Pigs flew? Monkeys escaped? 16 ridiculous and strange things that happened in the Lowcountry in 2016

Strange things happened in 2016.

Aside from the election that shocked the world and that beastly hurricane named Matthew that knocked us off for our feet for a while, there were plenty of ridiculous and strange stories from the Lowcountry this year that gave us a good laugh or made us say: "Did that just happen?"

Here's 16 stories we really loved telling this year.

This story was originally published December 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Pigs flew? Monkeys escaped? 16 ridiculous and strange things that happened in the Lowcountry in 2016."