Engrid Barnett

Engrid Barnett

Engrid is an award-winning travel writer and cultural geographer who’s long cultivated an obsession with cryptids, vintage tattoos, roadside attractions, and abandoned places. Her public descent into the weird began in 2017 after signing on with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! A longtime fan of Robert Ripley’s cartoons and quirky trivia, she relishes sorting fact from fiction and feeling mind boggled every step of the way. You can also catch her work in Wild West, Rova, Nevada Magazine, American Trails Magazine and more.

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Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded
Places
Engrid Barnett

Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded

Scientists are still figuring out why lightning sometimes flows up instead of down.

Dead Spiders Transformed Into Reanimated Necrobots
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Dead Spiders Transformed Into Reanimated Necrobots

Move over, Frankenstein! Scientists use puffs of air to turn dead spiders into creepy claw machines.

Prehistoric Dance of Death Discovered In Amber
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

Prehistoric Dance of Death Discovered In Amber

The biological time capsule has revealed new information about prehistoric ecosystems.

The Universe’s Heartbeat Detected Light-Years Away
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

The Universe’s Heartbeat Detected Light-Years Away

The signal has raised eyebrows due to its persistent and inexplicable nature.

Have You Been Overworking With 10,000 Steps a Day?
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

Have You Been Overworking With 10,000 Steps a Day?

It’s time to bury this fitness myth and give our feet a rest.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

May 8, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

The town of Kyle in Saskatchewan, Canada, faced a hiccup in the run-up to its November 2024 municipal election: no one ran for mayor.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.

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