Strangest State

A cartoon illustration of Molly Ivins says, “Howdy, y’all. Texas sure can be the Strangest State.”

Strangest State: Balloons, Bodies, Rockets, and Rodeo

Only in Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

Strangest State: Chases, Chisos, Creatures, and Crossings

by Texas Observer Staff

Strangest State: Escaped Exotics, Tariffs, Trickery, and Guns

by Texas Observer Staff

Strangest State: Drones, Drugs, Deer, and a Dutiful Dog

by Texas Observer Staff

Cathy Allen Rude

Strangest State: Inflatable Rescue Swan, Prairie Defilement and a Tiger on the Prowl

by Patrick Michels

Tyler resident Wayne Propst believes he's found fossils from the biblical flood.

Strangest State: Biblical Fossils, Ebola Meth and a Push-Up King

by Patrick Michels

"Unicorn hair" is a style that even East Texas hairdressers can manage, reports KTRE.

Strangest State: Unicorn Hair and Grand Theft Bueno

by Patrick Michels

"Big Mo," the African spurred tortoise who escaped his dwelling in Lufkin, has new digs: a giant turtle-sized "wooden saloon in an Old West Style," with room to grow.

Strangest State: A Ghostly Cat, Recumbent Rudeness and a Turtle on the Lam

by Patrick Michels

Strangest State: A San Antonio man claiming to be an FDA inspector talked a convenience store clerk into handing over some free packs of cigarettes, then returned later to steal a beer while claiming to work for the CIA.

Strangest State: East Texas Jedi, a Cancer Fake-Out Racket and a Lost-and-Found Zebra

by Patrick Michels

Barbara Kleinschmidt discovered she'd been — erroneously — declared deceased by the Social Security Administration on Black Friday.

Strangest State: Interstate Aliens and a Lady Resurrected

by Patrick Michels

Fear the rodenator!

Texas Gone Wild: The Year in Fowl (and Other Animal) News

by Patrick Michels

A man wearing a hoodie and a bandana over his face carries a knife.

Strangest State: Mum Etiquette, an Unattended Hearse and a Mighty Handy Oreo Thief

by Patrick Michels

Peafowl

Strangest State: Peacocks Run Amok, a Dancing Granny and a Rattlesnake Resurrection

by Patrick Michels