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Weird BUT true

- Amanda Woods, Wires

The Nevada town closest to Area 51, the secret government facility that conspiracy theorists claim is home to alien life, will play host to a music and arts event called “Alienstock” from Sept. 19 through 22.

In June, Matty Roberts set up a Facebook page urging people to “Storm Area 51” and “see them aliens.”

He meant it as a joke, but some 2 million people expressed interest, so Roberts launched “Alienstock” in the town of Rachel as “a place for all the believers.”

If you’re dying to eat a 12,000-calorie burger, this British pub may just pay for your headstone.

The George Pub and Grill in County Durham is offering the Big Ben Number 10: a 3-pound stack of 10 burgers smothered in cheese and bacon for $35.

The pub’s owner, Craig Harker, pledged to pay more than $600 toward a headstone should anyone succumb as a result of the fatty feast.

Pranksters wearing masks resembling TV sets have dumped dozens of vintage television­s on some Virginia residents’ stoops.

More than 50 TVs were discovered on porches in Hampshire Sunday morning.

Local residents suspect bored college students or a “TV Santa Claus.”

Arkansas Wildlife Rehab Specialist Susan Curtis spotted 8-week-old Vittles, a raccoon suffering from a brain injury and unable to walk.

So Curtis and Walkin’ Pets collaborat­ed to design a wheelchair for Vittles.

“She is such a happy little spirit with so much go,” Curtis said. “This baby wants to live and thrive.”

May I have your paw in marriage?

Dogs of all breeds can tie the knot at a British film club Sunday.

The Rooftop Film Club in Peckham is offering pooches the chance to wed at a ceremony complete with a “minister,” a wedding cake and nonalcohol­ic “Pawsecco” champagne.

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