MSNBC.com's Most Peculiar stories of 2005

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THE TOP 5 MOST PECULIAR STORIES OF 2005

The envelope, please:

1: And the winner is, with a 77 percent vote:
Woman torches house trying to kill spiders :

2: Coming in second, with a 70 percent score:
Corpse mistaken for Halloween decoration

3: Third, with 56 percent, is this seasonal gem:
Ho, ho - oh, no! Air force flyover kills reindeer

4: Fourth, at 55 percent, is a cautionary tale:
Woman calls cops over unreliable hit man

5: And fifth, at a round 50 percent, another cautionary saga.
Gator-gobbling python comes to messy end