In the past couple of weeks, readers and I have noticed a lot of things you don’t see everyday on Columbia Heights sidewalks: a headless rooster, bent metal caused by a runaway car, wild animals for Three Kings’ Day, Patron, paint-dripping graffiti, and more. But I think this is the weirdest yet.
A reader sent in two photos of dead sharks (or maybe some other kind of animal) that were spotted near the corner of Sherman and Harvard. They even kind of look like snakehead fish, the illegal, invasive “walking” fish that caused a stir in the DC area a few years ago, and even spawned (pun intended) a couple of movies.
But sharks? Why? Did somebody have pet sharks and want to get rid of them? So they just threw them on the side of the road? Maybe there was a fish tank that broke? Can you eat these? I don’t know of any pet store nearby. So many unanswered questions.
What is going on in our neighborhood lately? It can be an unusual place sometimes with a lot of characters, but the amount of sidewalk stuff these past few weeks is surprising.
Readers, any possible explanations?
