Russ Miller's Oddly Enough

Russ Miller's Oddly Enough Russ Miller's Oddly Enough is a tabloid feature that has been produced for over 35 years for newspapers and magazines. I hope you find it at least entertaining.

You can find archives of it in 5enses Magazine among other places, currently.

The Spider-Tailed Horned Viper is a newly discovered and recently described snake from the Zagros Mountains in western I...
08/13/2025

The Spider-Tailed Horned Viper is a newly discovered and recently described snake from the Zagros Mountains in western Iran. It’s range may, however, spread as far as Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. This 3-foot long snake undulates its bizarre tail, creating the uncanny illusion of a scampering spider, luring birds to within striking distance. There are even poems written about this unique reptile in the North Arabian Desert areas.

Oddly Enough … A specimen of this animal was brought to the United States as early as the 1960s in a preservation jar. Examined only visually through the glass, it was deduced that the “growth” on the tail was a tumor caused by some kind of parasite, and was dismissed as a singular anomaly and not a new species!

George “Red-Buck” Weightman was a notorious thief and killer who derived his nickname from his flaming red hair. People ...
07/24/2025

George “Red-Buck” Weightman was a notorious thief and killer who derived his nickname from his flaming red hair. People could hire Red-Buck as an assassin for as little as $50. After spending time in prison for stealing horses, Weightman joined the infamous Doolin-Daltin outlaw gang. In 1895 after participating in a train robbery with the gang, the outlaws had the misfortune of running into a posse and were quickly involved in a blazing shoot-out. Red-Buck’s horse was shot out from under him and he hitched a ride with a fellow gang member named Newman. The two outlaws got away and eventually found themselves at the home of a Baptist Minister named Godfrey, where they demanded food and a horse. When the minister chided Red-Buck for stealing, Red-Buck shot him dead.

Oddly Enough – Bill Doolin, the gang leader, was so outraged at Red-Buck’s behavior that he kicked him out of the gang siting him as being “too ruthless and mean” to be a member! (Doolin, then went into hiding from the vicious killer.)

Twice a day, 100 billion tons of seawater flow in and out of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. That amount of wa...
07/16/2025

Twice a day, 100 billion tons of seawater flow in and out of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. That amount of water is equal to the daily flow of all the combined rivers on earth!

Oddly Enough – The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides on the planet, reaching the incredible height of
50 feet!

History is littered with tales of ghost ships and long lost crews. The reason these stories remain in our collective me...
07/08/2025

History is littered with tales of ghost ships and long lost crews. The reason these stories remain in our collective memory and still capture our imaginations, is because many of them are true! Take, for instance, the discovery of the Marlborough Glasgow. In 1913, the British sailing ship Johnson came across an abandoned sailing vessel which it described as a boat with sails floating in the wind, and covered with a kind of green moss. After boarding, the Johnson crew discovered a skeleton beneath the helm. The decks were decaying and soft to walk on. Six skeletons were found on the bridge, ten were found in the crew’s quarters and three more found elsewhere. This ship had departed Littleton, New Zealand in January, 1890 and vanished! The crew of 23 men, the Captain Hird, and a cargo of mutton and wool were searched for until April, 1890 to no avail. She had sailed silently at sea for 23 years!

Oddly Enough – The Scottish sailing ship, the Dundee Star, was abandoned by its crew off the coast of Midway Island during a gale in 1887. It sailed abandoned around the world for four years until it finally piled up on Midway Island in the very spot where the crew had abandoned her and she started her phantom journey!

Hoag’s Object is a strange ring galaxy found in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was first seen by Arthur Hoag in 19...
07/07/2025

Hoag’s Object is a strange ring galaxy found in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was first seen by Arthur Hoag in 1950. Ring-type galaxies are extremely rare in the universe, let alone nearly perfect circles like this one. Unique too is the fact that the outer ring consists of young blue stars whereas the center light is made up of older red stars. Weirder still - it is huge, with an estimated mass of 700 Billion Suns! It is still unknown as to exactly how this structure was created. Oh, and by the way, it’s 600 million light years from our planet!

Oddly Enough – Although this object is completely unique, a similar ring galaxy can be seen through the gap between the center and outer ring at the 1 o’clock position behind this bizarre entity!

Known as “The Hand of the Desert” a majestic 36 foot tall monument rises from the sandy floor in Chile’s Atacama Desert....
07/03/2025

Known as “The Hand of the Desert” a majestic 36 foot tall monument rises from the sandy floor in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The desert spans some 40,500 square miles and is the driest desert on earth next to Antarctica. NASA has been known to test Martian rovers in this unique desert. The huge sculpture was completed in 1992 and designed by the artist Mario Irarrazabal.

Oddly Enough – Although this structure is incredibly remote, several times a year a local art preservation community sends crews to clean the graffiti from this concrete and steel effigy. I’m sure they are always glad to lend a hand.

Russ Miller's Oddly Enough - One of the proud sponsors of the Aztec Highland Games! The syndicated feature will soon be...
10/14/2024

Russ Miller's Oddly Enough - One of the proud sponsors of the Aztec Highland Games! The syndicated feature will soon be in book form. I can't wait!

06/03/2024

The Impersonator - who claims to be me, had just "friend requested" me!

Don't be duped!!

The Moegistorhynchus longirostris (which is a fancy label meaning “long snout”) is a fly that lives on the Western coast...
02/29/2024

The Moegistorhynchus longirostris (which is a fancy label meaning “long snout”) is a fly that lives on the Western coast of South Africa. I has the longest proboscis (nose) relative to body size of any known insect! This “extended fluid feeder” on this bug can measure over 3.5 inches! That’s 5 times its body length! It is just long enough to reach the nectar of the long stemmed blossoms of some of the native plants. This fact makes this little fly a keystone pollinator for the local flora. If we humans had an equivalent built-in facial straw for eating, it would measure 30 feet long!

Oddly Enough – In order to transport this huge appendage, the little fly can fold its nose between its legs and in essence trail the large beak until it sees a tasty flower, when the nose swings forward!

02/27/2024

I've been told this page has been suspended for a comment...(or some such thing). I can't seem to find the problem, so I think it's just another scam. Thanks readers, as you were.

A bit of a milestone for me. Since Mickey is free from his "exclusive contract" with Walter... and since I drew the lit...
02/13/2024

A bit of a milestone for me. Since Mickey is free from his "exclusive contract" with Walter... and since I drew the little guy for comic books for a few years... it only seemed fitting that I'd introduce him to Stink Bug. They seem to get along well, but probably won't be seen together again. (Never say never.) Thanks for watching!

Little did this "swabbie" know when this photo was taken with his dad, that in a matter of a few months he would experie...
12/07/2023

Little did this "swabbie" know when this photo was taken with his dad, that in a matter of a few months he would experience this view from 1010 dock in Pearl Harbor. Thanks pop, for who you were to me. God bless you and those who were there.

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