On This Day in Weird, February 1...
1524: Thousands of Londoners flee their homes after
astrologers predict an apocalyptic flood. They return, embarrassed, when
nothing happens. The prophets move their prediction down range to 1624.
1624: Once again, London's end-of-the-world prophecy fails.
1957: A trawler nets a giant squid six miles northeast of
Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The specimen measures 23 feet 11 inches
long.
2004: 251 pilgrims die, with another 244 injured, in a
stampede at Mina, Saudi Arabia, during their "stoning of the devil"
ritual.
2008: The Bigfoot comedy-adventure film Strange
Wilderness premieres.
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