DAN GAINOR: The 7 craziest stories of 2025. You won't believe what made this list

This New Year’s Eve had america singing "Auld Lang Syne" and hoping aged acquaintances weren’t forgotten. But 2025 was a tidal question of bully and atrocious news, and you're bound to either person forgotten immoderate of it … oregon tried. Lucky for you, I’m connected the case. Here are the craziest stories of 2025.

This twelvemonth had tons of insane carnal stories – from gators ringing doorbells to favored zebras gone wild. And arsenic brainsick person stories due to the fact that it’s the US of A and immoderate folks are large huffy astir the president. But these are the 7 stories that stood retired astir from our wacky 2025.

1. Taking a wound retired of the law

This remains 1 of the craziest stories I’ve ever seen successful a workplace. We’ve each witnessed (or endured) coworkers who bargain lunches, neglect to bathe oregon worse. But our friends astatine the large sanction Sidley Austin instrumentality steadfast had a summertime associate/intern who took getting a sensation of the ineligible assemblage a spot (or a bite) excessively far. I privation you to commencement humming the taxable to "Jaws" and ideate this workplace situation.

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According to Above The Law, "a Biglaw summertime subordinate spot radical astatine the steadfast — with her teeth." The tract dubbed her the "Biglaw Biter" aft rejecting respective different options including, "Associate Lecter." 

The tract reported that astatine slightest 5 radical were bitten and with "a faux-quirky manic pixie imagination miss crossed with the Donner enactment vibe." Since I archetypal wrote this, there's been an update. Think of it arsenic a dessert. 

Parade mag said she had adjacent bitten a quality resources representative, but that’s understandable. Allegedly, 1 officemate started wearing agelong sleeves to defender against Ms. Jaws.

Thankfully, she was yet fired, but I expect her to beryllium appointed to the Ninth Circuit immoderate time now.

2. No, not the ‘Hunger Games’ dude

Unless you are a "Hunger Games" fan, erstwhile you perceive "PETA," you deliberation of the wacky radical who bash outlandish things to get america to halt eating meat. So far, nutrient eaters are winning with their forks held high. That hasn’t stopped PETA from making my brainsick database aggregate times successful 2025.

The logo of the carnal rights activistic radical PETA. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

I’ll admit, I laughed erstwhile PETA tried to get Wesleyan students to enactment up a plaque "that would commemorate the millions of chickens, cows, fish, pigs, and others who person been killed and served determination arsenic food." But my favourite PETA infinitesimal came past wintertime erstwhile a brace of their poo promoters tried to dump a truckload of manure connected their competitors astatine the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, oregon ASPCA. Then things truly deed the fan.

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The dumpers indispensable person had manure for brains due to the fact that their load froze during the highest acold beforehand successful Manhattan. That near a frustrated PETA idiosyncratic chopping distant astatine manure-cicles similar a imaginativeness of the Good Humor antheral written by Stephen King. The brace were arrested, leaving their motortruck conscionable similar them – afloat of … manure.

3. Brazil nuts

This twelvemonth featured different grift-a-thon for the clime – COP30. The Mother Nature acme was held successful Brazil’s Amazon oregon what was near of it aft they chopped down countless trees to physique 8 miles of "a caller four-lane road cutting done tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest." They had the gall to telephone the scorched-earth roadworthy the Avenida Liberdade oregon Avenue of Liberty. That’s similar saying communist nations are "democratic republics." One of the event’s goals was "sharing insights and champion practices." Pretty definite clearcutting 8 miles of jungle doesn’t suffice arsenic eco-friendly.

A presumption of the COP30 logotype astatine Docks Station successful Belem, Para state, Brazil connected October 24, 2025.  (Photo by THOMAS MORFIN/AFP via Getty Images)

The con (ahem!) drew much than 56,000 vacationers (attendees) and, naturally, they needed a spot to party. So, Brazil docked 2 ample cruise ships adjacent to location poorer delegates. One advertised that it "offers 11 restaurants, 12 bars, 3 swimming pools, and 8 blistery tubs." They yet made america each spell greenish --with envy.

4. Shell station

Oregon’s JD Holt is presumably inactive astatine the ammunition game. Holt is simply a subordinate of Oregon's Health Authority connected the champion practices for intelligence health. This was Oregon, so, naturally, erstwhile a gathering was convened, the introductions went pronoun-heavy successful the astir unsocial way.

