2007 saw some unusual stories make headlines in the news, from a doctor finding a live spider in a boy's ear to a battle over a pet deer that divided the state:

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'I Like Turtles' becomes internet sensation

1. 'I Like Turtles" boy an internet sensation

The 2007 Rose Festival created an improbable star when KGW reporter Nancy Francis interviewed a young boy on live TV. His star-struck response "I like turtles" became an internet sensation on YouTube, even spawning "I Like Turtles" T-shirts and parodies. Watch video

2. Snowball fight erupts after state seizes pet deer

The outcry was deafening when the state Deparment of Fish & Wildlife seized a pet deer named Snowball from the Molalla family that rescued and raised it. Slideshow: Bucky and Snowball

3. Doctor finds live spider in Oregon boy's ear

An Albany boy suffered earaches for good reason - a doctor found two spiders in his ear, one of them alive. Watch Video

4. Oregon man attaches balloons to launch chair, takes flight

A Bend man strapped a hundred balloons to a launch chair, and took flight! Among other things, the stunt landed him on Leno. Slideshow

5. 'Mona Lisa' artist paints roadside nude of wife

The same artist who slowed traffic to the coast with his 60-foot roadside painting of the Mona Lisa unveiled a show-stopper in 2007: A partial nude of his own wife. Slideshow

Honorable Mentions:

1. Man puts snake in his mouth, nearly dies Matt Wilkenson admitted that he made a poor decision, but he’d been drinking and messing around with friends and apparently lost some common sense. Blog: He put the snake where?

2. Bizarre deep-sea fish found on Oregon Coast The unique and bizarre looking creature usually lives too deep in the ocean to show up on land.

3. Rare longnose skate washes up near Seaside The creature was a longnose skate, a unique species that usually lives very deep in the ocean, according to Keith Chandler with the Seaside Aquarium.

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