Most Popular Stories Of 2019

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Count down through the ten most viewed stories of 2019 from WWJ Newsradio 950 including a shocking incident of boat rage caught on video, the death toll rising from the EEE virus and video showing an unexplained 'creature' in Grand Haven. 

JULY 25 - Chicken sashimi anyone? Diners started screaming in Florida when this piece of raw chicken at what appears to be an Asian restaurant walks off the plate. The piece of raw flesh first seems to stand, then flings itself off the table.

NOVEMBER 01 - WWJ's Charlie Langton has learned from police officials that the private Catholic school's season was canceled over a hazing incident that involved players and broomsticks.

JUNE 27 - It was a "scary moment," a witness said, when one roller coaster train crashed into another at Cedar Point. Valravn, one of the popular amusement park's newer rides malfunctioned. Tweeting a photo snapped in the Valravn station, CP guest Robbie DiPaola said he was waiting to ride the coaster when it broke down. Then, he said, about 20 minutes after the ride resumed operations, one train "slammed into" another. 

NOVEMBER 11 - Former teammates broke the news on twitter about former Michigan State Spartan Charles Rogers, saying he had died at the age of 38. Media outlets later confirmed the sad news about a man whose life started with a startling burst of promise.

JANUARY 24 - A family from Detroit trying return home from a Miami vacation told a local news station they were kicked off their flight. Not because of an altercation or a drunken rampage ... but because other passengers had complained about their body odor. The family was upset and denied the idea that it was justified. 

JULY 02 - There's road rage, and then there's this. Call it boat rage. In this incident, a man in a small aluminum boat circled a larger boat on Lake St. Clair this weekend. He comes perilously close before he charges at the larger boat from behind.

JUNE 21 A traveler caused quite a stir at Detroit Metro Airport when he stripped naked and tried to pass through security at the McNamara Terminal. Airport officials say the man walked up to a checkpoint, removed all of his clothing, disconnected a stanchion and approached a metal detector. TSA agents did not allow him to pass through the checkpoint.

JULY 03 - In the video, it's called the Lake Ness monster ... But what the heck is the dark slinky shape slithering across the water? 

FEBRUARY 11 - According to police, the 54-year-old man died after falling into a tank of sulfuric acid. The incident happened at Michigan Seamless Tube on McMann Street, south of 10 Mile Road, where the sulfuric acid used in a manufacturing process has a temperature of at least 160 degrees.

SEPTEMBER 17 - Michigan residents were strongly advised to protect themselves from mosquito bites as four additional cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) have been confirmed in Southwest Michigan – including two that were fatal.