Category:Oddities

"Oddities" are the subjects of both Midnight Articles and Midnight Ads. They are bizarre and supernatural events, creatures, individuals, locations, objects, or chemical compounds.

There are several kinds:

Trend-type: these are trends, legends, games, or challenges that involve the supernatural or the strange. They are often spreading under mysterious circumstances.

Biological-type: these comprise all forms of living matter that behave in bizarre or supernatural ways. This includes diseases of all kinds, including parasites, viruses, and bacteria.

Chemical-type: these are compounds that behave in strange or supernatural ways. This includes illicit drugs and medication.

Entity-type: these are Oddities that have a conscience or are alive in some way, but aren't human or biological. This includes ghosts, demons, and all manner of non-biological beings, including artificial constructs such as androids.

Undead-type: these are Oddities that were once living people or biological creatures of any kind, but have since perished and been reanimated.

Object-type: these Oddities are comprised of objects that behave in a mysterious or supernatural manner. This includes products, toys, vehicles, cellphones, televisions, etc.

Event-type: these Oddities refer specifically to a strange event or phenomenon. Mass hysteria, for example, or a mysterious disaster.

Location-type: these Oddities include all manner of physical locations, both on this planet and on other dimensions or planets, that possess qualities or behavior that is uncommon, uncanny, or supernatural.

Organization-type: these Oddities include all mysterious organizations, companies, groups, and religions (including cults) that possess strange or supernatural qualities. This includes powers or abilities, including summoning entities or bending the laws of nature or the universe.