15 Truly Bizarre Mental Delusions. Here are 15 of the most bizarre syndromes to be documented since that time. . . 1.
Capgras Delusion In the heat of an argument it’s normal to want to disown your parents or kids, but for the sufferer of Capgras delusions that feeling never goes away. It’s commonly caused when the “wire” that connects the visual section of the brain to the emotional section is damaged. As a result, the sufferer sees their loved ones but no emotional response is triggered; they truly believe that the person in front of them is nothing more than an imposter. 2. True story: A woman, suspicious of one ingredient in her chewing gum, took to the search engines to find answers. 3.
Since the 1998 release of the movie “The Truman Show”, smatterings of cases involving that movie’s plot have been occurring. 4. Over the course of two years, one man’s mind slowly broke and made him believe he was actually a character in a video game. Surreal video gives us a glimpse of flying roller coasters. Every kid loves a good roller coaster ride.
Well, at least kids who aren’t scared of heights or prone to motion sickness do. The suspenseful climb, the big drop, the twists and turns; roller coasters are designed for maximum thrills. But what if you took away the tracks, yet could somehow keep the roller coaster moving? This would defy all laws of gravity. But that hasn’t stopped a clever filmmaker from experimenting with the idea. This clip is called Inception Park, named after the 2010 film Inception. As you can see above, a trackless roller coaster takes on a serpent-like appearance.
Inception Park is the work of an imaginative filmmaker, Fernando Livschitz. Black Sheep Films via Dvice. Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2011. Apple_water_page-1024x998.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024x998 pixels) - Scaled (64%) GOTH BOOKS, GOTHIC MUSIC, DEATH ROCK. China's Abandoned Wonderland. In Chenzhuang Village, China, about 20 miles northwest of central Beijing, the ruins of a partially built amusement park called Wonderland sit near a highway, surrounded by houses and fields of corn.
Construction work at the park, which developers had promised would be "the largest amusement park in Asia," stopped around 1998 after disagreements with the local government and farmers over property prices. Developers briefly tried to restart construction in 2008, but without success. The abandoned structures are now a draw for local children and a few photographers, who encounter signs telling them to proceed at their own risk. Reuters photographer David Gray visited the site on a chilly morning earlier this month and returned with these haunting images of a would-be Wonderland. [21 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Footsteps in fresh snow are seen across a walkway leading to the entrance of Wonderland, a derelict amusement park northwest of Beijing, on December 5, 2011. Hipster Humor. Hipster things.