{"id":136,"date":"2019-03-18T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/?p=136"},"modified":"2019-05-04T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:34:00","slug":"naples-florida-a-mystery-in-my-sisters-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/2019\/03\/18\/naples-florida-a-mystery-in-my-sisters-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Naples, Florida: A Mystery in My Sister’s Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For spring break, I visited my sister who lives in Naples, Florida with her husband and two kids. They just moved to a new neighborhood, and there is a relatively large woodland area behind her house. In the beautiful 80 degree weather, I stepped outside to investigate with my brother-in-law. The trees were very different from those I would see in Vermont. Instead of maples and oaks, there were palm trees and Jamaica Dogwood. Unfortunately, I did not see any live wildlife in this spot. I did, however, see a Great Blue Heron while driving one day.
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Anyway, my brother, Matt, led me through the brush and thorns to something very interesting\u2026 a skeleton. Like a full skeleton. Head, body, extremities, everything. It was pretty large, too – maybe the size of a raccoon. Its head had huge teeth and long, sharp canines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The unidentified skull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Its body was pretty typical, but at the end of its legs was something strange. Instead of normal feet, there seemed to be paddles of some sort. I still am not sure what they were or what the animal was, but the mystery of it is pretty exciting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decaying corpse with paddle-like feet (?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


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