Videos help us report what's happening in Huddersfield beyond just words and pictures.
From viral videos to Youtube celebrities and footage captured by our photographers and reporters is viewed thousands of time every day on the Examiner website — especially when the videos are a bit, well, bizarre!
We've looked back to pick out February's most weird and wonderful videos — from our brave reporter sampling gourmet cat food to spooky goings on in a Mirfield pub and a reet Yorkshire reaction to Happy Valley's sound issues, we've got some treats for you.
Here are February's most weird and wonderful videos:
Paranormal activity at the Three Nuns
News that the Three Nuns pub in Mirfield was to become a Miller & Carter Steakhouse was welcomed by Examiner readers — but as our video showed, diners might find themselves with some extra company. The Leeds Road pub, with a repuation for being haunted, has shut down for refurbishment. Will workers see any spooky goings-on or is it all nonsense? Decide for yourself...
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Take a ride on the Huddersfield Town horse
We decided to give readers a rider's-eye view of Huddersfield Town's new filly — by strapping a GoPro camera to its jockey! The unraced two-year-old , which could make its debut on the track next month, has been named Huddersfilly Town. Take a ride on the racehorse with our video!
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A lesson in how to speak reyt from Mike Shaw
The BBC tried to blame sound issues relating to Happy Valley series two on the Yorkshire dialect — and us Yorkshire folk were having none of it! Proud Yorkshireman Mike Shaw, a retired journalist who dealt with Yorkshire folk all his working life, decided to issue his own response to the BBC — read out in the video above by the Examiner's Helen Roberts. Bravo Mike!
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Speedo Shy backs #HandsOffHRI... in his underwear
In one of the more eye-opening videos of the campaign so far, Huddersfield prankster Speedo shy stripped down to his trunks outside the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary to film a video backing #HandsOffHRI. He said "A lot of people had asked me to get involved and to do a video for the campaign. I want to use my social media followers to help the campaign... hospital security moved me on twice, but I persevered - even though it was very cold."
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The Examiner's Lauren Ballinger tries luxury cat food
Yes, you read that right — our social media editor Lauren tried gourmet cat food during a visit to the Ings Luxury Cat Hotel Lodge in Dewsbury. The food — totally fine for human consumption — included haddock and asparagus risotto served with catnip — click the video above to see what she made of it!
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Huddersfield's own Dynamo? Watch magician Adam Patel in action
His interested in magic started age 12 — and now Dewsbury magician Adam Patel is set to star in his own TV series. The 30-year-old pharmacist had put his tricks aside while he studied at the University of Bradford, but is set to begin filming a four-part street magic series in April. Check out his skills in our video.
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Everybody loves Felix
Definitely more wonderful than weird, our video of Huddersfield Railway Station’s Senior Pest Controller, Felix the Cat, won her global fans as the adorable moggy made headlines around the world. Felix the Huddersfield Railway Station cat made the news in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Netherlands, and saw her Facebook followers more than double, with swaithes of adoring international fans posting on her wall.
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