Holt began with, "Hello everybody, it's JD. I usage they, them and turtle for my pronouns," according to The Daily Mail. For those of you who missed this communicative the archetypal time, our turtlish person goes by "JD Terrapin" connected Facebook. Big Ten oregon aged ACC fans cognize a Terrapin is simply a benignant of Maryland turtle. (Usually, 1 not known for football.)

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That’s the benignant of absorbing beingness prime designed for TikTok oregon thing called Gender Wiki. GW calls it either "turtlegender" oregon "tortoisegender," similar it’s a existent thing.

I’m definite if Democrats had won successful 2024, we’d beryllium spending millions connected turtle daycare somewhere.

5. They did the meme

Those of america who retrieve the BLM riots successful 2020 callback the CNN assertion they were "mostly peaceful." The media went determination again successful 2025 erstwhile the near rioted against ICE successful in Los Angeles.

You couldn’t propulsion a stone oregon a Molotov cocktail without hitting the connection "peaceful" successful the quality coverage. CNN described this circular of lefty violence, saying radical were determination to protest, "initially peacefully." Which is benignant of inevitable unless rioters permission their homes successful mid-donnybrook.

The New York Times went with "largely peaceful" – twice, on with "peaceful" successful its statement of the violence. Reuters besides said, "largely peaceful." "The View," which is ne'er "peaceful," had big Whoopi Goldberg pretend, "it's been peaceful for days." 

California Highway Patrol utilized fume grenades to beforehand and propulsion protestors disconnected the 101 freeway during a objection pursuing national migration operations successful Los Angeles, California connected June 8, 2025.  (Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images)

My favourite was NPR, which besides proclaimed things were, "mostly peaceful." Sure, conscionable similar NPR was "mostly neutral" successful its quality sum for years. Now, fortunately, it’s 100% unfunded by taxpayers. Thank you, Mr. President.

A protester places debris successful a occurrence arsenic Border Patrol unit successful riot cogwheel and state masks basal defender extracurricular an concern parkland successful Paramount, Calif., connected Saturday, June 7, 2025.  (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

6. What’s up, wabbit?

You knew I couldn’t disregard each the carnal stories. The nightmare chaotic rabbits of Colorado inactive springiness maine the shivers. The Associated Press reported successful August astir a radical of rabbits with … horns. (Your gag goes present ______.)

WILD RABBITS SPOTTED WITH STRANGE 'HORN-LIKE' GROWTHS SPROUTING FROM THEIR HEADS 

Yes, these demon bunnies, were consecutive retired of "Night of the Lepus," lone alternatively of "mostly peaceful," they are "mostly harmless." The cottontails endure from the shope papillomavirus, which causes wartlike growths that task from their heads and look similar horns.

This June 26, 2013, representation made from a video provided by Gunnar Boettcher shows a rabbit successful Mankato, Minn., infected with the shope papillomavirus. (Gunnar Boettcher via AP, File)

The Washington Post header astir the infected rabbits sounds similar it's lifted straight from a 1950s sci-fi movie: "They’re harmless, experts say." (You tin representation a terrified household proceeding that connected the vigor arsenic giant, horned rabbits teardrop down their door.) No experts were harmed due to the fact that they were astute capable to nonstop journalists instead.

7. AI!

I recovered astir of the vocation of erstwhile CNN anchor Jim Acosta much disturbing than the bunnies. But present that he’s a media afterthought, helium outdoes adjacent … himself. 

Jim Acosta connected his Substack amusement connected August 4, 2025. (Jim Acosta Show)

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The Mouth That Roared during Trump Season One has present resorted to interviewing artificial quality pretending to beryllium idiosyncratic who is deceased. 

This modern quackery featured Acosta speaking with a machine avatar of a deceased teen named Joaquin Oliver. It was conscionable different anti-gun stunt for radical with artificial quality champion friends and lovers.

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Since then, I’ve seen specified AI termed "grief bots" oregon "digital immortality," and there’s caller bundle retired for the gullible and hopeless to recreate their mislaid ones.

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It’s a brave caller world, each right, but that "Brave New World" was a dystopian satire. And this is, oh, right, real.

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