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A blueberry field at zero full moon thirty

3:30 a.m., July 21, 2024, Gile Blueberry Farm, Thurston County:

“Shhh,” said our youngest son, Ryan, using his chin to motion over his shoulder. “There’s one right there.”

Ahh. The thing we came to see. An animal emerged from tall brush to our right, maybe 30 yards from where the two of us were sitting in the northwest corner of Ken Gile’s 18-acre blueberry farm.

The animal was under the light of a full moon on a cloudless night, and I tested a cliche. I shined the flashlight on the thing, and it stood there, still, staring into the light.

“Like a deer in the headlights” turns out to be true...

 

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