Strange HTTP requests from Freenode

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Strange Mongrel output caused by requests from Freenode to port 2000:

Sat Oct 03 01:21:16 -0400 2009: HTTP parse error, malformed request (85.190.0.3): #<Mongrel::HttpParserError: Invalid HTTP format, parsing fails.>
Sat Oct 03 01:21:16 -0400 2009: REQUEST DATA: "\005\001\000"
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PARAMS: {}
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Sat Oct 03 01:21:22 -0400 2009: HTTP parse error, malformed request (85.190.0.3): #<Mongrel::HttpParserError: Invalid HTTP format, parsing fails.>
Sat Oct 03 01:21:22 -0400 2009: REQUEST DATA: "\004\001y??\\b\a\000"
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PARAMS: {}
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                Sat Oct 03 02:17:42 -0400 2009: HTTP parse error, malformed request (85.190.0.3): #<Mongrel::HttpParserError: Invalid HTTP format, parsing fails.>
Sat Oct 03 02:17:42 -0400 2009: REQUEST DATA: "\005\001\000"
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PARAMS: {}
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Sat Oct 03 02:17:42 -0400 2009: HTTP parse error, malformed request (85.190.0.3): #<Mongrel::HttpParserError: Invalid HTTP format, parsing fails.>
Sat Oct 03 02:17:42 -0400 2009: REQUEST DATA: "\004\001y??\\b\a\000"
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PARAMS: {}
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Hmm, what is this IP?

_\m/ ~ | traceroute 85.190.0.3
traceroute to 85.190.0.3 (85.190.0.3), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  64.sub-66-174-121.myvzw.com (66.174.121.64)  101.304 ms  78.387 ms  64.961 ms
 2  127.sub-66-174-120.myvzw.com (66.174.120.127)  88.821 ms  158.406 ms  100.986 ms
 3  66.sub-66-174-23.myvzw.com (66.174.23.66)  73.961 ms  88.486 ms  84.949 ms
 4  229.sub-66-174-23.myvzw.com (66.174.23.229)  93.891 ms  87.464 ms  87.890 ms
 5  194.sub-66-174-23.myvzw.com (66.174.23.194)  89.583 ms  88.444 ms  99.919 ms
 6  98.sub-66-174-22.myvzw.com (66.174.22.98)  88.876 ms  99.476 ms  82.959 ms
 7  253.sub-69-83-0.myvzw.com (69.83.0.253)  88.001 ms  88.477 ms  89.964 ms
 8  te-4-4.car2.Newark1.Level3.net (4.79.190.233)  135.706 ms  226.406 ms  204.006 ms
 9  ae-32-52.ebr2.Newark1.Level3.net (4.68.99.62)  89.883 ms  104.411 ms  89.852 ms
10  ae-1-100.ebr1.Newark1.Level3.net (4.69.132.21)  89.945 ms  86.470 ms  181.963 ms
11  ae-2-2.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.132.97)  97.876 ms  97.444 ms  89.906 ms
12  ae-91-91.csw4.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.134.78)  96.877 ms  96.473 ms ae-71-71.csw2.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.134.70)  97.962 ms
13  ae-23-79.car3.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.68.16.69)  91.471 ms ae-33-89.car3.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.68.16.133)  113.465 ms ae-23-79.car3.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.68.16.69)  66.481 ms
14  tiscali-level3-ge.newyork1.level3.net (4.68.110.78)  90.935 ms  87.722 ms  169.890 ms
15  xe-2-0-0.fra23.ip4.tinet.net (213.200.81.125)  186.777 ms xe-9-1-0.fra20.ip4.tinet.net (89.149.187.233)  192.468 ms  184.422 ms
16  ge-1-1-0.pr1.g310.fra.de.eurotransit.net (213.200.86.102)  187.949 ms  181.430 ms  184.909 ms
17  proxyscan.freenode.net (85.190.0.3)  180.887 ms  185.519 ms  178.898 ms

Hmm...