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unknownfateThe other day (Groundhog's Day, actually) I was driving home and I saw something out on the ice. It was a dark shape, moving pretty quickly, and pretty big. My first thought was that it was a snowmobile until I realized it didn't have any lights on and there was almost a flowing kind of motion to it. When I drove past to a place where I could see better, it was completely gone.
I thought that was strange, but didn't give it a whole lot of thought until later, when I mentioned it to one of my coworkers. She held up a finger and waved it at me and said. "That was a polar bear."
"Kind of a funny shape for a polar bear," I said. She shook her head.
"You aren't going to see a white bear on the ice in the moonlight," she said. "You saw his shadow."
I blinked at her. She went on.
"When you couldn't see him anymore? That was when he had stopped moving and was looking at you."
"So...." I gave that some thought. "Six more weeks of winter?"
She snorted something and we both trudged out into the -50 windchill.
I thought that was strange, but didn't give it a whole lot of thought until later, when I mentioned it to one of my coworkers. She held up a finger and waved it at me and said. "That was a polar bear."
"Kind of a funny shape for a polar bear," I said. She shook her head.
"You aren't going to see a white bear on the ice in the moonlight," she said. "You saw his shadow."
I blinked at her. She went on.
"When you couldn't see him anymore? That was when he had stopped moving and was looking at you."
"So...." I gave that some thought. "Six more weeks of winter?"
She snorted something and we both trudged out into the -50 windchill.
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uuummm ew
Date: 2009-02-05 01:25 pm (UTC)**shudders**
I bet it looked neat though.. seeing the polar bear's shadow...
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Date: 2009-02-05 08:03 pm (UTC)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/highway_signs_zombies;_ylt=AvdOiYQD8qb6yUn6pSzi8GwDW7oF
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Date: 2009-02-05 05:00 pm (UTC)I had an incident with a rattler a while ago but it was way too cold to get very mad (the traditional walking up on a snake who's trying to bask) so the situation wasn't as eekable. XD
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Date: 2009-02-06 03:31 am (UTC)Katie
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