We’ve all seen it while driving along either Route 8 or I-84 through Waterbury: the huge crucifix high atop Pine Hill. Many already know about it, but the 50-foot high cross marks the spot that was once Holy Land USA. UPDATE: We make the pilgrimage to Holy Land and return bearing numerous photos.

If aliens could invade the Earth, would a rifle be enough to hold them off?
[July 3, 2010] A former convicted felon and Fairfield resident was prevented from buying a rifle, claiming that he was going to use to defend himself against aliens that live under the sun and come to Earth every 30,000 years to destroy humans …
Source: Connecticut Post

Still doesn’t explain how he got under the rock in the first place.
[July 3, 2010] A Bethel man escaped with only minor lacerations and bruises after somehow become trapped under a half-tone boulder while hiking at Huntington State Park …
Source: NBC 30

A prickly situation.
[July 2, 2010] Thieves scaled a six-foot fence to steal eight exotic rose bushes from Fulton Park in Waterbury, shrubs that had been planted and maintained by children working with the Police Activity League …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Wonder if she was wearing a Santa suit?
[July 1, 2010] A 9-year-old New Canaan girl was rescued after becoming stuck in a chimney, which she accessed when a painting crew left a ladder against her house …
Source: Stamford Advocate

Obviously, their feet brought them no luck.
[June 29, 2010] Over a dozen rabbits were found dead or dying at Trumbull’s Twin Brooks Park over the weekend …
Source: Connecticut Post

Oh, and American Idol finalist Katie Stevens graduated, too!
[June 29, 2010] Southbury’s Pomperaug High School graduated 13 sets of twins, believed to be a world record …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Orgone was a controversial concept in the mid 1930s when it was first proposed, and summarily dismissed by mainstream science. Then again, the idea that meteors fells from space was also thought to be ridiculous when it was initially suggested, too.

A tragic coincidence.
[June 27, 2010] Three people drowned in three separate incidents across Connecticut on Saturday, with the deaths occurring in Willington, Bulls Bridge and New Milford …
Source: NBC 30

Wow — are we in Kansas?
[June 25, 2010] A possible tornado touched down in Bridgeport on Thursday, bringing powerful winds that collapsed buildings, snapped power lines and felled trees …
Source: Connecticut Post