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Rosybabe
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Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« on: Apr 9th, 2008, 9:24am » |
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Saturday, 4:15 am, we heard a loud knockign at the front door, and I mean loud!! woke us up and the dog started barking outside...
We got up and I went to check at the window, I saw nothing..
My husband went to get his gun (you never know in this area, one must be prepared)...
I thought it was an emergency, my neighboors, who knows...my heart was beating like crazy and my chest hurt..I thought I was having a heart attack!!
My husband thought it was someone trying to make us open the door to break into the house...
He got ready with the gun and opened the door...
something flew from the porch to the street about 30 ft...
It was a huge bird, one with a long beak!!!!
it looked like this but with a longer beak..
apparently was trying to eat lizards of our door...
talk about a scare!!!!...we could not go back to sleep after this 
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #1 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 9:38am » |
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One upon an early morning
Came a knock without a warning
Grabbed my gun and went to answer
The knock upon my door
Locked and loaded; slowly creeping
Down the hall; out the door peeking
The visitor to my door seeking
who was it knocked upon my door
Grabbed the knob, threw the door open
Gripping the gun, but inside hoping
There'd be no one interloping
Knocking on my front door
The door flew open with wings a flapping
Restrained myself from blindly capping
Whoever it was that came a rapping
Rapping upon my front door
In the dark my eye did seek
And spied the bird with great large beak
Who'd come upon my porch to eat
Lizards crawling on my front door
Only this and nothing more
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #2 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:00am » |
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on Apr 9th, 2008, 9:38am, Gator wrote:One upon an early morning
Came a knock without a warning
Grabbed my gun and went to answer
The knock upon my door
Locked and loaded; slowly creeping
Down the hall; out the door peeking
The visitor to my door seeking
who was it knocked upon my door
Grabbed the knob, threw the door open
Gripping the gun, but inside hoping
There'd be no one interloping
Knocking on my front door
The door flew open with wings a flapping
Restrained myself from blindly capping
Whoever it was that came a rapping
Rapping upon my front door
In the dark my eye did seek
And spied the bird with great large beak
Who'd come upon my porch to eat
Lizards crawling on my front door
Only this and nothing more
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Nice. Poe would be proud. 
Sounds like your heron had some real 'nads, Rosy. They can be pretty bold, but I haven't heard of one lunching on the porch before.
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George
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #3 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:05am » |
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me neither, plus we are not that close to the water anyway..Galveston is about 20 miles away...I did not know there was actually a song about these birds knocking on doors!
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #4 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:12am » |
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Rosy,
that sounds scary!
Back at our summer cottage we've had interesting situations a few times (not that dramatic, though): once a squirrel ate our wooden decorations so loudly that it woke us up. And once we found a rabbit with littleones spending time under our summer cottage.
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #5 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:34am » |
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on Apr 9th, 2008, 10:00am, George_J wrote:
Nice. Poe would be proud.
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Poe? Poe who?
LOL
Can you tell "The Raven" is one of my favorite of his poems.
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #6 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:39am » |
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Sand Hill Crane maybe?
I think they may winter in your area although the cranes we have around here never seem to leave. They hang out in our yard sometimes and we're 20 miles from Lake Michigan. They are more a prairie dweller near small bodies of water. Kinda scary to walk around the side of the house and come face to face with a bird as tall as I am . . .
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #7 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:41am » |
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on Apr 9th, 2008, 10:34am, Gator wrote:
Poe folk don't 'spect much . . . .
Sorry - couldn't resist.
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #8 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 10:43am » |
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Rosy... that was a hoot.... thank god it wasn't a rhinoceros.
Gator... .
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #9 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 11:48am » |
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If you hang cheeseburgers on your door, it would probably be me knocking! Lol 
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #10 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 12:07pm » |
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I imagine, upon the Heron's discovering a gun in his beak, he must assuredly be thinking.......
Quoth the Heron............"Nevermore............"
Tee Hee!
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #11 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 12:17pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2008, 11:48am, jimmers wrote:If you hang cheeseburgers on your door, it would probably be me knocking! Lol
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That is funny!
I was talking to my neighboor and She said that someone knocked at her door too around the same time but she was too lazy to get up and check who was it...I told her what if it was me with an emergency..and she said ..well next time call 911...  ...I guess I should consider myself all on my own from now on.. 
next time I won't go outside to chase off the thieves who want to break into her garage like I have done twice 
sorry..but kind of pissed me off...
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Re: Funny story...well maybe not so funny
« Reply #12 on: Apr 9th, 2008, 12:25pm » |
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LMAO Rosy, you poor woman!
Jimmers, mmmmmmmmmmm, cheeseburgers!
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