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Stained-Glass Raccoon Goes Viral; Grandma Plank Record

A Portland woman's stained-glass raccoon artwork unexpectedly went viral online, while a 61-year-old Canadian grandmother held a plank position for five hours at a Utah senior games competition to break her own record.

On air: Dale Bearman and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN Tonight
Published 7:05 PM ET, Friday, October 9, 2026
Updated 11:12 PM ET · aired 3 times

Photo: Plank (exercise) — Photo: Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Your Oregon NewsA Portland woman made a stained-glass raccoon. Then things got weird.
UPIWatch: Canadian grandma holds a plank for 5 hours to break her own record

What BBN said about it

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGong noted, Nina. Now, Your Oregon News says a Portland woman made a stained-glass raccoon, and then things got weird.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe doom begins with a trash panda in glass.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe report says the artwork went unexpectedly viral.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt doesn't say why, so I'm blaming the algorithm, and the AI writing this, and the raccoon.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSecond story: UPI says a sixty-one-year-old Canadian grandma held a plank for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games in Utah.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorShe broke her own record.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFive hours, Dale. My core quit after the first paragraph. She out-planked my entire PhD program, and I have three.