Cocaine In Pumpkins, 83,000 Pennies To Pay Taxes and Dangerous Flies: Weirdest Pa. News In 2015

Here’s a look at some of the weirdest news this year on Patch sites throughout Pennsylvania:

1.Man Airlifted After 36 Hams Fall on His Head

Nothing to snort at. A whopping 720 Pounds of Ham Fell on a man in Hatfield.

2. Dangerously Invasive Fly Officially Spotted in Montgomery County

This local critter is quite unfriendly, and residents are being told to “destroy” it.

3. $6M Worth of Cocaine Found in Pumpkin Shipment At Port of Philadelphia

Officials described it as “one of the largest shipments of drugs found coming into the Port of Philadelphia in years.”

4. Going Way Too Far? Bucks Principal Faces Immediate Arrest If She Returns To School

The elementary school principal has even been banned from the grounds of the school her own son attends.

5. Montgomery County Man Pays Taxes With 83,160 Pennies

“Property taxes are unethical, unchristian-like, and above all...it is thievery.”

6. Rodent and Insect Infestation Shuts Down Pa. McDonalds

The critters are allegedly “lovin’ it” at one Pennsylvania McDonald’s.

7. Hatboro-Horsham HS Responds To Fox News Attack

The high school used a controversial Russell Brand video to teach a sociology class. Were they right or wrong?

8. The Average Worker in Pennsylvania Can’t Afford Rent

Pennsylvania workers must make $17.57 an hour to afford rent in the state, more than the $14 average renter’s salary, per a new study.

9. Man Nearly Ran Over Child, Made Threats Against Jews: Cops

Lower Merion police said they were “taking the threat seriously.”

10. Norristown Man Drinks Half A Bottle Of Whiskey, Accidentally Shoots Himself: Report

He was allegedly cleaning his revolver while he drank the whiskey.