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!

Man Defecates on Main Street Middletown

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Imagine when this guy sobers up? “Whoa, I did what? Where? Really?!”
[June 3, 2010] A man who apparently was intoxicated was arrested by Middletown police after defecating on Main Street in front of numerous witnesses …
Source: Middletown Press

Child Falls From Window, Survives

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Apparently, third time is a charm!
[June 3, 2010] A Torrington toddler was unharmed after falling from a second-story window, the third child in the state to fall from a window in the last two weeks …
Source: Register Citizen

Man Photographs All 169 City Signs

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This is pretty cool — it’d be even better if he had a website to show all the photos.
[May 28, 2010] Thomas Fatone of Shelton visited every one of Connecticut’s 169 municipalities and photographed each of the town’s blue-and-white roadside history markers …
Source: Connecticut Post

Man Wearing Only Diaper Arrested

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Is this disturbing? Guess it depends.
[May 27, 2010] A 41-year-old Stratford man was arrested after being caught wearing a diaper, sucking on a pacifier and asking strangers at a local shopping mall to change him …
Source: Connecticut Post

For a Day, Connecticut Hottest Spot in the Nation

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Hot enough for you? Apparently it was.
[May 27, 2010] With a freak record 99 degree temperatures recorded in some spots of the state, Connecticut was the warmest spot in the nation yesterday …
Source: Hartford Courant

Travis the Chimp’s Owner, Sandra Herold, Dies

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Another chapter of this sad, gruesome and bizarre tale comes to a close.
[May 26, 2010] Sandra Herold, the owner of the Travis the chimp who savagely mauled Charla Nash in February 2009, has died in Stamford …
Source: Hartford Courant

Man Falls to Death Attempting to Retrieve Cell Phone

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Too many people falling to unusual deaths lately.
[May 24, 2010] A Meriden man fell off a cliff to his death while trying to retrieve a friend’s cell phone …
Source: Hartford Courant

Two Toddlers Fall From Windows Within Two Days

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Just an awful coincidence.
[May 24, 2010] Two 2-year-olds in Connecticut fell from windows to their deaths within two days, one in East Hartford and the other in West Haven …
Source: NBC 30

Dozens of New Haven Squirrels Dying

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A serial squirrel killer? [*puts on sunglasses*] Looks like something here is … NUTTY! [*cue Roger Daltry scream, "Won't Get Fooled Again"*]
[May 21, 2010] An unusually high number of squirrels have recently been found dead in the Westville section of New Haven, possible poisoning victims …
Source: New Haven Independent

Search for Mysterious Monkey Ended

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Guess they were done MONKEYING around! Get it?! Monkeying! (We’ll be here all week … remember to tip your waitress.)
[May 20, 2010] The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection has called off a search for a monkey that had been spotted around Greenwich …
Source: Greenwich Time