The Duck That Got Stuck!
A few nights ago when we were in the middle of one of this week’s many thunderstorms I heard some weird noises I thought were coming from outside the windows in my family room. It was windy and raining like cats and dogs so I didn’t think much of it. When I woke up yesterday morning I heard the noises again and I figured out that there was a critter of some sort in my chimney. I had no idea what kind of critter was camping out in my chimney. It sounded like a loud flutter sound. I kept thinking if it was a bird why was it so loud and why was I not hearing any chirping? I was totally freaked out about a varmint that would somehow find a way out of the fireplace and into the house.
OH GREAT! Of course, Steve has been out of town all week. (Does this weird stuff ever happen when the husband is in town?) I had no clue what to do about it. So I picked up the phone and made my first call to the bug exterminator and they gave me a number of a guy who gets rid of animals. I about had a stroke when he said that it would be $500-$1000 to get whatever it was out of the chimney. I nearly had a meltdown just about then. I had a totally insane week and this was the last thing I needed to deal with on Friday was this critter in the chimney.
I then went off to visit my daily friend Google and I searched up Critter Control. I spoke to a very nice woman and after some schedule re-arranging I was going to meet Bob from Critter Control Saturday morning at our house. When I got home on Friday night I did not hear my new little friend anymore. It never fails, I find someone who will reasonably deal with my new friend and now I won’t need them to rid my chimney of the varmint.
Well just as soon as I woke up on Saturday my little friend was back at the “whooshing sound” in the chimney. For the life of me I could not guess what that sound was. No little bird could make that sound and it was not a clawing sound. Regardless, something was in there and I wanted it out before it figured out how to get out in the house or died and I really had a problem on my hands.
Saturday morning Critter Control Bob showed up. He was just a delightful man and boy does he have some funny stories about other people’s varmint problems. (I decided that we need to invite him to a party to tell all his crazy stories!) I was surprised how without any fear Bob pretty much just stuck his head in the fireplace with a flashlight and mirror and looked around to see what was making that sound. It was a duck that got stuck in my chimney! A mallard duck was in there. Who would have thought that? Bob said this was only the second time that he had seen a mallard duck in a chimney. I just could not believe that duck had somehow gotten in there. How funny? I quickly got the camera as I had to show Steve a picture of our new pet that had moved in this past week.
Then my new hero Bob just put his hands right up in the chimney (Apparently there is a little shelf in there just above the flue he was sitting on.) and grabbed the duck. Just like that he had him. After a few photos Bob just walked right out of the front door and tossed the duck up in the air and he flew away. It was so wild that I had a duck in the chimney. I could not stop thinking about it all day.
This story is so bizarre I had to write about "The Duck That Got Stuck!" I also had to pass on the phone number of my new buddy Bob Boyd from Critter Control (248-889-4977) in case you have any unwanted pets that move into your home. Have a wonderful Sunday and enjoy the sunshine. Until next time, be well.
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David Ferraro commented on May 16th, 2010
Funny story. Glad it had a happy ending!
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