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!

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Ospreys Shut Down Darien Pier

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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


Naked Jesus Causes Tractor-Trailer Crash

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

But did he try and heal the wounded afterward?
[June 6, 2010] A naked man proclaiming that he was Jesus caused a major accident involving a tractor-trailer on the northbound lanes of I-95 in Norwalk …
Source: Connecticut Post


Man Defecates on Main Street Middletown

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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

By Ray Bendici  | Category: Weird News

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


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