Hey! Midddletown Ohio has just announced its festival of lights for the holidays which includes a representation of a beaver trying to chop down a tree! The article says this is in honor of the actual beaver that tried to chop down their trees earlier in the year and had to be “encouraged to move elsewhere”.
Um, the afterlife?
Since this is the same state that allowed wild animals to be wrestled for sport on a private zoo and then shot 18 tigers when the obviously insane owner let them out and then killed himself, and the same state where a trapper was invited to tell rousing ‘beaver tales’ at a nature center, and the speaker’s aunt offered to make a coat from me when I protested, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that beaver relocation means beaver trapping in Ohio.
A beaver cutting down a tree and a herd of elegant deer will join the many other displays in Light Up Middletown this year. The addition of the beaver display is particularly ironic since several years ago, a real live beaver chewed through the mooring lines for displays floating in the pond and cut down several trees. (The beaver was encouraged to find another home.)
In addition to the beaver and the ubiquitous reindeer, the flashy display menagerie also includes whales and a giraffe. I dunno… Have you considered the addition of some electric bengal tigers in the manger? That would be truly memorable. I guess they were “relocated” too right?
In a manner of speaking.
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Now, enough complaint and skepticism, because I’m about to show you the very best beaver footage I have shot in 6 years – no its not the most technically crisp or skillful, but its the most magical beaver moment yet caught on film by me. Turn your sound UP to hear jr vocalize when his mom approaches, and watch how he nuzzles her and them begins some self grooming when she doesn’t want to cuddle. This is a study in attachment, and I was blessed to see it last night with just enough light left to capture on film. Enjoy!
