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!
Maybe it didn’t have enough income to afford a condo?
[November 23, 2011] While investigating a domestic disturbance, New Haven police discovered a 4-foot-long alligator living in an apartment on Ferry Street …
Source: WTNH 8
Reminds us of the long-forgotten tale of Abraham Q. Lincoln.
[November 23, 2011] The city of Derby mistakenly put James J. Butler on the recent ballot for the board of apportionment and taxation when it meant to put his father, James R. Butler, an error only compounded when the younger Butler won the election …
Source: Connecticut Post
Sounds like a purr-fect solution.
[November 22, 2011] A Middletown man was prohibited from coming into contact with his wife’s cats via a protective order issued by the court …
Source: Middletown Press
Yes, “fowl” play is suspected.
[November 17, 2011] An eight-foot-tall inflatable turkey lawn ornament was stolen from Miller Foods in Avon …
Source: NBC 30
Maybe the mountain lions are subscribing to Cat Fancy.
[November 16, 2011] Hikers discovered over 150 pieces of U.S. Mail that had been discarded in the Natchaug State Forest in Easton …
Source: Hartford Courant
It’d be terrible to lose either of these arboreal wonders.
[November 14, 2011] Two historic Connecticut trees—the Pinchot sycamore (believed to be the biggest) and the 500-year-old Dewey-Granby oak (the oldest)—were significantly damaged by the October snowstorm …
Source: Hartford Courant
Winner winner, chicken dinner!
[November 12, 2011] A New London woman gave birth to a boy at L&M Hospital at 11:11 a.m. on November 11, 2011 …
Source: New London Day
Too sad. Our thoughts go out to the family.
[November 12, 2011] A three-year-old Hartford girl was killed when a dresser toppled over and landed on her …
Source: NBC 30
Rather sweet, really.
[November 4, 2011] A Seymour man died less than 24 hours later after learning that his wife of 61 years had passed away …
Source: Connecticut Post
Second time this week—might be the spirit of Flip Wilson. “The Devil made me do it!”
[November 4, 2011] A New Britain man who allegedly killed his father using a meat cleaver and sword told police upon his arrest that he was Satan …
Source: Hartford Courant
