What a Weird Week Fri Oct 17, 2025: Mice! Rats! Evil Cats!

What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news 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 and also subscribing!These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 43 first published Fri Oct 17, 2025. Halloween Herm tries for World Record regarding all the Halloween stuff in his yardhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/09/Cold-Springs-Kentucky-Halloween-display-Guinness-World-Records/9011760033811/ Man grows large pumpkin. World reacts.https://apnews.com/video/engineers-2346-pound-precision-pumpkin-wins-annual-pumpkin-weigh-off-135b730bb40b49f7b6c6c1b1d41cc1fe A lot of us are still scared of the dark. It's your fault, scary movies.https://talkerresearch.com/survey-reveals-link-between-horror-movies-and-fear-of-the-dark/ Home made license plate effort receives citation, and modest praise. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/15/CHP-Merced-hand-drawn-license-plate/7851760539839/ Diabolical cat ensures owner will order takeout by putting mouse in supper pot. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/15/foster-kitten-drops-dead-mouse-boiling-pot/7351760542204/ Donkey is very tall, world reactsRunaway pumpkin terrorizes town. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/10/giant-inflatable-pumpkin-Parma-Heights-Ohio/1281760104684/ Totally normal gorilla smashes the glass of its enclosure, freaking everybody out. https://www.womenzmag.com/local-news/screaming-gorilla-crashes-san-diego-zoo/ Weird trick to remember childhood memories https://studyfinds.org/digital-illusion-helps-adults-recall-childhood-memories/Near death experiences are bad for your marriage. https://studyfinds.org/what-happens-after-near-death-experiences-seeing-light/ Giant baby! https://studyfinds.org/what-happens-after-near-death-experiences-seeing-light/  Most Excellent Sea Turtle News! https://www.popsci.com/environment/green-sea-turtles-not-endangered/ Rat Hole Research Revealed. https://apnews.com/article/chicago-rat-hole-study-squirrel-researchers-4a0931f965a0fc5241ea95af2b09859b