Posted on 03/13/2021 8:04:09 AM PST by BenLurkin
Brent Braaten of Halifax is now in possession of a taxidermic three-headed duckling and he has no idea why.
It arrived in the mail last week in an unassuming cardboard box that sat on his table unopened for hours because he figured it was a Pilates ball he'd ordered online. It wasn't.
"I tore away at the plastic and packaging and then one of the duckling's faces emerged and I immediately sort of jumped back," he told CBC Radio's Mainstreet.
"When I gained the courage to go back to the box and dig a little bit further, I noticed it wasn't just one head, but there were three duckling faces staring back at me."
The package is addressed to Braaten with a return address in China, so he's certain the duck delivery wasn't a mail mix-up.
The only clue contained in the package is an email address. Braaten sent a message to the address but didn't receive many answers.
"They didn't quite understand what I was asking. They wanted to know if I wanted to buy something, and so I asked for more information, but they haven't gotten back to me yet," he said.
Some digging online also revealed the name on the email address matches the name of a Chinese zoologist who appears to be well-known for his work preserving larger animals like elephants and giraffes.
"I really hope that I do find out who sent it to me," Braaten said. "I figure it's either a friend who really likes the idea of giving me a mystery or it's an enemy who's trying to send a cursed object to me."
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And they’re all sold out.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taxidermy-headed-Duckling-Christmas-Mounted/dp/B076SMS3SJ
https://www.etsy.com/listing/558978176/taxidermy-freak-three-headed-yellow
https://www.thestrangeandunusual.com/taxidermy/three-headed-duckling
https://yeoldecuriosityshop.com/products/three-headed-duckling-taxidermy-gaff?variant=396052533
It’s from Three Duck Night.
Look around on the internet. Evidently you can buy these things in various online curio shops ranging anywhere from $180-$285. Like a stuffed jackalope. If he didn’t drunk-buy it himself someone probably sent it to him as a joke.
Well done! Another lesson to me to read the thread first...
3-headed duckling in the mail
Transgender the hard way.
Dunno but it gave me an idea that has to do with taxidermy & politicians.
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