Engrid Barnett

Engrid Barnett

Engrid is an award-winning travel writer and cultural geographer who’s long cultivated an obsession with cryptids, vintage tattoos, roadside attractions, and abandoned places. Her public descent into the weird began in 2017 after signing on with Ripley’s Believe It or Not! A longtime fan of Robert Ripley’s cartoons and quirky trivia, she relishes sorting fact from fiction and feeling mind boggled every step of the way. You can also catch her work in Wild West, Rova, Nevada Magazine, American Trails Magazine and more.

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Find Hot Moons in Your Area: The Search for Planet Nine
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

Find Hot Moons in Your Area: The Search for Planet Nine

Beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, Planet Nine may lurk, surrounded by hotties.

The 350-Pound Penguin That Once Roamed Planet Earth
Animals
Engrid Barnett

The 350-Pound Penguin That Once Roamed Planet Earth

The largest penguin ever discovered boasted the girth of a Super Bowl linebacker!

Alarm and Awe Accompany Plans To Resurrect Dodo Birds
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

Alarm and Awe Accompany Plans To Resurrect Dodo Birds

Life, uh, finds a way.

How POWs Got Playing Cards With Secret Escape Maps for Christmas
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

How POWs Got Playing Cards With Secret Escape Maps for Christmas

There was far more to these cartographically inspired game decks than met the eye!

Satellite Spots Adorable Bear Face on Mars
Science & Technology
Engrid Barnett

Satellite Spots Adorable Bear Face on Mars

Martian land formations and the human eye conspire to find signs of extraterrestrial life.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Sunday Cartoon! - July 20, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

In 2025, a 39-year-old ring-tailed lemur at Scotland's Five Sisters Zoo was named the oldest living lemur in captivity.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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