So, just this morning a coral snake turned up in our yard, but that is not too surprising given where we live. What did come as a surprise, however, was the time a snapping turtle showed up on our porch. So I ask, what was the oddest thing you have ever found around your home?
What is the Oddest Thing That Has Turned Up Around Your Home?
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Half a squirrel skeleton.
Not that strange when you consider we have cats... but the situation was weird. I was at my parent's house helping out my mom after one of her surgeries. She'd hired some house cleaners to d a spring cleaning because she was incapable of doing so. Partway through, one of the women comes up to me and says they've found something in the basement and don't know what to do with it. I go downstairs and find that behind and underneath a chair, thee is the top half of a squirrel skeleton. It just ended somewhere along the spine, and the top half was perfectley preserved little white bones all still connected. There was a but of fur and bug casings around it in a halo of decomposed things... but it was just a skeleton.
I thought it was hilarious and took it upstairs to show my mom and she thought it was funny too. We also made a pact never to tell my sister it had been there because her bedroom had been a few feet away and she always complained about the smell down there. It was also my dad's tv chair, but my dad broke his nose when he was younger and can't really smell anymore, so he never noticed a squirrell carcass under him.
Other od things? Well, one cat has brought in everything possible. Aside from skunks. They just hang around the back door and spray them sometimes.
Last summer my mom called me at work in a panic because the cat had brought a bat into the house. I think I actually peed myself a little laughing, then left work to go hlp her because she'd managed to trap it in the closet where it was dangling from her clothes. One of the nighbourhood kids had gotten rid of it by the time I got there, but we took the cat to the vet for a rabies shot in case. Didn't think to keep the bat. Luckily it's terribly uncommon for bats to have rabies in this area, and the cat's all good. We took all three cats for boosters that day anyway.
Cats. Cats are fun. ... Except when they're not.
Not that strange when you consider we have cats... but the situation was weird. I was at my parent's house helping out my mom after one of her surgeries. She'd hired some house cleaners to d a spring cleaning because she was incapable of doing so. Partway through, one of the women comes up to me and says they've found something in the basement and don't know what to do with it. I go downstairs and find that behind and underneath a chair, thee is the top half of a squirrel skeleton. It just ended somewhere along the spine, and the top half was perfectley preserved little white bones all still connected. There was a but of fur and bug casings around it in a halo of decomposed things... but it was just a skeleton.
I thought it was hilarious and took it upstairs to show my mom and she thought it was funny too. We also made a pact never to tell my sister it had been there because her bedroom had been a few feet away and she always complained about the smell down there. It was also my dad's tv chair, but my dad broke his nose when he was younger and can't really smell anymore, so he never noticed a squirrell carcass under him.
Other od things? Well, one cat has brought in everything possible. Aside from skunks. They just hang around the back door and spray them sometimes.
Last summer my mom called me at work in a panic because the cat had brought a bat into the house. I think I actually peed myself a little laughing, then left work to go hlp her because she'd managed to trap it in the closet where it was dangling from her clothes. One of the nighbourhood kids had gotten rid of it by the time I got there, but we took the cat to the vet for a rabies shot in case. Didn't think to keep the bat. Luckily it's terribly uncommon for bats to have rabies in this area, and the cat's all good. We took all three cats for boosters that day anyway.
Cats. Cats are fun. ... Except when they're not.
I had a ferret turn up on my doorstep on Thanksgiving one year. I've also had chickens, hogs, and in one case, a bull turn up in my back yard. The weirdest thing, though, had to be the horse that decided to collapse on top of my fence and die there. Except that's not the weird part. The weird part is the mule skeleton we found buried in the exact spot the stupid horse died on years later. Needless to say, I live in a rural area, and have some pretty crazy neighbors.
During my second year of Uni (I stayed in a student house), there was a fox sunbathing in front of the doormat (it was a warm and sunny day).
It took me a few minutes on what to do as I thought it would of bite my ball when I approach it since it was in my way getting back inside. I took the risk and move in closer and the fox simply moved out of the way.
Oh I forgot to mention that foxes were common in that part of the University area as they have a den nearby (don't know where as it must of been hidden). I even once heard that they took someone slipper when that person accidently left it outside.
It took me a few minutes on what to do as I thought it would of bite my ball when I approach it since it was in my way getting back inside. I took the risk and move in closer and the fox simply moved out of the way.
Oh I forgot to mention that foxes were common in that part of the University area as they have a den nearby (don't know where as it must of been hidden). I even once heard that they took someone slipper when that person accidently left it outside.
