For the most part requests under the Freedom of Information Act (or local equivalent) are fairly low on the entertainment scale unless you are really into conspiracy theories. That was until a recent request in Great Britain made the news when someone requested information regarding the official tracking of Sea monsters. I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing that they are not actually keeping track of their sea monsters; it seems very untidy not to do so.

While I don’t know if the site WhatDoTheyKnow.com was used for the sea monster request it certainly has been used to file both ordinary and quirky requests within Great Britain such as an inquiry into Symbols on passport covers – when was the last time you looked at yours?

It may be awhile before America catches up on this one – the oddest story regarding a request for information in the US involved the CIA requesting its own information back. Who needs TV shows?