PLUMBING PROBLEMS: PART VI

                                        PLUMBING PROBLES: PART VI                                

Jack continued, “I had spread word around the community that people should stay away from the property; there is something wrong about that place.  Whenever I saw a car drive up, which wasn’t often because the place was so remote, I warned, “This place is no good.  It’s strange.”

I asked him, “How can you say that?”  The house is a wonderful place to live.” 

Jack replied, “I know it’s a great property, but there is something wrong.   I pressed him to go on.  “One day, while walking through the field you now own, I found something strange near the pond,” he stated.  “The first thing I noticed was the smell, a God-awful smell that made me gag; then I saw it.  It was lying on the ground, about eight feet long.  Been dead for some time I would say.  Had a head shaped like a pipe.”

I looked at him, unable to picture a head shaped like a pipe.

He continued, “Had fins too, so I think it was some kind of fish.  Damndest thing I ever saw.  The fins at the bottom of its body were huge.  I thought – what the hell is that doing here and what the hell is it.  I buried the damn thing to get rid of it and the stench.  There was also one night I couldn’t sleep, decided to take me a walk.  I was at the edge of my property and looked over at your pond and saw the damndest thing.  There were things in the pond glowing and swimming around.  I said to myself, “That’s it!  This place is no good.  Then when I heard the owner had gone missing, I just tried to keep people away.  Did a good job too, until you came along.  Be careful in that house, something just ain’t right.”  With that he walked to his tractor and continued his work.

I thought about Jack’s description of the strange occurrences on my property.  A head shaped like a pipe, that was the part that made me think that Jack had a libation or two before he made his discovery, or maybe forgot to take some medication.