Strange but True

Philip was invited to join his Jr. High cross country team. Every Tuesday night they have a casual practice with the High School team. Everyone is invited to run. I decided I would go and run with Philip, and then run home from the park. It is monsoon season hear in the desert so on the way home I got caught out in the wind and blowing dust that precedes a rain storm. There was also some lightning, but it was pretty far off. As I was running the last few hundred yards to the house I heard a funny crackle. I looked up towards the noise and saw a dead dove heading towards me from the sky. It landed about two feet from me. I still can't figure out what happened to it. It's head was almost completely removed, but other than that I saw no sign of trauma. Usually if you hit one with a car there is a feather storm. It also fell from to high to have been hit by a car. The lightning was really far away for it to have been struck. I guess it will be an unsolved mystery. I went back later to take a picture of it, but I have decided not to post it. It just seems in bad taste. Remember to support bacteria. It's the only culture some people have.