5 most unusual hobbies

Making a collection of marine fossils and going to look for them in distant cities is the activity of a treasure hunter who knows that he will not have financial rewards, but great adventures. In some places where the seas or rivers dried up many years ago, you can find the famous ammonites or fossils of marine animals. The magic is that surely those places are now deserts or arid cities like Villa de Leyva in Colombia or Real de Catorce in Mexico. It's an expensive hobby, but it's worth it.

  Collecting photos of trees where people have stuck their gumlets. The Covid-19 pandemic makes this hobby something dangerous and very rare, almost suicidal. But before the virus, in Mexico it was common for people to upholster with their chewing gum, that is, with their saliva, in certain crowded places. Few people have taken photos of this phenomenon, and even fewer have collected them.

Although impersonating is not a game, there are people who enjoy creating fake profiles on Instagram or the old Facebook and interacting on social networks as if they were those characters. Yes, this implies giving uses that are not ethical, rather dangerous, but this activity allows them to be other people in their imagination and, above all, to be able to spy on their ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends. It is not a recommended hobby, but it exists and it is rare that it lasts over time.

  There are food lovers who are not satisfied with the best wine, the best cheese or the food with the most Michelin stars. They are nomads who travel looking for restaurants where they can find any type of food, but few, indeed very few, are capable of crossing oceans to find restaurants where worms, rats, scorpions, etc. are served. China and Mexico are famous for including these dishes in their cuisine. But looking for the exact place to eat the best "chapulines del mundo" is a unique hobby.

  Reading about instruments of torture is not a common activity. It may be thought that it is something that sadistic people look for, but you would be surprised at the level of culture that you could obtain by investigating the medieval machines that the Holy Court of the Holy Office used to torture alleged  heretics or witches like the famous torture rack or the nailed masks. The creativity to cause pain had no limits. This activity is unusual in that it requires a strong stomach and an open mind to the worst of being human.

Do you think hobbies can't be something unusual? On the contrary, a hobby can become a way to pass the time by being original, searching for treasures that no one considers valuable or reading about terrifying instruments of torture. Take a look at the following article and discover more about a strange world, everyone's, certainly.