Weird News

There’s no better place to find strange news stories than the Weird CT News feed. We scour the local media every day to bring you the latest unusual happenings in the state!

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Woman Calls Cops After Drug Deal Fails

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An urban legend come true.
[January 13, 2012] A Middletown woman called law enforcement officers to complain after she was swindled while trying to buy illegal painkillers …
Source: NBC 30

Identity of Shipwreck Still a Mystery

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Probably not the Good Ship Lollipop.
[January 10, 2012] The remains of a shipwreck discovered in Fishers Island Sound five years ago still have yet to be identified …
Source: New London Day

Man Crushed by Excavator

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What a horrible way to go!
[January 9, 2012] A Bridgeport man was killed when he was somehow ejected from the excavator he was operating and pinned up against a house …
Source: Connecticut Post

Winsted UFO Creator Wants to Educate Public

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A nice story about our old MUFON buddy Marc D’Antonio.
[December 29, 2011] The Winsted man who created a “UFO” for National Geographic says he did so to help educate the public about the subject …
Source: Register-Citizen

Garbage Men Fought Over Holiday Tips

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This is weird—who tips their garbage man?
[December 28, 2011] Stratford police were called in to break up a fight that had broken out between two garbage men over holiday tips …
Source: Connecticut Post

Man Shoots Self While Going to the Bathroom on Christmas Eve

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Must’ve been naughty.
[December 26, 2011] A New Haven man was hospitalized after dropping his gun and accidentally shooting himself while going to the bathroom on Christmas eve …
Source: Connecticut Post

Alpacas Mysteriously Slain at Farm

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Just an odd creature to single out for violence.
[December 24, 2011] Four alpacas have been stabbed to death by unknown attackers at an Essex farm, bringing the total of animals slain to six …
Source: Hartford Courant

Weird Calls Target Seymour Residents

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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

“Ghost Bikes” Provide Memorial and Warning

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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

Man Claiming to be Jesus Smashed Windows

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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

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