What a Weird Week, a Weird News report Fri May 29 2026: Creepy Puppet and Pet Translator?!

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird news and interesting stuff that happened this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page. Thanks for rating and reviewing along with subscribing! These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 22 first published May 29, 2026.10 Saved By the Bell Cereal https://people.com/general-mills-debuts-saved-by-the-bell-themed-cereal-boxes-exclusive-11982080 9 Scary Paragliding/ Airplane Mishap https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYu0zLyvZIs/ 8 Dog Translator https://www.odditycentral.com/animals/controversial-ai-powered-pet-translator-boasts-a-95-accurracy-rate.html 7 Police seek owner of very creepy puppet https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/27/Stoneham-Massachusetts-creepy-puppet/7051779883178/6 Doorbell ringing bears are back https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/21/bear-doorbell-Sparta-New-Jersey/5501779382850/ 5 New octopus discovered. It's small and blue and researchers may be freakin' out about it? https://studyfinds.com/blue-octopus-changed-deep-sea-science/4 (tie) We are not having fun, but here's something you might want to try https://studyfinds.com/five-minutes-of-in-person-prayer-linked-to-less-pain-anxiety/ and also https://studyfinds.com/half-americans-say-no-fun-in-life/ 3 Juice research is knocking it out of the park!https://studyfinds.com/daily-glass-juice-improve-diet-mood/2 why hamsters hit the wheel so hard https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-hamsters-run-on-wheels/ Bonus traffic fine fought and successfully beat. and it only took twenty years in court to do it. #fightthepowerhttps://www.oddee.com/canadian-man-wins-nearly-two-decade-battle-against-a-traffic-fine-78831/  1 Utilizing mighty mighty bass tones as a fire extinguisher? More info please. https://www.oddee.com/unusual-new-tech-blows-fires-out-with-bass-sounds-78856/ What a Weird Week, featuring the Weird News of the Week. Interesting stories to amaze your friends, impress your colleagues, and make you the boss of small talk! See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.