MSNBC.com presents the Top 5 Most Peculiar Stories of 2005:
1: And the winner is, with a 77 percent vote:
Woman torches house trying to kill spiders
2: Coming in second, with a 70 percent score:
Corpse mistaken for Halloween decoration
3: Third, with 56 percent, is this seasonal gem:
Ho, ho – oh, no! Air force flyover kills reindeer
4: Fourth, at 55 percent, is a cautionary tale:
Woman calls cops over unreliable hit man
5: And fifth, at a round 50 percent, another cautionary saga.
Gator-gobbling python comes to messy end
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