Looks like one of those foreign invasive Muscovy ducks. Apparently Damascus needs more foxes or other predators to keep the population down.
Hate Is Not A Family Value
We will be married for 40 years this coming September. I have tried to change the age to my true age of 66 but have not been able to do so.Originally Posted by atmilkman
I was just teasing I knew it was something like that. Congratulations on the 40 years. May you have 40 more.
"Hiking is as close to God as you can get without going to Church." - BobbyJo Sargent aka milkman (CLICK IT) ALL WE ARE
It's wabbit season!
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
Ok Mac,you win @#%Boom@%^$&*& Bang
I don't think it was taken for a meal either.Probity more likely it was removed for a trail pet(if hiker)the person may have thought it would be cool to have a little duck follow it all around,and it would feed it,and take care of it,a cause if you will,kinda sad really,see this with kids being taken as well.honestly if a person would take a duck,there is no telling what they might do........any leads in the peeking capers?
I skimmed this whole thread hoping it was a joke, but apparently it isn't. Very sad that a hiker would do something like that. "Leave no trace" should apply in towns as well as on the trail.
Someone saw someone. Someone else yelled at the first one. Someone got away.
If my 80 year old mother saw that, she would have run that someone down in her Prius. Too bad someone didn't run down someone in Damascus. Perahaps someone should have got one of those drug snifing dogs they send over the Place to track someone down.
Someone sure is giving hikers a bad name.
Maybe he wanted some balut and just showed up too late.
That could be true, I didn't mean to sound like I really believed the guy tortured/killed the duck, but that's just the first thing that comes to my mind because I just can't imagine why someone would do this, but it's completely possible he was just trying to....hell, I don't know, it just bugs me... I don't think he was taking it to the vet, because then he wouldn't have a reason to run. If he wanted it as a trail pet, he's just plain stupid to think he can keep it alive.
I guess in the end it doesn't matter anymore since this seems like it will forever be a mystery.
"The aim of science is to make difficult things understandable in a simpler way; the aim of poetry is to state simple things in an incomprehensible way. The two are incompatible."
-- Paul Dirac
That was a fowl thing to do. The hiker must have been quaked. (Sorry...).You are all fined! too much english one liners. - WB is not Monty Python.... IT"S NOT allowed to be funny. - Now what was I doing?
PM Alligator.... he can fix anything.
There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail, And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl. . WOO <Audio
So you're sayin' he has his ducks all lined in a row ?
Think OUTSIDE....no box required.
Oh,I was just agreeing with ya,my newest post #46 is what i think might be going on,but what the hell do I know,this guy wont be able to duck forever,and some one will get the story eventually.
He's eats ducks for lunch.... He's a gator...
There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail, And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl. . WOO <Audio
Humm, 2nd hand eye withness reports are very unreliable. Lets say the "hiker" was bent over trying to feed the duck something. The "witness" startled him and he stood up and put what ever it was he trying to feed the duck into his pocket. To the "witness" it could have looked like he picked up the duck. Distance, angle, quality of eye sight, angle of sun light and a host of other factors could make the "witness" think they saw what they saw. I'm sure they didn't count the ducklings before and after to make sure they were all still there.
As crazy as the above senario sounds, it actually makes more sense then someone grabing a live duck and running off with it in thier pocket!
"Your eyes will be opened to a world full of beauty, charm, and adventure"
holy sheep dog S***
that would make a lot of boots
I hold my wife's purse at the mall to stay close to my testes.
Throwing the Bogus! flag here. I've seen hikers run. Most couldn't outrun an anorexic one legged girl scout.
You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you.
ughh you nailed it... almost an aflac duck. my dingy is sinking...
There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail, And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl. . WOO <Audio
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