Meanwhile, in Texas
September 8, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Snake, a Hawk, and a Woman Had an Unlikely Encounter . . .
Plus, expired paperwork brought a great westward journey to an end, and an interdimensional portal did not open.
Weird News
Meanwhile, in Texas
August 11, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: On I-10, Hot Sauce and a Traffic Jam Made for a Hazardous Combo
Plus, an aggressive hawk kept postal employees from their appointed rounds and a cross-dressing bank robber brought new meaning to word “stickup.”
Meanwhile, in Texas
July 14, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Snake Sank Its Teeth Into Austin’s Energy Grid
Plus, a woman sank her teeth into a Lufkin security guard, and a family of ducks sank without a trace.
Meanwhile, in Texas
June 16, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: Raccoons Transferred Into an Austin High School
Plus, a Houston bakery added a family-size croissant to its menu and a man fleeing from the police decided he was really, really hungry.
Meanwhile, in Texas
May 12, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Woman in Nacogdoches Showed a Large Possum Who’s Boss
Plus, a man and his parrot made the scene at Whataburger, and someone really, really wanted to catch a Megan Thee Stallion show.
Meanwhile, in Texas
April 7, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Man Broke a Basketball Record You Didn’t Know Existed
Plus, somebody slapped an H-E-B employee and nobody opened a satanic-themed hotel in Plano.
Meanwhile, in Texas
March 10, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Goats Made a Target Run in Spring
Plus, a man stole tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo and creepy-looking snapper eels turned up near Port Bolivar.
Meanwhile, in Texas
November 11, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: Raccoons Caused Two Power Outages in Seguin
Plus, porch pirates spread manure on a home after getting pranked, a teen swallowed part of a dog toy, and more.
Meanwhile, in Texas
October 14, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: Drought Revealed Previously Unseen Dinosaur Tracks
Plus, a man broke into an animal shelter and released more than 150 dogs, and a police officer completed an arrested driver’s food delivery.
Meanwhile, in Texas
September 9, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: Twenty Tons of Pineapples Spilled Onto a Freeway
Plus, Rice University engineers turned a dead spider into a gripping tool and a man ate 52 spring rolls in ten minutes.
Meanwhile, in Texas
August 12, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: Roads Melted in the Excessive Heat
Plus, a man stole $10,000 worth of bleachers, and landscapers discovered human remains in a backyard barbecue pit.
Meanwhile, in Texas
July 15, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Inseparable Chihuahuas Got “Married”
Plus, a man broke ancient Greek vessels at the Dallas Museum of Art, and a mysterious figure walked near the fence of the Amarillo Zoo.
Meanwhile, in Texas
June 17, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Great Dane in Bedford Set a World Record
Plus, a man robbing a Port Arthur home stopped first to mow its yard, and a 77-year-old man went for his first skydive in decades.
Meanwhile, in Texas
May 13, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: An Escaped Flamingo Reappeared
Plus, a teacher resigned after she reportedly lit a student’s hands on fire, and a Dallas resident ran her thousandth marathon.
Meanwhile, in Texas
January 4, 2022
Fish Fell From the Sky in Texarkana, and No One Is Reel-y Sure Why
Cod this story be any stranger?
Meanwhile, in Texas
December 11, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Butterfly Migrated by Plane
Plus, a woman in Temple threw her soup at a restaurant employee.
Meanwhile, in Texas
November 14, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: Deputies Wrangled a Kangaroo on the Lam
Plus, a Lubbock couple found their chihuahua hidden in their suitcase at the airport, and other head-turning stories.
Meanwhile, in Texas
October 17, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Tyler Man Placed in the USA Mullet Championships
Plus, a man sued a restaurant for allowing him to get “too drunk.”
Meanwhile, in Texas
September 10, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Cobra Escaped in Grand Prairie
Plus, home security footage captured a deer hoof-fight over corn feed.
Meanwhile, in Texas
August 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Dalmatian Gave Birth to Sixteen Puppies
Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
Meanwhile, in Texas
July 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: An Alligator Traveled 400 Miles to Padre Island
Plus, a thirty-year-old woman in El Paso County posed as her thirteen-year-old daughter to attend middle school.
