Tuesday, May 3, 2022

FAIRIES IN THE TROPICS

Our  chiacking   Shipping  Reporter has often claimed  he has seen  leprechauns  while drinking  in Molly Malone's Irish Pub  on  Townsville's waterfront  nightclub  precinct.  Pull the other   shamrock , we  tell him , it  is  made  in  China . He  insists, however , and  promises to  one  day   produce photographic  evidence  that  there  are   wee  people  in  North Queensland .

Much to our surprise ,  he  has  just  produced this  puzzling  photograph of  a  large log  on  Magnetic Island  which appears to  have a tiny figure seated  near  the end , on the right . On close  examination , It   looks  all  the  world  like a  woman  dressed  for  a   fox hunt , mounted  on  a dog !!!!! 

         

Armed with a net , a  tracker dog , a  camera  and a  breath testing kit (for the Shipping Reporter ), Little Darwin  intends  following  up  this  bizarre story which  could  feature  in  the  Guinness Book of  Records.