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!
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
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
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, 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
These birds obviously have expensive taste.
[June 8, 2010] The main pier of the Noroton Yacht Club in Darien has been shut down for the summer due to a family of ospreys that have nested on the pilings …
Source: Darien Patch
