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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Pet Supply Company Offers $150 Toward Dog-Inspired Tattoos
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Pet Supply Company Offers $150 Toward Dog-Inspired Tattoos

Immortalize your pet forever and get paid for it!

Survivor Dog Lost for Two Months Rescued by Cave Explorers
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Survivor Dog Lost for Two Months Rescued by Cave Explorers

Engulfed in the total darkness of a subterranean labyrinth, Abby never gave up.

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.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

December 27, 2024

Cartoon of the Day

Great hammerhead sharks spend up to 90% of their time swimming on their sides.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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