If he’s doing to get attention . . . well, he’s doing a good job of it.
[July 15, 2010] A Middlebury man is still not saying why he is painting and placing claw-foot bathtubs around his property, only indicating that all will be revealed soon …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Oh luck, you are a fickle maiden.
[July 13, 2010] A year after hitting a $25 million Powerball jackpot, a Newington man lost his rare Audi R8 after it burst into flame and was destroyed on the Merritt Parkway …
Source: Connecticut Post

Tub-henge?
[July 13, 2010] Eight claw-foot bathtubs, each standing on its end atop a pedestal (almost like Easter Island statues), have appeared on a homeowner’s property in Middlebury …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

If you want weird, the crowds alone are worth the visit.
[July 10-11, 2010] The Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford welcomes ConnectiCon, the “pop culture” convention, this weekend …
Source: ConnectiCon

This just keeps getting odder …
[July 8, 2010] A woman who was living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister, a former West Hartford resident, will be allowed to keep them with her if an above-ground crypt is built …
Source: Hartford Courant

She makes it seem so simple, it’s actually kind of sweet … and creepy!
[July 7, 2010] A former Connecticut woman who made national headlines after it was discovered she was living with the exhumed bodies of her husband and twin sister recently discussed her situation …
Source: NBC 30

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