… riiiiight …
By briantologist | September 13, 2008
… so today we cut through the cemetery on our way to get a hamburger*. And we were slowly following this winding path through the place. And we rounded a corner next to this big pond in the middle of things. And there was a coyote eating a Canada Goose he’d killed. In the middle of Chicago.
People might say there are a number of things we’ve missed out on by moving from a relatively rural place like Oklahoma to a densely populated urban area. Let it not be said, however, that we’re that far removed from the wonders of the natural world here in the nation’s third most populous city.
* — Look, the cemetery’s really big, and it’s between us and the hamburger place. It’s perfectly normal, y’hear me?
Topics: Baffled Mutterings, Chicago, Exciting, Possibly | 6 Comments »
September 13th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Oh, that’s just odd. Are you sure it wasn’t a werewolf?
September 13th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
It could have been, actually! Maybe he’s a domestic dog except for when the moon is full. Or in waning gibbous, or whatever stage it’s in right now. At this point I’m open to all explanations.
September 14th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Wow. That’s awesome. Actually, it’s pretty fucking awesome.
September 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
My Mom thinks it was a werewolf.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
He’s a were-pomeranian.
September 15th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
we just visited an alpaca farm that employed a big dog trained to think he was an alpaca (raised by alpacas) to fight off coyotes at night. one of the baby alpacas apparently now thinks he’s a dog and uses the barn’s doggy door. we did not get to see the dog in coyote fighting action, as during the day he mainly just snaps at alpacas that try to play with him when he sleeps. this was just the biggest barn of furry cuteness, so i’m glad to know the geese are out there distracting the coyotes. and that chicago’s coyote relocation
program is going so well.