{"id":406333,"date":"2026-09-21T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406333\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:50:09","slug":"new-ripley-book-wired-into-weird-stars-hundreds-of-oddities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406333\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ripley book Wired Into Weird stars hundreds of oddities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ripley<\/a> has published its annual collection of oddities in a book titled \u201cWired Into Weird.\u201d<\/a> Much of its writing, editing and design was performed in Ripley\u2019s world entertainment headquarters in Orlando.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur president has been moving the company in a very like future-forward direction,\u201d said Jordie Orlando, editor of the book. That is reflected in the circuit-driven design of the book\u2019s cover and contents.<\/p>\n

And the publication has gone beyond the on-paper presentation, including QR codes for some of the featured items.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you scan it, it pulls up a video, and one of our exhibit team members is going around it and talking about it to you, so you can get an extra vantage point of the exhibit,\u201d Orlando said.<\/p>\n

As usual, the book has about 700 stories, many of them in a micro-burst format that Ripley refers to as snippets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe content isn\u2019t necessarily all technology. It covers the whole gamut,\u201d Orlando said. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy animals. It\u2019s weird art, strange plants, cultural practices from around the world. It\u2019s pop culture. It\u2019s fashion. It\u2019s anything and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A handful of Central Floridians are featured in the book, including a picturesque \u201cdroopy dog\u201d named Caramel from Inverness. \u201cHis stretchy skin makes him look like he\u2019s melting,\u201d the book notes. The vet told owners Vladimir Lenk and Stephanie Cox that it could be Ehlers-Danlos syndrome<\/a>, which affects connective tissues.<\/p>\n

\"OneOne spread from Ripley’s ‘Wired into Weird’ features animals such as a droopy dog that lives in Central Florida. (Ripley Global Entertainment)<\/p>\n

Windermere is represented twice. Two pages are dedicated to the work of Rob Cametti, who turns his house into \u201cMuckleBones Monster Museum\u201d each October. It\u2019s populated by 60 full-size figures of aliens, clowns, skeletons and spooky stuff plus dozens of busts.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Windermere\u2019s Macias family crafted real guitars into working water skis.<\/p>\n

In Sarasota, Ivan Arestov is featured in the book for jumping from one moving (seatless) unicycle to another \u201cHe hit his shins a lot while mastering the stunt,\u201d the book says.<\/p>\n

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The annual publication, now in its 23rd edition, always features content, Orlando said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the feature stories, to the best of our ability and knowledge, have never been featured previously,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

And while the company slogan has long been \u201cbelieve it or not,\u201d the book\u2019s contents are documented before being included.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world\u2019s an amazing place,\u201d Orlando said. \u201cIt keeps being amazing, and we don\u2019t need to create stuff with AI to show that the world is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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