Weekly News Round-up 5/9/13

MailOnline has an article about a strange creature that, according to legend, appeared in a town in Iowa over 100 years ago.

Parapolitical has an article arguing why Earth wouldn't be a good candidate for attack by alien invaders. Read about it here.

Images of a carcass that washed up in New Zealand had people yelling sea monster, but experts are pretty convinced it is just a decomposing orcha. Check it out here.