UFOs invade Arctic, John the Baptist’s sandals, and worms from hell, in this week’s dubious tabloids

Coming back from the dead is a tabloid staple – just ask Elvis, Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, all still alive and well, hiding in plain sight, according to the rags. But this week sees the most exciting return from beyond the grave: tabloid title The Sun reappears on American newsstands with such sensational tales as UFOs invading the Arctic, a baby born with its grandfather's forearm tattoo, and a brown bear that can read books "at third-grade level."

Part of American Media Inc's tabloid stable along with the National Enquirer and the Globe, The Sun, last published in 2012, shuttered as the public's appetite for outrageously improbable "news" faded. Perhaps we can credit President Donald Trump's passion for fake news with the revival of The Sun, which breathlessly tells us that John the Baptist's sandals have been found, curing blindness – and baldness!

And of course, there's the inevitable story that's crazy-but-true: "Worms from Hell!" have been discovered two miles beneath the earth's surface. Okay, so they were discovered by scientists in 2011 living in cracks between the earth's crust (the worms living in the cracks, not the scientists), but for tabloids that often recount decades-old yarns, this counts as fresh news.

The Sun, which beneath its title carries the words "God Bless America," devotes its cover to the exclusive: "U.S. Scientists Transplant Monkey Head – And It Can Be Done on Humans Now." Yes, it's another ancient story: American neurosurgeon Robert J. White transplanted heads on four monkeys back in 1970. Read the rest

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