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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Released Documents Reveal Plan to Nuke the Moon
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

Released Documents Reveal Plan to Nuke the Moon

Millions of taxpayer dollars funded the bizarre and unbelievable research.

Proto-NFT? Receipt for Invisible Art From 1959 Sells for $1.2 Million
Art & Fashion
Engrid Barnett

Proto-NFT? Receipt for Invisible Art From 1959 Sells for $1.2 Million

Upon the purchase of one of Yves Klein’s imaginary zones, the artist went through an elaborate ritual with the buyer, which sometimes included burning the receipt.

Scottish Group Builds World's Largest Insect Hotel
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Scottish Group Builds World's Largest Insect Hotel

Creepy crawlies are swarming to the latest and greatest in insect accommodations.

Catch of the Day: A 12,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

Catch of the Day: A 12,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tooth

The 7-pound dental discovery proved more than New England scallopers bargained for.

Monster Waves Caught Off the Coast of Portugal
Places
Engrid Barnett

Monster Waves Caught Off the Coast of Portugal

A once sleepy fishing hamlet turned surfer magnet, Nazaré, Portugal, has garnered a reputation for attracting the planet’s most dauntless big wave surfers.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

November 11, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

Tire machèt is a Haitian fencing sport in which competitors wield machetes.

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 daily cartoon. Howie Noel is the ninth artist in over a century to take up the pen as lead Cartoonist.

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