Ray Bendici

Is this wrong? Should he not have done that? [January 5, 2009] Pat Laffaye of Westport scored 896,980 points to set the new world record for the video game Frogger, beating the …

Stay classy, New London. [June 7, 2011] The newly opened whale tail fountain has been shut down after people have been caught urinating, defecating and showering in the water … Source: New …

Weird and disturbing, really. [March 8, 2012] Three schools in Connecticut—and several more across New England—were recipients of letters containing an unknown white powder … Source: Hartford Courant

As someone who has these pests in their very own backyard, Stratford has my condolences. [August 13, 2010] Residents in Stratford have once again reported seeing white squirrels–a unique variation of the …

Holy Bat Mold! Still no clues on what causes this odd disease. [April 10, 2010] The mysterious white-nose fungus continues its deadly rampage, spreading and killing thousands of bats across Connecticut … …

This one’s for the birds (and their lovers)! [August 10, 2010] A white-tailed kite, a hawk-like raptor usually only found in the Southwestern U.S., has been seen in the Lordship section of …

What happens to cemeteries — and the remains of loved ones — when they are abandoned? A new state law that was supposed to go into effect on October 1st, would have …

Okay, this isn’t exactly odd or unexplained — maybe file it under “Legends, sort of” — but like many of you, I’ve always wondered why Connecticut was called “The Nutmeg State.”

Yeah this makes sense — those bath shop Wiccans are always opening portals to hell in the scented sachet section. [November 17, 2009] An East Haven Wiccan was fired from Bath and …

Usually if there’s any wild turkey in downtown New Haven, it’s wrapped in a brown paper bag and sipped slowly. [May 8, 2010] A lone wild turkey brought traffic to a halt …

Accusations of witchcraft against William Meaker seemed to be more based on a vengeful neighbor’s imagination rather than any sort of actual events.