Top Strangest News of 2008

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Topping the list is a story of a cat lover who shockingly discovered her neighbor's cat to actually be a skunk!

The cat sprayed the woman and ran into her Mount Carmel home causing the emergency services officials to spend several hours before tracking it down.

Second on the landing is a story about two grammar-conscious vigilantes who suffered probation and banned from national parks for a year, after they defaced a six-decade-old, hand-painted sign at Grand Canyon National Park, while fighting against typos everywhere.

Third on the list is a story claiming Hitler's desire to make Berlin as the world capital. The city were to be dubbed 'Germania', that would have a vast underground network that would have included roads and a rail system. However, above the surface the city would stand high architectural delights of the likes of Paris and Rome.

This is followed by a standoff between police and a slippery wild simian monkey at Tokyo's Shibuya Station standing fourth. The commuters snapped the mischievous monkey as 30 cops failed to nab it.

Fifth on the hit list is a story about a dead man standing upright in his mothers home. The 24-year old dead man sprang up on his feet after local funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the body standing for his three-day wake.

The news about a German candy shop that sold sweets laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana made to the sixth position. The 23-year old shop keeper was caught by the police when the theft was discovered.

On the seventh place is a story about an old lady falling in to the baggage chute after placing herself rather than her baggage on the belt. The lady happened to misunderstand the sign and lied down on the belt and was swept off into the baggage handling center.

The eight top news was made by the Western man who decided to go skinny dipping in a moat ringing Japan''s Imperial Palace. He attracted a huge crowd in a busy Tokyo business district, and also the ire of two policemen who had to chase him in row boat and deflect the rocks and water the skinny dipper threw their way.

Vitali Klitschko made the ninth top news after confessing wrapping his hands with his 3-year-old''s urine-infused diapers to reduce swelling. The World Boxing Council heavyweight champion told that the idea was given to him by his grandmother.

Finally, tenth on the list is the news made by 16 graduates from the San Francisco's Clown Conservatory who unveiled their 2009 naked clown calendar. The calender featured them nude in order to raise money for charity causes. AGENCIES