The 3,100 Pound Pumpkin, Thieves Steal $1M In Pokémon Cards: Weird News & Oddities

A Rhode Island man named Ron Wallace just shattered the world pumpkin record with a 3,156-pound gourd, the first ever to crack the 3,000-pound mark and heavier than a full-grown Clydesdale. Elsewhere in weird news, thieves in California broke into a FedEx truck and made off with nearly $1 million worth of Pokemon and sports trading cards, while a St. Petersburg bungalow is becoming a Museum of Haunted History, complete with unexplained knocking, a spirit named William, and a haunted wedding dress (friendly ghosts only, per the owner’s strict policy).