Posted on 02/03/2016 10:57:41 AM PST by Red Badger
ST. CLOUD, Fla. - Several residents in Osceola County have found catfish in their mailboxes and yards, prompting questions whether it's a prank or something more serious.
Maddison Fertic said she received an unusual delivery Monday morning when her postman discovered a large, dead catfish inside her mailbox.
"I was honestly in shock because it doesn't make any sense," Fertic said. "It's just one of those things where it's, just, 'Why?'"
Fertic said the fish was 12 inches long, and she had to use a stick to pull it out.
"It looked like it could have been a live fish that somebody stuck in there and then it flopped around like fish do because the whole mailbox is dirty," she said.
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Fertic is not the only one to get the unwelcome mail. According to a Facebook page for Osceola County residents, two other people reported similar incidents this week. One resident reported finding a catfish in her mailbox and another said a fish was thrown into the yard of her St. Cloud home.
"I was kind of in shock that somebody would do that. It's not something you hear of every day," Fertic said.
Fertic said she lives in a quiet, family-friendly neighborhood. She thinks she is a random victim, adding that no one else on her street was targeted. She believes the incidents could be related to kids playing pranks, but she is worried the silly stunts could turn into bigger potential crimes.
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"It starts with the catfish in the mailbox, but then it starts with breaking into a car. You never know where things escalate to," she said.
Fertic plans to file a police report.
Kids.
Kids
If this lady is worried, install an inexpensive camera system to watch your cars
I know we have ‘Walking Catfish’ in Florida, but Mailing Catfish?......................
Clean it, filet it, dip in cornmeal, fry it, enjoy it.....................
Maybe this is the "lite" version of a mafia "sleeping with the fishes" warning. Its starts with sardines. Then mackerel. Moves up to catfish. Next thing you know, the local mafia hitman is stuffing an albacore in the mailbox.
Yum
Depends on what kind of catfish it is. We have a saltwater catfish which is nasty.
Cue the Fish Heads song...
Dead fish? Has Rahn Emmanuel been around there?
When I was a kid growing up, my brother in law had a truck that used to do rural runs delivering bread and other sundry pastries... I guess they called it a ‘bread route’. One time we noticed that he had removed a bunch of bread from his delivery truck as it was past its ‘best before’ date and it got sitting around long enough in the garage to get some serious mould on it. Not knowing what to do with it, we decided to load it up and drop off a loaf in the middle of the night to the mailbox of everyone in the surrounding neighbourhood. We still howl about all the WTF comments that this gave....
Lol
El Nino Catnado
I need to get on that mailing list.
Catfish are good eatin’.
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