Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spillover voodoo from the World Cup--it did not do much for the African teams but apparently was effective in killing birds in Philadelphia. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jun 26, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/deadbird12.jpg > > > Trillian and I stayed up till midnight watching LOST which is finally > starting to get strange, we went to bed & locked the bedroom door (as is > our habit.) The cats couldn't be coaxed into the room because, you know, > it's hot and miserable in the rest of the house and they wanted to lay > around like tortured artists. > > I woke up at 4:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Got up, checked my > email, finally went back to bed around 5:30 and had a series of really > fast & strange dreams, I'd wake up after each one and immediately fall > back to sleep and instantly back into a dream. I don't remember any of > them, but I know they were at least semi lucid. I finally woke up around > 7:30 in the morning and got out of bed and there, on the night stand, next > to the lamp was a dead bird. > > "Trillian," I said, "there's a dead bird here." > > She sat up and looked over on the night stand; at the time I wasn't really > sure that I wasn't still asleep. The look on her face confirmed that I > wasn't hallucinating. It looked like someone had carefully laid it there, > centered on a lace doily. I picked it up -- it was dead, but still warm. > We checked the windows, they were closed and so were the doors. I looked > out into the hallway & all the cats were passed out on the carpet looking > like unfortunate throw rugs. > > About four months ago we had a bird come down the chimney -- it drove > Roswell insane. She could hear it flitting around in there and finally it > shot out and flew through the house like a freaked out tennis ball, > frantically banging into things. I opened a window and it shot out. The > only thing I can figure is another one got in the house through the > chimney flew frantically around the house without us noticing made its way > upstairs into our bedroom and ... stayed there quietly (sitting on a bust > of Pallas?) until seven in the morning and then dropped dead of unknown > causes without making a sound. > > It seems like a stretch, but short of Voodoo priests or > reverse-bird-burglars, it's the only thing I can think of. I wrapped the > bird up and took it outside but at the last minute brought it back in and > took a photo, just in case I wake up tomorrow and can't remember if it > actually happened or not. > > It did. There's a dead bird on my coffee table. > > There you go. Hope your Saturday is equally exciting. > > Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >