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!
Crikey!!!
[March 23, 2009] An alligator measuring about 3-1/2 feet long and weighing about 25 pounds was discovered by police around noon Sunday in a marshy area on Vibert Road near South Windsor’s sewage treatment plant — a few hundred yards from the Connecticut River…
Source: Hartford Courant
Gee, can you imagine that … some idiots showing up to see this house. Who would do that? (Albeit very respectfully from a moving car.)
[March 23, 2009] The new horror film that depicts the alleged haunting of a former funeral parlor in Southington is turning into a nightmare for the home’s current owners and their neighbors..
Source: NBC 30
They don’t mention if this unorthodox approach actually resulted in the accused hooking up or not … I’m guessing not.
[March 20, 2009] The New Milford man accused of breaking into a friend’s home while high, then vomiting and “drunk-dialing” a dating service was in court Wednesday…
Source: NBC 30
I think I saw this movie already — “They moved the grave stones, not the bodies!!!” Watch out for the kid-eating tree!
Source: Waterbury Republican-American
An alternative to cafeteria food?
[March 18, 2009] A Bridgeport kindergarten teacher has been charged with forcing a student to eat his lunch from a garbage can…
Source: WTNH
A lot of people have been asking about this on our The Haunting in Connecticut article — here’s the answer.
[March 17, 2009] “A Haunting in Connecticut?” Not likely, the current homeowner of the Southington home where the “true” events were alleged to occur.
Source: NBC 30
Ahhh, spring means that necromancy will soon be in full bloom!
[March 17, 2009] A secret admirer leaves flowers for the Norwich woman who remained respected despite her son’s historic treason…
Source: New London Day
That’s a lot of quarters! Oh wait, this is some kind of new-fangled video game thingy that you don’t play in an arcade, right?
[March 12, 2009] A Yale student is suing US Airways for $1 million for the Xbox 360 that he says was taken from his luggage…
Source: NBC 30
Look, hating pets is one thing, but sweet little old grannies? Heathen!
[March 10, 2009] A grandma from Uncasville was walking her dog in the park when a man threw her to the ground as her grandchildren watched…
Source: NBC-30 TV
The picture says it all . . .
[March 7, 2009] A dump truck driver got his truck hung up on an overhead highway sign Tuesday on I-84.
Source: Hartford Courant
