Weird Story! 100% True!!

[george]

Hi guys!

Something REALLY weird happened today, I have to tell you!

Anyway, yesterday, I decided I wanted a canary. I haven't kept any for ages and hadn't even thought about getting any more until then. I went to four or five pet shops, none of them had any so I went home feeling rather disapointed! As I'm sure you can all imagine!

Today... I was just about to walk into work when my phone rang, it was my Mum, she'd gone for a walk along the beach near our house and as she was walking back my Dad had spotted a pair of big "greenfinches" in the road. My Mum realised they were in fact green canaries!! Weird huh? What's weirder is that Mum walked over and just picked one up. The other flew away into the sailing club so they left it and took the first one home and put it with my other birds.

It gets weirder... an hour or so later, apparently my Mum was sitting in our sitting room when she heard something tweeting frantically. She looked out the window to find the second canary sitting on the step looking back in at her! She opened the door and it hopped in and sat on the floor looking up at her.

How WEIRD!!!! It's even weirder that I couldn't find any yesterday! Think it's fate!

The canaries look fantastically healthy. I think they're borders as they're very big. I'm going to knock on some of the neighbours doors tomorrow as I'm sure they must be escaped pets. I'm sort of hoping no one claims them so I can keep them, and I'm sort of hoping someone will claim them so I can have a local bird friend!!

Weird weird weird weird weird!!!!!!

[telmadee]

personally i think your grandad led you to them (or your mum if you want to be picky) cos he knows you would love and care for them xxx

[Blaine]

Wow! What a coincidence! You just happened to be looking for canaries.

[george]

My Mum's convinced they were sent by my Grandad!! Hehe! Actually, a lot of weird stuff happens with my birds that can't be explained. Like when Grandads last pekin robin that I had died, we buried him under the tree that my grandad always used to sit under. It was pouring with rain and just as we finished filling in the hole, the sun shone on us. Which didn't seem weird at the time until we realised we were UNDER a tree!! A very big tree. My grandad used to sit there because of the shade it created. That was odd!!

[Berserka]

Definately a sign I reckon!

[telmadee]

george said:

My Mum's convinced they were sent by my Grandad!! Hehe! Actually, a lot of weird stuff happens with my birds that can't be explained. Like when Grandads last pekin robin that I had died, we buried him under the tree that my grandad always used to sit under. It was pouring with rain and just as we finished filling in the hole, the sun shone on us. Which didn't seem weird at the time until we realised we were UNDER a tree!! A very big tree. My grandad used to sit there because of the shade it created. That was odd!!

that is so lovely, it's lovely when things like that happen. xxx

[Lonely-Parrot]

Wow that's great!

Hope they have a happy home!

[george]

I've just taken some pictures of them to show you!









I didn't really speak to my mum about how and where she found them yesterday as I got in from work quite late. This morning she told me that she thinks the canarys found her! She had taken my neice for a walk in her pram and the canarys kept hopping in front of the pram so mum HAD to stop before she squashed them! The canarys stopped her!! It just gets weirder! Lol!

[Berserka]

They are the prettiest canaries I have ever seen! Simply stunning.

[telmadee]

they are lil stunners, i've never seen green ones before, only the yellow and pink ones how sheltered a life i have led

[kiwi]

Oh George they are soooo beautiful

I believe your Grandad led them to you through your Mum because he knew you would look after them and keep them safe, this story has touched my heart

You've just got to look at how settled in they look already to know they were meant to be with you

[george]

I still can't get over it!! Me and Mum went and knocked on a few doors to see if we could find anyone who'd lost them, we found several people who used to keep them or who have some but hadn't lost any... no one claimed them! Although we did go to a house that obviously had an avairy in the garden but no one answered the door. We'll try again tomorrow. Failing that, there are "residents association" meetings in the town I live in so I'll go along to the next one of those and ask. I'd love to keep them but I can't knowing that someone might be missing them (I can't believe no one would be!). If I can't find where they came from I'm absolutely keeping them!

I wonder if they might have come out of the zoo actually. The Isle of Wight tiger sanctuary is about 300 metres down the road. I can't remember if they had canarys though. They definately had parrots last time I went. But I'm not going to ask in there because it's an awful zoo!

[george]

Oh, and I just have to add this because it's funny....

After mum picked up the first one, the second one apparently flew onto a gate so my dad decided to try to "catch" it. My dad HATES animals. He really does! Which only makes it funnier... he walked towards the gate with his finger out saying "come on mr canary, up you get". As if it would just hop onto his finger! Hehe! I'm very proud of him for trying though! Mum said "mr canary" did not look too impressed! Haha!!

[Blaine]

I just love that story! Are the canaries still doing well?

[george]

Yeah! They're fine! Don't seem to be very bothered about they're big adventure at all!