Technical gremlins or foiled filching?
[December 22, 2011] Police are investigating complaints from Seymour residents who were plagued by a series of suspicious phone calls from a disconnected number …
Source: Valley Independent Sentinel

Be interesting to see if this idea takes off.
[December 21, 2011] Connecticut bicycling activists are placing “ghost bikes”—old bikes painted white—at the scenes of cyclist fatalities as a memorial and as a reminder to drivers …
Source: Hartford Courant

Bigfoot? Bear? Hoax? The Winsted Wildman may be all or none of these, but it definitely is one of the state’s more fun legends.

Maybe he was angry about his birthday coming up again.
[December 15, 2011] A man claiming to be Jesus smashed the windows on a bus in Branford …
Source: NBC 30

No bull!
[December 15, 2011] A cow (originally believed to be a bull) that had been on the lam for 5 months was finally apprehended by authorities in Milford …
Source: Connecticut Post

Clearly, the “curse” is still working.
[December 13, 2011] Eight people, allegedly part of an independent film crew, were arrested and fined for trespassing on the land near the infamous “cursed” village of Dudleytown …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Unbeknownst to many citizens of Connecticut, there are a few odd things below the surfaces of our favorite lakes.

Woo. freakin’. hoo.
[December 8, 2011] In addition to hottest day ever and biggest snowstorm, 2011 has set the record for most rainfall in a year for Connecticut, totaling over 66 inches …
Source: NBC 30

Now if they can only find the grave.
[December 7, 2011] A 240-year-old headstone was returned to New London after being taken from Ye Towne’s Ancientest Burial Place 43 years ago …
Source: New London Day

One way to get fiber in your diet.
[December 6, 2011] A Bridgeport man was arrested for forgery after he was caught trying to eat a counterfeit $20 bill that he was trying to pass off …
Source: Connecticut Post