2020 Bingo

Because things are just so strange this year - a collection of odd news stories that made people ask:

News links included.  Updated when I run across stuff.

"Zombie cicadas" infected with mind-controlling fungus return to West Virginia

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-cicadas-infected-mind-controlling-fungus-west-virginia

This River Of Black Sludge Recorded In Arizona Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

https://allthatsinteresting.com/arizona-ash-flash-flood

07/18/2020 Giant swarm of flying ants spotted from space over UK 

https://news.sky.com/story/giant-swarm-of-flying-ants-spotted-from-space-over-uk-12030835

07/13/20 2020 adds "plague squirrels" to its apocalypse bingo card 

https://z100radio.iheart.com/content/2020-07-13-2020-adds-plague-squirrels-to-its-apocalypse-bingo-card/

07/01/20 Part of Lassen Volcanic National Park closed after angry otter bites swimmer - 

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/California-lake-closed-after-angry-otter-bites-15380136.php

07/01/20 - National coin shortage has retailers pleading for exact change 

https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/national-coin-shortage-has-retailers-pleading-for-exact-change/?fbclid=IwAR3Z7D3c-sp0x_NAojNnfWpoDhq7wQiRNy4IINj2QAHm9Xc00jK4WMMvYsY

06/14/20 Locusts Are A Plague Of Biblical Scope In 2020. Why? And ... What Are They Exactly?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/14/876002404/locusts-are-a-plague-of-biblical-scope-in-2020-why-and-what-are-they-exactly

05/29/20 Monkey steals COVID-19 blood samples from a lab technician in India  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/monkey-steals-covid-19-blood-samples-from-a-lab-technician-in-india/ar-BB14MhGm

05/27/20 More Than 100,000 People Have Now Died From COVID-19 In The U.S. - 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/100000-us-coronavirus-deaths_n_5ebd9b0bc5b66e2790db0a8b

05/25/20 George Floyd protests 

https://web.archive.org/web/20200602235547/https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html

05/18/20 Freshwater river turns blood-red ‘like a biblical plague of Egypt’

https://nypost.com/2020/05/18/freshwater-river-turns-blood-red-like-a-biblical-plague-of-egypt/

05/04/20 'Murder Hornets,' with sting that can kill, land in US 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/murder-hornets-sting-kill-lands-us-70495354

04/07/20 Record-size hole opens in ozone layer above the Arctic 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/07/record-size-hole-opens-in-ozone-layer-above-the-arctic

04/07/20 Chernobyl radiation levels spike as forest fires rage - 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/europe/chernobyl-fire-radiation-scli-intl-scn/index.html

01/10/20 Enormous 'Megafire' In Australia Engulfs 1.5 Million Acres 

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795169417/enormous-mega-fire-in-australia-engulfs-1-5-million-acres