Suicidal Brown Toad

[islandpiper]

This happened to me a long time ago and has always bothered me. i wonder if any of you all have seen anything like this.

I was sitting at a campfire one night in the far northern part of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. The fire was HOT.....really hot, and there was a white heat under the big split oak firewood. The wood had been under cover and provided a cheerful and bright fire.

Well, out of the brush, about 15-feet away, a brown toad hopped out. These toads were common there and we saw them often. This one focused on the fire and hopped directly to it. Before i could stop him, he hopped directly into the white hot place under the burning wood. As you might expect, it took about 2 seconds and he was popping and burning, and soon gone.

The only explanation i have ever been able to come up with is SUICIDE.

Another mystery of nature.

Piper

 

[jdupre']

Piper, it's either suicide or the result of having a brain the size of a half grain of rice. :?

 

[Wannabe]

Wuz ya playing the pipes? :lol:

 

[Kayak Jack]

Wuz ya playing the pipes? :lol:

This has also been offered as explanation for lemmings, World War I, and the great glut if 1929

Sadly, it may also have been associated with events on May 7th, 1937 in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

 

[Wannabe]

Jack,
Now you are bound to tell the truth. Did you just remember that date for Lakehurst or did you look it up? :? The truth now mind you.
Bob

 

[Kayak Jack]

Not only did I have to look it up, I struggled to remember the name of the zeppelin so I COULD look it up.

My mind used to be much sharper before I listened to bagpipe music. Some resonential thing, I guess.


Actually, I should not be talking like this. I really DO like bagpipes, and was damned glad to have Piper San play the pipes for me whilst in Ponchatoula. So, I owe my Li'l Brother an apology for having fun at his expense. Sorry, Piper San.