December 31, 2007

Something in the water - Kitsap County

It seems that a lot of strange things are happening in Kitsap County just south-west of us. I had already written about the Crucified Santa There is also the story of the guy who tried to remove the lugnuts on his tire with a blast from his shotgun. Well, Andrew Binion at the Kitsap Sun is wondering what is happening out there:
When the Going Gets Weird, Kitsap County Turns Pro
Does it feel weirder around here, or is it just me?

Cat burglars leaving expensive video-game systems behind for a few porn magazines and bottles of bubble bath. Santa Claus crucified on a 15-foot cross. A large, naked man freaking out on angel dust and trying to lick the wires of a police Taser.

The simple answer is no. Probably not. Maybe not. Is there any way to tell for sure?

Maybe it just feels that way because the area's poor judgments and compromising moments are written and published.

And with the help of the Internet, stories of Kitsap life are being read, rewritten, commented upon, doubted, interpreted and probed for deeper meaning by a worldwide audience.

The most read kitsapsun.com story of 2007, by far, is the strange tale of a Southworth man who on Nov. 10 was seriously injured when he tried to remove a stubborn wheel lug nut with a shotgun. It outpaced every other single story — from murder to mayhem to floods — by tens of thousands of page hits, recording an unprecedented 58,876 viewings as of Thursday.

But that's just the people that read the story at kitsapsun.com.
Couple other good stories. Here is the website where they publish their odd news items -- something to check on a regular basis. Posted by DaveH at December 31, 2007 8:55 PM | TrackBack
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