Weird News

Liked that it had a name: The St. Croix Mountain Lion. [July 26, 2011] The DEP has reported that the results from the necropsy done on the mountain lion hit by a …

After 8 years, it just seems like sour apples by the town to keep pursuing this. [April 18, 2012] The Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments in the dispute between the town of …

Awk-ward! [March 30, 2012] An unidentified customer at VIP in Orange required police assistance to extricate himself from a pair of handcuffs after he accidentally was locked in them … Source: Connecticut …

Weird—usually, it’s in the brownies. [December 4, 2011] A Killingworth man was charged by police for packing a marijuana cigarette in the lunch of his 18-month-old son … Source: NBC 30

Hope they didn’t have any large soft drinks in the plane. [January 4, 2014] A small plane returning to Danbury was forced to make an emergency landing on the Major Deegan Expressway …

Stealing diamonds while wearing a suit — now that’s the epitome of class. [July 30, 2009] A criminal dressed in a suit robbed a Fairfield jewelry store at gunpoint, herding employees and …

This is probably not going to help her case. [October 4, 2011] A New Haven girl allegedly stabbed her father during an argument in which she was asking for a cell phone …

Another one for the list! [May 20, 2009] Paranormal investigators recently visited the Deacon John Grave House in Madison to determine if it’s haunted or not … Source: NBC 30

A little too much sun? [July 13, 2011] A six-foot-long boa constrictor was found dead on a street in Norwalk, likely an escaped or discarded pet … Source: Norwalk Hour

Half in or half out, but all dead. [February 7, 2012] The lifeless body of a Middletown man was discovered stuck halfway out of the basement window of his house … Source: …

At least it wasn’t a horse’s head in the bed! [May 23, 2009] A New Haven man was surprised to discover dead chickens and rotting fish had been placed in his apartment …

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 …