Thursday, 4 August 2016

Mystery object number two


Now this really is a mystery object, and I am not sure that I will ever find out what it is/was.

It is on an adjacent flat roof to our kitchen, so without ladders I will not be able to get up close and inspect it. I believe it must have been picked up by a gull and dropped there - this is the sort of thing that they do when not screaming their bloody heads off from dawn till dusk.

It is only about 5 or 6 inches high, and when I saw it I noticed something strange about it, so I got a pair of binoculars. Still not being able to see it properly, I got a zoom lense camera and took this photo - I'm still no wiser.

All I can say is that it is something greenish and organic, wrapped in two different sizes of netting, and I do not know if the netting is wire or cord. If it were not for the two different sizes of net, I would have said that it is one of those meshes that stop birds from nesting in pipes which is clogged with plant matter.

It reminds me of a Budhist monk who has been meditating on the ocean floor for a number of years, then halled to the surface by two competing fishermen.

Then maybe it is an exiled alien, dropped onto planet Earth for some misdemeanor in another world?
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19 comments:

  1. Maria4 August 2016 at 04:31

    An EEG (electroencephalogram) cap with a head still in it.
    Greetings Maria x

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    1. Tom Stephenson4 August 2016 at 09:47

      Could be. A dog recently found a human foot close to the hospital here, and they still haven't identified it.

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    2. Sue4 August 2016 at 10:14

      They should take it to the RSPCA.

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    3. Tom Stephenson4 August 2016 at 11:49

      You know, I didn't get that for about 30 seconds. 2/10.

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  2. Cro Magnon4 August 2016 at 05:22

    I think you've found the answer yourself. It's a bit of crumpled netting with some green stuff inside; often used as a bird scarer on flat rooftops.

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  3. Joanne Noragon4 August 2016 at 10:00

    There's a good guess, and it's out there yet.

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  4. The Weaver of Grass4 August 2016 at 11:08

    It is some noxious-smelling substance which the owners of the said flat put out on the roof so that it didn't make their whole flat smell. Now they have forgotten about it.

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    1. Tom Stephenson4 August 2016 at 11:47

      Now that suggestion shows a sensiblity which makes me feel as though you have returned to the world of the sentient living, Weave. Nice to have you back.

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  5. Coppa's girl4 August 2016 at 13:17

    The green substance looks a bit like moss

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  6. John Going Gently4 August 2016 at 13:41

    Fresh hell fresh hell!

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    1. Iris4 August 2016 at 14:09

      Don't you now fondly think back to the time when posts were about candlesticks? We did not know how good we had it then. ( wink wink )

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    2. The Cranky4 August 2016 at 14:24

      Aver that it is a fresh hell all you like John, it's obviously moldy and mummified.

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    3. Tom Stephenson5 August 2016 at 02:41

      Not so fresh.

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  7. Britta5 August 2016 at 02:15

    A mummified end of a salami?

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    1. Tom Stephenson5 August 2016 at 02:41

      Trust you to come up with a wurst suggestion!

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    2. Britta5 August 2016 at 08:51

      With a slight accent, hahaha!

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