May 2, 2008


There was a Vulture

Vulture in the basement

Don’t ask me how, but a vulture found its way into my mom’s dye kitchen yesterday. This can’t be a good omen.

Posted by Garrett.

posted by Christopher Walken in animals, odd, religion 

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7 Responses to “There was a Vulture”

  1. Cindy Scroggins on May 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am

    I think it’s time to drop the Christopher Walken stuff and make Garrett a regular member of the flock. Where else are we going to get vultures in dye kitchens–categorized as religion, no less?

  2. Sheila Ryan on May 2nd, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Think it’s a black vulture (Fr.: urubu noir), not a turkey vulture. I’m partial to turkey vultures myself, but I like a black vulture, too.

  3. Sheila Ryan on May 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 am

    How the vulture found its way into the dyeing kitchen is indeed a mystery.

    Midwesterners (and others) are still wondering how a cougar found its way from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the 3400 North block of Chicago’s Hoyne Avenue (four blocks from a building where I rented office space five years ago).

  4. Michael Smith on May 2nd, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Was the mop an effective vulture removal tool?

  5. Cindy Scroggins on May 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 am

    Sheila, I’m also partial to turkey vultures. We’re birds of a feather, I guess.

  6. Sheila Ryan on May 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Bird divas of a feather.

  7. Garrett on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Michael:

    Apparently it was. This shot was the final in the series as my brother (pictured) guided it towards the door, aided by the “brave” farm dogs (not pictured, hiding nervously in corner).

    Witnesses on the scene said that it “reeked of death” and “hissed and shrieked when we got close”. Calls to the vulture’s representation weren’t returned.

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