From Ohio's Bigfoot to AI Dining a Review of the Week's Oddities
- Karen Moss-Hale
- May 19
- 2 min read
Published: May 20, 2026 - 9:01 p.m.
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Northeast Ohio's Grassman legend is getting a fresh turn in the spotlight as a local Bigfoot hunt leads toward a June 11 Mahoning Valley Scrappers game in Niles, where the team will take the field for one night as the Grassmen. The search is set to begin Thursday, May 21, at the Beer and Belly Deli in Macedonia before moving through other possible Bigfoot territory, including Bigfoot Landscaping and the Cuyahoga Valley National Forest. The hunt is being framed as a playful regional quest tied to one of Ohio's most enduring pieces of folklore. The Scrappers' Grassmen night gives the legend a baseball twist, turning the creature often described as Ohio's version of Bigfoot into a minor league attraction. The event is expected to include themed merchandise and fan interaction at the ballpark. The local hunt comes during a week filled with strange stories from around the world. In London, 100 Italian cooks created a record-setting tiramisu measuring 1,445 feet. The massive dessert required 50,000 ladyfinger biscuits and more than 3,000 eggs. In Aruba, Egmond Molina set a Guinness World Record by pulling a 21,000-pound bus 65 feet using a rope tied around his neck. Another record came from San Luis, Mexico, where Diana Hermosilla lifted 166 pounds using her hair. Artificial intelligence also moved deeper into daily life, with restaurants in China using tongue scanners to recommend meals and evaluate what customers might want to eat. The technology is designed to reduce menu indecision, though it also raises questions about how much diners want machines to know about their habits. Other oddities included reports from Russia that some men are seeking cosmetic procedures to create cauliflower ears, hoping to appear tougher, and research from Brussels into a nervous system signal that may help stop excessive scratching. The sports spotlight fell on roller soccer, a version of soccer played on skates with five players on each side. The sport traces its roots to England in 1882 and has since grown into an international competition with teams on every continent except Antarctica. From Bigfoot in Northeast Ohio to record-breaking desserts, AI dining and soccer on skates, the week's strangest stories showed that the world still has plenty of room for mystery, spectacle and a little well-timed absurdity. -------------------- At Cleveland 13 News, we strive to provide accurate, up-to-date, and reliable reporting. If you spot an error, omission, or have information that may need updating, please email us at tips@cleveland13news.com. As a community-driven news network, we appreciate the help of our readers in ensuring the integrity of our reporting.
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