11 ponies were randomly in my garden once when I was coming back from school (long time ago). Apparently they had walked a good mile down from the moor, all the way into our garden, where the gate was unlocked. We got the police to help us herd them back up and they genuinely didn't believe us for the first few minutes of the call.
A falcon slammed into our conservatory once. Stunned itself for a few minutes before flying off.
That was odd.
That was odd.
A TV crew.
They were filming a TV show in our part of the city (Dundee being the city in question) and it just so happened they filmed a bit outside my house.
So not only was my house on TV for about 2 seconds, I got to meet Brian Cox.
This one, not the physicist/D:Ream keyboard playing one. Which is better for me because I prefer this one
They were filming a TV show in our part of the city (Dundee being the city in question) and it just so happened they filmed a bit outside my house.
So not only was my house on TV for about 2 seconds, I got to meet Brian Cox.
This one, not the physicist/D:Ream keyboard playing one. Which is better for me because I prefer this one
Had two jehovah's witnesses show up on my porch one afternoon while I was getting ready for work. I live in a Baptist dominated area, so that was a bit odd. They were cute though (college aged girls), so I had some fun with them while I stood on my porch in nothing but a towel loosely wrapped around my waist (had just gotten out of the shower) that kept slowly slipping down until it just about fell off completely, while they were doing their little "sales pitch". Watching them blush and get flustered was just too fun.
That is cool. He's pretty good in whatever he's in, whether it be the Bourne movies or otherwise. You know what they were filming, by any chance?Andy Shandy said:A TV crew.
They were filming a TV show in our part of the city (Dundee being the city in question) and it just so happened they filmed a bit outside my house.
So not only was my house on TV for about 2 seconds, I got to meet Brian Cox.
This one, not the physicist/D:Ream keyboard playing one. Which is better for me because I prefer this one
Actually yeah, it was called Bob Servant: Independent, a comedy about a politician, based in my local town =P.an annoyed writer said:
I thought it was quite good, but then again I may have just been biased, considering everything.
One thing that I will say is that Brian Cox is quite a nice guy in person =D
At the bottom of my bathroom trashcan, under the bag, I found a weekend pass for a community swimming pool in South Carolina. Little Shawn and Terri even signed it themselves.
I have no idea who those kids are. And I live in upstate New York. I'm still baffled as to how it got there. Even if one of my friends slipped it in there, where did they get it?
I have no idea who those kids are. And I live in upstate New York. I'm still baffled as to how it got there. Even if one of my friends slipped it in there, where did they get it?
In my backyard, my sister and I once found a dead armadillo that looked like it had been run over by a car somehow (maybe a riding lawnmower?) and then had its insides picked clean by insects, leaving behind only its shell. This was in Tennessee, by the way - not typically where you'd find armadillos.
Found a small baggy of white powder once while walking my dog. Not saying it was cocaine... but it was probably cocaine. Wiped the bag down and tossed it over a fence.
Have hawks around every now and then eyeing the chicken coop and rabbit cage.
Hummingbird got stuck in out back patio, kept trying to fly up even though it couldn't, had to scoop it into a box and set it free, little bastard didn't make it easy either. Should have known it was too stupid to recognize help, as it apparently wasn't smart enough to lower its altitude and fly out the door.
Have hawks around every now and then eyeing the chicken coop and rabbit cage.
Hummingbird got stuck in out back patio, kept trying to fly up even though it couldn't, had to scoop it into a box and set it free, little bastard didn't make it easy either. Should have known it was too stupid to recognize help, as it apparently wasn't smart enough to lower its altitude and fly out the door.
mangled body of a full grown water moccasin on the porch (for the five people that don't know, its a species of poisonous snake)
half dead baby squirrel on the hood of my car (shes doing fine now)
A tokamak fusion reactor from Atlan... whoops, shouldn't have mentioned that one
random baby socks consistently popping up in the laundry (the youngest here is now nineteen)
6 month old puppy found playing with our dogs inside the five foot high fence with gates we had locked before leaving
half dead baby squirrel on the hood of my car (shes doing fine now)
A tokamak fusion reactor from Atlan... whoops, shouldn't have mentioned that one
random baby socks consistently popping up in the laundry (the youngest here is now nineteen)
6 month old puppy found playing with our dogs inside the five foot high fence with gates we had locked before leaving
A packaged playstation 3 wireless headset. At the time I didn't own a PS3 and I asked all my friends and nothing came up...it was kind of odd.
My only guess is that I bought something and was given an extra bag by mistake at Game :/
My only guess is that I bought something and was given an extra bag by mistake at Game :/
I had a turkey vulture land on my balcony and stare at me ominously for a few minutes before taking off and finding something else to do.