News of the Wierd

Or at least odd. Seems a lake in Russia disappeared overnight.

MOSCOW - A Russian village was left baffled on Thursday after its lake disappeared overnight.

NTV television showed pictures of a giant muddy hole bathed in summer sun, while fishermen from the village of Bolotnikovo looked on disconsolately.

Although officials are not entirely sure what happened, they do have some theories -- such as the lake spontaneously draining into an underground river. However, some of the locals have their own ideas:

"I am thinking, well, America has finally got to us,” said one old woman, as she sat on the ground outside her house.

Those wacky pranksters over at the CIA -- what will they think of next?