Man who took LSD at Disneyland sparks manhunt

And other stories from the stranger side of life

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A man took LSD at Disneyland Paris and “almost immediately” fell into a lake, says a report. After he disappeared, 30 firefighters, ten divers, dozens of Disneyland employees, sniffer dogs and a military helicopter searched for the man. He was eventually discovered walking outside the park, with no clothes on, covered in scratches.

Blink 182 singer finds ‘alien metal’

UFO researchers say they have obtained unique material from a crashed alien spacecraft. The team, called the ‘To the Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences’, say the metal is unusually heat resistant and different to anything used in current military or commercial aircraft. The academy is fronted by Blink 182 lead singer Tom DeLonge.

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.