Meanwhile, in Texas
May 19, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Traveler Was Caught Trying to Hide Crystal Meth Inside a Breakfast Taco
Plus, a Houston woman went to Fort Worth to cut off 24 feet of fingernails.
Meanwhile, in Texas
March 18, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas
A squirrel went postal in a Houston suburb, and Waco finds something new to feel some civic pride about.
Meanwhile, in Texas
February 19, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas
A California man tried to bring his pet possum on a passenger plane, and a clerical error brought a temporary $37 million windfall to a Rowlett couple.
Meanwhile, in Texas
January 22, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Therapy Dogs Got Married in a Ceremony at a Mansfield Hospital
Plus, a woman goes to a pharmacy and discovers she's dead!
Meanwhile, in Texas
December 18, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Longhorn (The Four-Footed Kind) Sets a World Record
Plus, Pennywise the Clown has just the place for you!
Meanwhile, in Texas
November 20, 2019
Meanwhile in Texas: If the Boat’s a-Rockin’ . . .
Plus, some people in Houston really, really want a Popeyes chicken sandwich.
Meanwhile, in Texas
October 16, 2019
Meanwhile in Texas: Five Baby Alligators Were Found in a Hamlin Backyard Pool
Plus, two Amazon drivers were accused of stealing a dog in Parker County.
Meanwhile, in Texas
September 18, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Cow Rang a Doorbell in Mansfield
Plus, a school district accidentally auctioned off its students’ private information.
Meanwhile, in Texas
August 20, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Rat Snake Was Found in a Walmart Shopping Cart
Plus, an escalated karaoke squabble and a Little League embezzlement.
Meanwhile, in Texas
July 24, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Bexar County Inmate Flooded His Cell During an Escape Attempt
Plus, a larcenous middle school band director, and a CBD-packing grandma.
Meanwhile, in Texas
May 29, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Kangaroo Led Sheriff’s Deputies on a Chase
Plus, a new type of armored dinosaur, and scooters set on fire.
Best Thing in Texas
April 25, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: An Escaped Kangaroo Takes a Wimberley Walkabout
This marsupial on the lam from an exotic wildlife ranch has become the talk of the Hill Country.
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Meanwhile, in Texas
April 24, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Rancher Took His African Watusi Steer Into an Atascocita Petco
He wanted to test the store’s “all leashed pets are welcome” policy.
Meanwhile, in Texas
April 16, 2019
The Austin Bold Soccer Team Encourages Farmers to Bring Chickens to a Game, and PETA Is Not Happy
Today in weird news in Texas.
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Meanwhile, in Texas
March 22, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A 14-Year-Old Tortoise Was Stolen From the Brownsville Zoo
Plus, self-defense with a scooter.
Meanwhile, in Texas
February 20, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: Runaway Emus in Galveston
Plus, twins born a week apart, and a driving dalmatian.
Meanwhile, in Texas
December 14, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: You Got Cocaine in My Bananas!
Plus, moviegoing rodents and a man who thought it was a good idea to steal a police cruiser.
Meanwhile, in Texas
October 19, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: Animal Care Officers Seized 136 Snakes and 415 Rodents From a San Antonio Home
Plus, an eleven-year-old’s pet beagle saves her from an abduction attempt.
Being Texan
September 21, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Rowdy Alligators Mating Under a House
Plus, a very flattering mug shot and a doggy-door intrusion.
Being Texan
August 24, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Denton Woman Made Cookies on Her Dashboard
Plus, a Houston nursing student was bitten by a nurse shark while on vacation in the Bahamas.
News & Politics
June 22, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Box of Ammunition Fell Through a School Roof
Plus, a woman unexpectedly gave birth to quadruplets.
Meanwhile, in Texas
January 1, 1996
Year of the Snake
At First the Count Was Ten U.S. Customs Service agents in Eagle Pass searched the driver and the passenger of a pickup and found eight live snakes wrapped in socks and pantyhose inside the two men’s underwear. Pass the Boysenberry Syrup or Start Saying Your Prayers Charles Bryant of Missouri
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1973
Briar Patch
THE SIN OF AUSTININ AUSTIN RECENTLY, DURING A public hearing on skinnydipping in Lake Travis, local resident Louis Steinbach testified to attentive city councilmen: “God has the power to destroy this city for its sin…and officials had better realize it.” We do not want to appear soft on sin, but