Stranger Things Have Happened...?

Well, that's what my Dad said this afternoon after his dog found a little blue crawdad under a rock near his driveway. Keep in mind that the closest stream is about a quarter of a mile away down the hill. He's a cute little guy too...brilliantly blue, and about 2 inches long.




It is a pretty strange occurrence. Also strange was the crazy hail storm in town (check out my friends' pictures at Wazoo Farm and Under the Sycamore). We only got a few seconds worth of hail up here, much to the girls' disappointment.


So where did he come from, this tiny crustacean? Was he washed down from a spring farther up the hill (though I haven't seen any higher springs on my wanderings)? Did he fall from the sky like a pinching, blue hail stone? You've all heard the urban myth about the scuba diver found in a tree, miles from any bodies of water, right? Perhaps Blue Boy was dropped by a crawdad munching bird, who was frightened by the thunder. I'll likely never know for sure!