Sunday, September 25, 2011

Animals Gone Wild

Our friends and neighbors, the Scott's, have a lovely, well thought out front patio space with flowers, shrubbery and a large fountain. The other day, after being gone for a couple of days, they came home to this................It literally looked like a bomb had gone off. Pavers torn out, pipe broken and torn into chunks, dirt everywhere, flowers pulled up. Upon closer exam, all of the soft sandy dirt was covered in hundreds of indentations and prints.....animal prints. And the driveway and other surfaces had animal prints. It looked like a war zone in the animal world. No one really knows what it was but it probably was a bobcat getting a bit overzealous in it's search for prey. According to Wikipedia, they live in this area and search out rabbits and rodents. Something was probably living under the fountain and the cat was very determined....and strong. There was no sign of a massacre.
I took a picture of my foot and the print to give an indication of size. It's kind of scary to think of the strength and determination this predator had.....
Meanwhile, the couch is still looking pretty good. I have moments of normalcy but mostly I am pretty useless.

3 comments:

  1. Golly!!! We have coyotes in the area behind our house. In fact, before our house was built there were fox dens!! hence, our road is called Fox Hollow. the coyotes have 'partaken' of some of the neighborhood cats! Another reason, we ALWAYS go outside and carry Kalee in and out...besides she can't climb up or down our 14 steps yet. At 5 lbs she would make a good meal! Remind me to tell you the story of my friend's Yorkie! SAD!!!

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  2. That's a tiny pawprint for so much devastation.

    Glad you're doing better. I'm still gunky but I feel fine now. I even vacuumed yesterday.

    Cute pedi.

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