Is there anyone else out there in the universe? Or have they been trying to get our attention and we’ve just been looking in the wrong place? We’re still trying to find out.

As a sergeant with the Bridgeport Police Department and the founder of 826 Paranormal, James Myers has seen a lot of weird things in his time. Recently, he chatted with us about some of them.

In shrimp terms, this is a big deal.
[June 19, 2010] An non-native species of shrimp have been discovered to be thriving in the Mystic River, raising concerns among biologists …
Source: Hartford Courant

Whatever happened to rest in peace?
[June 18, 2010] The mummified remains of a West Hartford woman were discovered in the house of her twin sister seven months after she was buried …
Source: Hartford Courant

Because nothing says protest better than a pair of skivvies.
[June 18, 2010] An intoxicated Cromwell man stripped down to his underwear and created a disturbance at the opening of a Middletown Price Chopper …
Source: Middletown Press

Guess he’s trying to spare people the trip to New Haven to see him there.
[June 16, 2010] An elm tree in Wallingford contains the image of Jesus Christ, according to a number of local residents …
Source: Record-Journal

Well, at least those annoying horns at the World Cup are good for something — sparking some thoughts about the power of sound!

Well, that stinks.
[June 11, 2010] A mysterious stench is plaguing a North End neighborhood in Bridgeport, making residents ill and leaving local official scratching their heads as to its cause …
Source: Connecticut Post

Wow — that’s hardcore.
[June 10, 2010] A West Hartford man tried to cut off his own arm after it got caught under a furnace and he was trapped three days …
Source: Hartford Courant

Fingers, pieces of brains, the clothes someone was buried in — taking a memento or two from the dead apparently a lot more common than it should be.