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Halloween, folks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took a very interesting walk this Halloween morning, shortly before dawn. Barely had a begun when I noticed a hot air balloon drifting overhead. I see quite a few hot air balloons over my house, on windless mornings and evenings, but this was the first time I’d seen one during actual twilight. It made for a striking sight, because every time whoever was aboard triggered the burners the whole balloon envelope would light up against the gray sky. It was something to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Balloon is dead-center in each shot – this is what happens when you don’t have the right lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A bit later I startled a pack of coyotes, and watched their shadowy forms darting with liquid grace across a nearby field until they’d crested a hillock and left my view. Again, this was unusual, because while there are plenty of coyotes around here, they are usually heard but not seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(No photo because elusive)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, as I approached the house, I came across the grisly scene of a scattering of bloody scraps of fur and broken bits of bone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clearly, two of these scenes are related to one another. The only question is, why are passing aeronauts dropping cracked and bloody bones near my house? Is it some sort of message, or just chance that they wrapped up some dark airborne ritual while they were overhead? Updates as I gather them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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