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Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 12/14/2005 - 12:12pm.

What caused all the mysterious piles of churned up earth? I walk through Decatur Woods Park relatively often, today found new mystery piles all over the park. I assume moles are responsible. 

There is so much I do not know about moles. Do they hold to any sort of seasonal patterns? How many holes can one mole produce? Do moles have family groupings? Tribes?

I can tell I've been reading too many murder mysteries lately, because the more I examined the disturbed earth, the more concerned I got that possibly I was about to see something much more disturbing. Fortunately all is well.

Decatur Woods Park (10th and Decatur) is a wonderful park, a paved path loops through the woods,  and a playground/picnic area is set up. The park boasts public art also. One public art piece used to mean "X marks the spot", but part of the X has been broken off, unclear what it means now.

I encourage folks to take a stroll through the park and to let us know if they solve The Mystery of Decatur Woods Park.

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My vote is that it's those tu

My vote is that it's those tunneling gophers who bear responsibility for these mysterious mounds of earth!
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Maybe the Mima Mounds are spr

Maybe the Mima Mounds are spreading across the land.
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I almost hate to get involved

I almost hate to get involved in the caiman thing, but maybe the giant gophers are working clandestinely to reestablish their dominance in Olympia. Caimans have enemies too.
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I like the sound of that. Gop

I like the sound of that. Gophers taking over Decatur Woods Park, caimans already have the mall, this should get interesting.
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Moles travel in families. Whe

Moles travel in families. When I visited that park to check out Sarah's claim and see if any caiman activity was afoot, I put my ear to the ground and could hear three moles. The father mole was in front, and I heard him say

"I smell pancakes."

The mother mole, who was right behind him in the tunnel, said

"I smell pancakes too."

Then the baby mole who was last in line squeaked

"That's funny. I just smell molasses."

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I should time and record how

I should time and record how long it takes me to get some of these. This one took half a cup of coffee and about five minutes of reading elsewhere.
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It's an old joke. But then ag

It's an old joke. But then again, I'm probably older than most you.
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Or possibly I am just humor i

Or possibly I am just humor impaired, I have a delayed reaction to puns.

If you are the oldest, you then can hold the OlyBlog Elder title. I don't know if that comes with a certificate or trophy, or maybe a scepter.

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I'm pretty sure I'm not the o

I'm pretty sure I'm not the oldest, just in the elder 10%. OK, maybe 5%. (Now I can just see Sarah trying to figure out whether or not this is a pun)
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Hah! Now I fully understand t

Hah! Now I fully understand the use of the emoticon :P, because it is an appropriate response to comments about my humor impairedness. See, only I can make such comments about my lackingness.

Moving from humor to more tragic matters, I predict a Westside Rumble between The Capital Lake Caimans and The Decatur Woods Park Gophers. Theme songs are needed and special jackets for the battling beasts.

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