The Mystery Continues 07/13/11

If you read my blog last week, you found out about a mystery animal visiting my house at night and leaving messes on my front porch.  We were unable to positively identify the type of animal leaving the droppings so we have been putting my husband’s game camera out at night in hopes of catching it in the act.  I am a little sad to say that I don’t have any mystery pictures to post.  I am sad only because I really want to know what it is.  The good news is that there have not been any messes on my front porch since then.  There was one pile left on the lawn but, unlike the other piles, my husband did think that one looked like it came from a dog.  I guess I should have taken pictures of the previous evidence.  Maybe someone would have been able to identify it by looking at that.  We will continue to put the camera out at night and hopefully we will eventually get a picture.  It may have just moved on or found someone else’s front porch that it liked better.  My husband did say that someone he works with has been seeing a bear near here.  The guys at his work are pretty good about making up wild tales though so I don’t put too much stock in what they say.  Regardless, I really hope that is not what it is.  The piles are big but not big enough that is would be a full grown bear.  I think of bears like I think of snakes though.  If there is a baby one around, there is sure to be a momma around somewhere close too.  I don’t want to come face to face with a bear of any size unless I am at the zoo!