I swear to you this is true

[featherynscale]

Today, as I was driving to lunch, I encountered a traffic snarl on 69 Highway, just south of College Blvd. Now, this in and of itself is not alarming. There has lately been a lot of construction in that area, so slowdowns are not unknown. And yet, this was different.

As I inched my way southward, I thought, "There must have been an accident." And when I got there, I saw that this was true, in a way. I soon saw the grisly scene -- a box of teddybears had fallen, perhaps from the back of a truck that was stopped on the roadside. Dozens of teddy bears littered the road, some whole, with glassy eyes staring at the heavens balefully, some in parts, bleeding polyfill all over the pavement.

Some motorists had stopped, and were attempting to help a befuddled policeman clear the plushie carnage. I just drove on by, laughing and laughing.

Comments

[next-bold-move.livejournal.com]

This makes me strangely sad. :(

Plush tragedy

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

It would be creepy to see little teddy bear chalk outlines on the highway, maybe cordoned off by police tape while a photographer took pictures.

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

"plushie carnage"

You win the internets, for today, at least.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

They had to slow down... all those H2s and Expeditions can't handle that horribly rough terrain. 8-)

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

one of my stuffed animals that i have in my room is a coca cola bear which is named "bannister bear" who was rescued from the middle of bannister road by the FSA center. although he is scuffed, dirty, missing one eye, and has only half of his coke bottle i love him just the same as my whole coca cola bear.