“Urchin” lures, created in Japan, are all the rage in bass fishing. How did the tackle shop get its Beanie Baby moment?

A normal canal fishing trip turns bizarre when the first cast near a pipe hooks something they do not expect. Instead of a peacock bass, an alien-looking clown knife fish comes up, showing strange ...

Or a meteor. Or one of those fidget gizmo things that stores sell in the checkout line. Maybe a cat toy? It sort of looks like a fuzzy seed from a chestnut tree.