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Halifax man receives mysterious 3-headed taxidermic duckling in the mail
CBC ^ | Emma Smith

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: duckling
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1 posted on 03/13/2021 8:04:09 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Now that’s disturbing.


2 posted on 03/13/2021 8:06:18 AM PST by proud American in Canada (As Patrick Henry once said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" Especially now.)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder what the person expecting a three headed duckling in the mail got.


3 posted on 03/13/2021 8:08:57 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: BenLurkin

“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.”

Is a three-headed duck in the mail a message anything like a horse-head in bed?


4 posted on 03/13/2021 8:08:58 AM PST by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Flick Lives

Maybe a Trojan Horse. Lots of tech inside it possibly.


5 posted on 03/13/2021 8:11:56 AM PST by taterjay
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a duckling. Albeit with three heads....how large can it be? A little creepy maybe...but that would go one the shelf in the family room. Talk about a conversation starter.


6 posted on 03/13/2021 8:14:07 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Flick Lives
Is a three-headed duck in the mail a message anything like a horse-head in bed?

It's a Nova Scotia thing...gets down right serious when it's a three headed lobster...make sure your will is in order then. ;>)

7 posted on 03/13/2021 8:15:26 AM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, andsby fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: BenLurkin
Chinese zoologist who appears to be well-known for his work preserving larger animals like elephants and giraffes

Just wait until one of those shows up in the mail.

8 posted on 03/13/2021 8:15:55 AM PST by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

Must have been born a few miles downstream of a DuPont Chemical Plant.


9 posted on 03/13/2021 8:19:39 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Flick Lives
Looking for Luca Brazzi...Nova Scotia style


10 posted on 03/13/2021 8:20:00 AM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, andsby fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

“It’s a Sicilian Message”


11 posted on 03/13/2021 8:20:43 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Pretty soon he’ll get the bill.


12 posted on 03/13/2021 8:21:01 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

that’s a good one!


13 posted on 03/13/2021 8:22:54 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Covenantor

Hey ducky, do you see him?
Who?
Luca!


14 posted on 03/13/2021 8:22:58 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: BenLurkin

What kind of man uses a Pilates ball??


15 posted on 03/13/2021 8:23:35 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: BenLurkin

“He figured it was a Pilates ball he’d ordered online”

Somewhere in China, there’s a warehouse worker who doesn’t know the difference between a Pilates ball and a three headed duck.

And we’re supposed to be scared of them?


16 posted on 03/13/2021 8:24:53 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: BenLurkin

Why not ask the zoologist if he ever himself or knew of a taxidermist who put together a three-headed duckling?


17 posted on 03/13/2021 8:26:19 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Well ain’t that just ducky


18 posted on 03/13/2021 8:28:08 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like the start of a novel.
Why do I feel like something bad happens next?


19 posted on 03/13/2021 8:32:35 AM PST by Pollster1 (America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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To: SpaceBar

A Pilates ball?


20 posted on 03/13/2021 8:42:28 AM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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