the “Sundance Ritual.” As part of the ritual, Professor Jeff William Justice reportedly pressured several students into hanging him from the trees at his house using hooks attached to nothing but the skin on his chest.

Grindr Serial Killer Alert!

Rich Juzwiak · 10/19/15 02:23PM

A 40-year-old man from East London named Stephen Port has been charged with murdering four men he met on “gay dating websites,” according to the Evening Standard. His weapon of choice? Lethal doses of the drug GHB, which is known as the “date rape drug,” but is also used recreationally, in bodybuilding, and by John Stamos.

AP BREAKING TWEET: This Kitty Is a Pirate

Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/19/15 02:06PM

Earlier today, the Associated Press’s politics-focused Twitter account tweeted out perhaps the most important piece of news the venerated outlet will ever break—just in time for Halloween.

7,000 People Were Detained at Homan Square, Chicago PD's Secretive "Black Site"

Andy Cush · 10/19/15 12:25PM

In February, the Guardian published a deep investigation into Homan Square, a shadowy facility where the Chicago Police Department takes suspects without booking them, entering them into any official database, or giving them access to a telephone or their lawyer. A new Guardian report claims that more than twice as many people have been “disappeared” into Homan as officials initially disclosed.