When a strange phenomenon blew through the parking lot of Hartford
Police department in Connecticut and damaged an officer's personal
vehicle, police turned to the local TV station to help them solve the
mystery. Surveillance video shows a ghost-like wisp of wind whirling
around the car, ripping off the mirror, tossing it around a bit and
then dropping it right back beneath the door.
"At the end of his shift, he went out to his car and found his rear view
mirror had been damaged and it was lying there next to his vehicle,"
said Lt. Brian Foley, spokesman for the Hartford Police Department.
At first, the officer assumed it was the work of vandals, but investigators saw something much more unusual when they looked at surveillance video of the lot.
"Some of the officers said they think the parking lot is haunted," Lt.
Foley, said. NBC Connecticut meteorologist Brad Field reviewed the video
and gave an explanation that was scientific rather than supernatural.
"I saw this surveillance video and I said, 'What the heck is this,' "he
said. After checking it more closely, Field realized that the conditions
were just right for a dust devil, a tornado-like whip of wind that
tends to form over asphalt.
"The only way you can see the dust devil is that it picks up dust and
debris into it," Field said. Call it a dust devil, call it what you
will, but investigators call it creepy and said no other cars in the
lot were damaged. "To be able to rip a mirror off a car, throw it around
and then put it right back below where it was ripped off is interesting
... to say the least," Foley said.
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