Strange Stories from North Carolina History | Durham News

Durham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 13, 2026 · 1m

In 2014, artist Thomas Sayre stunned Raleigh residents by pulling eight-ton concrete sculptures from the ground—watched live from balconies and celebrated like a grand reveal—before shipping them to Maryland. Meanwhile, in 1997, a N.C. State student helped reunite a lost celebrity dog, Star, with her owner after spotting her at a barber shop, earning a $1,000 reward and a tail-wagging reunion. Then, in 1956, a mysterious double tragedy unfolded: a young farmer died shot and hit by a car with muddy shoes that didn’t match the scene, just weeks after his mother’s suspicious death in the woods…