Thursday, September 18, 2008
Yesterday evening I was walking down my quiet residential city street when I saw something unusual in the middle of the road up ahead. I am quite myopic so I thought perhaps my eyes were playing tricks on me. Curious, I walked up to it.
My suspicions were confirmed: it was a squirrel lying on its back with its legs in the air. This was a very dramatic pose, considering you find most dead rodents as squished roadkill. After conducting my own crime scene investigation it would appear that the squirrel attempted a jump from the branches of one tall oak to another but missed. Sometime after its death a bird must have pecked its eyes out because its cranial orifices were quite gory.
Strangely, although it had plummeted about twenty feet, the squirrel's body hadn't splattered. Any motorists who had driven this way had had the good sense to avoid the animal. Unfortunately, I didn't have access to a shovel or other implement to move the squirrel to the side of the road or dispose of it.
Fortunately, the majority of the time I leave my street by walking in the opposite direction so I don't have to pass it.Labels: September 2008
posted by Vanessa at 6:03 PM
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