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It came from...outer space?
Mar. 8th, 2007 12:47 pmWe have a visitor from another planet on our front lawn, attempting to engulf our tree.
About a week ago, literally overnight [1], something ..um... appeared at the base of one of our oak trees. It looked like a wet slab of buff colored foam rubber, about an inch thick and the size of a washrag, sitting on the mulch and partially draping over the bottom of the trunk of the tree. At first I thought it was a piece of trash that had blown there, but upon approaching the...thing, I realized that it was...alive. Alive!! It sat there menacingly, daring me to try to pick it up and throw it away. I could have sworn it was pulsating. I declined to touch it.
The next day, it appeared to have acquired a few dots of black powder, and dried out a bit, thinning out and becoming more closely embedded within the crevasses in the bark of the tree at its outermost edge. It was not increasing in area. We decided to call our tree guy.
A couple of days later, the tree guy comes to take a look at our visitor. When we arrived home that evening, we noticed that a large chunk (about a third) of the thing was gone. He leaves us a note saying that he was taking it back to the lab for analysis. On the note, there is a a place where he is supposed to write what he observed. Imaginatively, this section is called "observations." In the observations section he writes, "I do not know what my observation is." I nod knowingly. Not many tree guys have had an opportunity to deal with a relative of the Fungi from Yuggoth.
We haven't heard back from him since. And the thing looks hungry.
[1] And, when I say literally, I mean literally. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the word literally to mean figuratively. "My head literally exploded." *rolls eyes*
About a week ago, literally overnight [1], something ..um... appeared at the base of one of our oak trees. It looked like a wet slab of buff colored foam rubber, about an inch thick and the size of a washrag, sitting on the mulch and partially draping over the bottom of the trunk of the tree. At first I thought it was a piece of trash that had blown there, but upon approaching the...thing, I realized that it was...alive. Alive!! It sat there menacingly, daring me to try to pick it up and throw it away. I could have sworn it was pulsating. I declined to touch it.
The next day, it appeared to have acquired a few dots of black powder, and dried out a bit, thinning out and becoming more closely embedded within the crevasses in the bark of the tree at its outermost edge. It was not increasing in area. We decided to call our tree guy.
A couple of days later, the tree guy comes to take a look at our visitor. When we arrived home that evening, we noticed that a large chunk (about a third) of the thing was gone. He leaves us a note saying that he was taking it back to the lab for analysis. On the note, there is a a place where he is supposed to write what he observed. Imaginatively, this section is called "observations." In the observations section he writes, "I do not know what my observation is." I nod knowingly. Not many tree guys have had an opportunity to deal with a relative of the Fungi from Yuggoth.
We haven't heard back from him since. And the thing looks hungry.
[1] And, when I say literally, I mean literally. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the word literally to mean figuratively. "My head literally exploded." *rolls eyes*
