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!
Sycamore sap spilled in the streets by the shore …
[March 16, 2010] Bridgeport police are investigating an incident where 15 innocent sycamores along St. Marys-by-the-Sea were apparently attacked by a deranged chainsaw-wielding vandal …
Source: Connecticut Post
Maybe it’s the stench of learning. Ugh!
[March 16, 2010] A strange odor that was making students and staff ill was responsible for closing McGee Middle School in Berlin …
Source: NBC 30
Got irony?
[March 15, 2010] A tanker truck carrying milk spilled some of its contents on Milk Lane in Newington …
Source: Hartford Courant
The long-abandoned Norwich State Mental Hospital property has been rumored to be haunted (and “The Ghost Hunters” are scheduled to visit), so maybe if they finally knock the buildings down, the alleged ghost will depart.
[March 13, 2010] The city of Preston has officially taken over the Norwich State Mental Hospital and has begun to make plans for cleaning up the property …
Source: New London Day
Seems a little early in the season to even see a dolphin in the Sound, let alone find one that ran aground.
[March 10, 2010] A dolphin that had run aground and died was discovered in a tidal creek of Long Island Sound near Norwalk …
Source: WTNH 8
Assuming this was cut up to be sold as scrap — too bad because they don’t make ‘em like that any more. At least they caught the perpetrator.
[March 9, 2010] A 120-year-old bronze statue that had been stolen from an historic Norwich cemetery was recovered by police — parts of it anyway, as it has been cut up into numerous pieces …
Source: New London Day
Maybe it was a pirate?
[March 6, 2010] New Haven police are searching for a one-eyed man who broke into a home while was dressed as a woman …
Source: NBC 30
The debate rages on …
[March 5, 2010] A recent e-mail making the rounds claiming that mountain lions are here in the Northeast — this with a picture of three cats on a red truck — has been debunked as a photo from Colorado …
Source: Hartford Courant
The screen mile?
[March 4, 2010] A Hartford man stole a 32-inch flatscreen TV from the Hartford Marriott and carried it a mile before being apprehended by police …
Source: Hartford Courant
Random road rage?
[March 4, 2010] A Stamford woman was injured when a tire unexpectedly came off a Volkswagen Jetta and struck her as she was crossing the street …
Source: Connecticut Post
