# Local news **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news/614896 "2012-03-06T04:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news/614896/1 "2012-03-06T04:09:29Z")
In a story about a suspicious package left by a crazy neighbor: “The residents assumed the skeletons on his front lawn were for Halloween. Weeks went by and residents started to say ‘This guy is a little weird.’” ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news/614896/2 "2012-03-06T04:27:25Z")
They were really there for Christmas. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news/614896/3 "2012-03-06T07:32:40Z")
Our online paper sucks, rarely posts more than a sentence or two about anything, and rarely gives any real info. But this one, in the police beat, made me laugh: > [@](#): > > A resident in the 300 Block of East Olive Avenue reported Saturday that her daughter has been finding items in her bedroom that do not belong to her or anyone who resides in that residence, according to El Centro police call logs. > No information was provided as to what items were found. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-news/614896/4 "2012-03-06T13:29:44Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > her daughter has been finding items in her bedroom that do not belong to her It’s not _my_ baggie! I was just holding it for a friend.