Pawesome Greetings Furbulous Furiends
Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!
Well, it's been really cold and supurr frosty for days, and the poor plants have been like this!
Luckily, today, Monday, the frost has fluffed right off, and the pond is thawing out, as the P.A. has been melting a patch of the ice every day for any frogs that may still be in there.
Anyhoo, we know that mew really want to know about the U.F.O. or U.A.P. (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon). To be honest, I really don't like the U.A.P. tag. I like the good old U, fluffing F, O, name, but obviously, somepawdy needed to fix what wasn't broken.
So what was this 'close encounter?' mew ask.
Guys mew know weird stuff happens here a lot, and it's not like we're actively seeking these 'experiences', in fact, The B Team and I have decided that the P.A. is some sort of Strange and Unexplained Phenomenon Magnet, aka S.U.P.M. - yep she is.
So over Catmas, much of the U.K. was blanketed in fog for days on end, including BBHQ, which was thick enough and low enough not to see any sky.
Anyhoo, I have to digress for a moment to explain why the P.A. is outside in freezing cold weather at all hours. She is at that age where she literally combusts with heat several times a day/night, and therefore, she goes outside under the gazebo to cool off. In fact, she did say the other day that she's sick of being so HOT it's no fun whatsoever! MOL
Oh, and this experience/encounter was not a hotness-induced hallucination, just in case mew’re wondering.
Back to the story, the fog was really low, visibility was not great, and usually, Mewton-Clawson is a pretty quiet place, especially after dark when it's cold. Therefore, there is no noise at all. Mew may hear the odd train trundle by in the distance and a car or two along Main Street, but generally, mew can hear a pin drop.
While outside on an extensive cooling mission, she noticed that a lot of the neighbourhood dogs were barking, as it was so still she could hear them yapping away all over the place, which she thought was quite odd, but then she heard something else.
Now, it's really difficult to describe the exact sound, but at first, she thought there was a drone flying really low and zipping above the garden and surrounding area, but it wasn't the buzzy sound a drone makes. It was a high-pitched spinning, whirring sound at speed. She can only liken it to a special effects sound used in sci-fi movies for spacecraft or the like.
So she's sitting there, listening intently as the 'thing' swoops down over the garden several times and circles around the village. The dogs are going off their chops, and she opens the patio doors and asks Cat Dad to come and listen. He did, plus he looked everywhere and couldn't see a thing, but he heard it and said. "That's no drone, and anyway, what kind of numpty would be flying one in the dark, in the fog, and it's freezing out here?"
Good point!
For the next few days, while the fog was still present, the same noise was zipping around at all hours through the night. The dogs were still barking intermittently, yet there was still no visual of the 'thing'.
When the fog finally left, there were no more strange noises until Sunday morning.
Caturday evening, the P.A. heard the sheep bleating a couple of fields away, and given that these sheep don't usually bleat at night, her S.U.P.M. radar pinged onto high alert.
But it wasn't until 6.30am on Sunday morning that she heard the whirring sound again. It was a clear sky, still pitch black but clear, and she could hear the noise in the direction of the field where the sheep were.
So she wandered onto the back patio to stare at the sky but still couldn't see anything, and then she thought, 'Oh, I'll get my phone and check if I can see anything through the camera app!' Out comes the phone, and she's scanning the sky, but still, there's no visual, and the whirring sound is still down the field.
And then, she had the idea to take a photo while standing under the gazebo. But as she was taking the picture, Melvyn, who was watching from the patio doors, started clawing at the glass and going, for want of a better word, berserk, like he was screaming at her to come inside. Which she did after snapping a picture of what she thought was an empty sky.
Take a look at this. No, it's not photoshopped. It would be impossible for a light refraction to look like that. This is very real.
Mew can see the tiny blue light just to the right of the middle upright on the gazebo.
Anyhoo, the P.A. looked at the picture after taking it but couldn't see anything apart from a blue dot, which she thought was possibly some sort of light refraction.
It wasn't until she'd gone back inside, made a cup of coffee and decided to zoom in on said light refraction that she saw this. And then wished she hadn't taken the photo AT ALL, LIKE EVER!
HOLY MUTHER OF COD, WHAT THE FLUFFING FLUFF IS IT?
If mew are seeing what we are seeing, then that is NOT A DRONE of the like we are used to. And no, it's not a spider; if it was, it would make Shelob look like a tiny house spider.
Plus, it's about 100 yards away down the field. It must have been quite big, but there were no visible lights on it that could be seen by the naked eye. It is a disc-shaped craft with, I suppose, mew would call them, external fins, which we are guessing are placed curving around the main body from top centre to bottom centre.
And given its shape, that makes sense aerodynamically for the spinning whirring noise, well it does for us! MOL
So what is it?
What the fluff is it doing in Mewton-Clawson?
Should we be worried?
And
If it is extraterrestrial, why are they at BBHQ?
Are they coming in peace, or is it a potential cat-napping job for experimentation/cloning? (As we are so fluffing epic! MOL)
Now, we did see many U.F.O. or U.A.P. sightings/encounters in New Jersey U.S.A. and other places around the world just before Catmas.
Is this thing the same as what was appearing in other places?
Because if so, HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!
Also, we hope no sheep have gone missing!
Guys, what do mew think it is? Because right now, we think something seriously hinky is happening!
And on that note, let's look at this week's other headlines! MOL
First up in the news
Parsley on U.F.O. U.A.P. Watch
After Melvyn had gone a bit wild at the patio doors, Parsley sat in the catservatory watching the skies. Just look at his eyes; they're like saucers!
Next up in the news
What The Fluff, Fudge?
In completely unrelated U.F.O. or U.A.P. news, Fudge was amusing himself in the sitting room.
The game was, how many catnip kickers can mew fit on a cat?
Please don't try to say that fast three times! MOL
In other news...
Smooch Ruins Fudge's Vibe
Fudge was having a grand old time until Smooch appeared and said, "Dude, what the fluff are mew doing?"
Then he added, "Seriously dude, do mew need some help, like of a special variety? I can make a call for mew!"
This did not go down well with Fudge, whose catnip kicker challenge was ruined in less time than it took to say, 'Fluff me, there's an alien invasion in the garden!'
And he promptly stormed off in a huff! Oh dear! MOL
Finally this week
Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick
Last week mew voted for the Smart Cats bandana.
There's chaos on the BBHQ catwalk this week, as Cat Dad had just unboxed Melvyn's new toy! MOL
So everything went to fluff in a knitting basket, Fudge was being a trip hazard, W.D.G. ran off and all Melvyn wanted to do was chase the toy! MOL
Check out Melvyn's videos on your preferred social media channel:
Which one is your favourite this week?
Which one should he model next?
Here's the bandana collection for January.
In clockwise order:
1. Off To Space
4. Owl at The Moon
Tell us your top pick for next week in the comments!
That's us done for today, apart from being on U.F.O. U.A.P. Alert! MOL
Amber will be back on Friday with another meowvellous book, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:
Check out the latest episodes of The Purrminator, we'll be back with Chapter Nine in Melvyn's epically epic origin story on Caturday:
Wishing mew a furbulous day, and remember to always...
Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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