What a day....Zombie Bambi, part 1

[wraithfodder]

What do you do with an eviscerated body? I mean, really? We called the town and they said, not on public property, it's yours.

Yes, the joys of suburbia. NOT. 

 

Well, first thing morning, family member had to go to E.R., which turned into 12 hours at the E.R.!!! 

So, the body  and its bits lay all over the front lawn. Sometime last night, a pack of coyotes attacked a deer on our driveway, just mere feet from the house, chased it about twenty feet ripping off all the hair from the underbelly, then began to disembowel it alive. There was a path of hair, then bits of internal organ, and then a long trail of blood where the coyotes dragged to the edge of the property near the stone wall, and ate out all the guts. 

I found it when I let the dog out before the ambulance arrived. I said, why is the dog sniffing a pile of snow in the front yard? Wait, we havent' had snow in weeks, it's all gone (except for the pile in the area down here the road where the sun don't shine, really, the sun never hits that spot). Anyway, my eyes follow fur and blood trail and then I saw the partially eaten carcass. joy. At least it's winter, so the cold will keep down the stench (you don't want to see a four-day dead deer in the summer, nope, nope).

But while in the E.R., was talking with a paramedic who said, oh no, don't bury it, they'll be back tonight for the meat. And yup, after going home, arriving in the dark, I get out of the car and hear the most hideous hyena-ish noises out back. I'm like, "THEY"RE BACK!" so I rush into the house and hope they finish it off. Just went outside to walk tthe dog a few minutes ago and found that the carcass moved at least 30 feet, and more is missing, so... we're leaving it there it's eaten. Fortunately the neighbors can't see the front yard there or else they'd be pitching a fit. 

And since I'm so bone-tied from dead bambi bits everywhere, and the ER experience (boring but very stressful) I'll get ARK OF TRUTH tomorrow and hopefully be able to watch it.

Comments

[audreyscastle.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a day! Here's hoping everything's okay with your family member--and the dead deer disappears promptly.

[ditraveler.livejournal.com]

OMG wolf and deers and some sort of hyena? you said?
were the hell do you live!!!

Sorry you had to spend time at the ER, been there done that, makes you think that god forbid you need medical emergency REALLY badly.
I was there 9 hours for a broken ankle, very painful 9 hours.

I can't wait for the Ark of truth either! looking forward to it.

[(Anonymous)]

Holy cripes. What a day. :/

I don't usually post comments, but enjoy your newsy and funny blog!

I hope your family member is OK and I am sorry for all the other animal mayhem you endured today.

This means you are done for the year.... Right??!!
;)

[bramble-rose.livejournal.com]

Hope the entrails & et cetera are gone soon, and that the family member is doing ok--that's a freaking loooong time for an ER visit! You Defintely deserve some down time.

Oh, this was in the paper the other day (Dead wildlife showing up in people's yards is a fairly common occurrence where I live, unfortunately.) The suggested response was dumping Lime powder (like on CSI) to expedite dessication of the carcass.

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

Ark of Truth was awesome!! So was the special feature making of segment.

[vecturist.livejournal.com]

What a day for you - my mom had a somewhat similar experience - a coyote was dragging a cat around (yes wildlife and houespets do not mix) and wanted to eat it in the from yard. My mom scared the coyote off, but wanted to dispose (properly) of the cat. She finally was referred to the local fish and game office who told her to let the coyote have the carcass, he'd 'earned it,' otherwise the coyote keep sniffing around the yard trying to find it.

Ah, yes the joys of waiting in the ER...

[cannellfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear! (pun not intended).

Sounds positively gruesome. Hope things improve for you soon!

[alipeeps.livejournal.com]

Good lord! Packs of wild coyotes kill and devour deer outside your front door?! Where the heck do you LIVE?!! :)

Sorry to hear about the stressful ER visit - never fun. Hope it's all resolved and okay?

*hugs*

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Ewwww! The worst we had was a car ran over a sheep on the road outside the house. Farm remember. Well said sheep remained there for a couple of days until my Dad told my brothers to remove it. They hooked it up to the car and tried to drag it away. Would have worked if sheepies front legs hadn't detached from rest of body. It was disgusting. I hope that wasn't too icky a story.

[squonk79.livejournal.com]

Oh yee gods!! o_O

That's horrible!!

I'm not surprised by the authorities reaction though - some bloke in my home town had a nest of funnel web spiders in his new (imported) car, they said it was on his drive so they wouldn't touch it. Luckily the local zoo was more willing to help and now have a healthy batch of funnel webs in their collection!

[faekitty71.livejournal.com]

Your town should have some kind of dead animal removal. Even here in NYC they have it.

[tavabean.livejournal.com]

Do you need a copy of The Roadkill Cookbook?
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Road-Kill-Cookbook/dp/0898152003/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205342280&sr=8-1
Blech............
Hope the critters take away the rest soon.

[pisces227.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a scene from Wild Kingdom! Not a pretty sight to behold.

Sorry to hear about having to hang out in the ER. ((hugs))

I received my AOT today so I'm off to watch it now.

[lamaudite.livejournal.com]

Poor 'Bambi'. Hope whoever needed the ER trip is fine now. How was Ark of Truth?

(sorry I'm so late in commenting; I've been offline for a few days)

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Where do you live? Course, I should not even ask because we have
these delightful things around here too.....I am convinced my security light is not just turning on and off by itself....
I am almost afraid to look given what I have seen on the side
of the road etc. in the morning and in the back part of
our property.......