Our good friend Manuela Horn (aka Burien’s “Yodeling Dominatrix”) alerts us to the fact that her mother-in-law, Susie Watkins, found a small green parrot in the garden outside her office, Realty West Properties, located at 804 SW 148th Street in Burien.
The bird is now safely caged at Manuela’s home, but everyone’s certain it’d be happier reunited with its master/mistress.
Do you recognize this bird?
If you know this bird, please call Susie Watkins at (206) 650-3908 immediately…else suffer the wrath of one of Manuela’s many characters (see Amy Bouska’s video interview of her here).
BTB Contributor Jim Branson alerts us that his dog “found” a pair of prescription glasses at Burien’s Eagle Landing Park over the weekend.
Here’s Jim’s note:
Did someone lose their glasses?
This dog was wearing them at Eagle Landing Park, but the prescription didn’t suit her.
I left them on the top board of the kiosk
-Jim
Here’s a closeup pic of the glasses in question, which are (hopefully) still waiting for its owner on top of the kiosk:
According to the King County Sheriff’s Department, a nearly-naked 39-year old man who was allegedly using drugs got lost last Thursday (Sept. 3rd), then went missing for a day and a half before being found.
He was discovered wearing only boxer shorts, and as you can see from the photo, had scratched himself up quite a bit whilst lost.
The Sheriff’s Office became aware of the man’s plight shortly before 5pm on Friday, Sept. 4th when two residents near the 12600 block of Shorewood Drive called 911 to say they could hear faint calls for help coming from a heavily wooded area near a sewage treatment plant.
Responding deputies could hear the man calling for help too, but couldn’t understand exactly what he was saying due to the distance. So they hiked down the bank, across a small stream, then up a big, steep bank, and eventually found the man.
He was a 39 year-old Burien man who had been using illegal narcotics when he became paranoid and delusional and ran into the woods. Deputies believe he had been there since about 8am the previous morning. He had no shoes or any clothes, except for his boxers. He was scratched from head-to-toe by the brambles. He couldn’t walk because of injuries to his feet. And he was dehydrated (but at least by then he was hopefully sober, and from the looks of it, full of blackberries…).
A Sheriff’s Office Arson investigator who happened to be in the area came up with a pair of size 13 boots for the man’s size 12 feet. The fire department provided a rope for climbing up the bank.
Deputies helped the man climb to safety where he was checked out by the fire department, then released.
We love to share positive news about our community, and what better day to share a success story of a found pet than on Mother’s Day?
On Friday, May 8th, we posted a “Lost” notice from Marsha Hargrave for “Scarlett,” her missing Bernese Mountain Dog that was last seen in Boulevard Park.
And on Mother’s Day (Sun. May 10th), we post this update about how, with the help of Burien’s finest, the once-missing Scarlett was found and safely reunited with its owner; here’s an email from Marsha:
Thank you so much for posting this.
We have found Scarlett today 5/10 in Burien with the help of your fabulous police officers. They spotted her this morning and called me. They kept her in sight and headed her off out of the traffic.
I hope you can post a HUGE thank you to Officer Garske who was able to finally chase her down and tackle her. She was so scared after all these days out that she kept running.
And a special commendation also to Officer Weekley who kept in touch with me via cell phone so we could coordinate the rescue.
These officers helped save her life and give me the best Mother’s Day present ever!
BTB Reader Amy Thomson sent us this alert about a dog (pictured above) she found this week:
Found this sweet, lovely dog running loose up 28th Ave. SW near 100th on Wednesday, May 6th around 4:30 PM.
She is red, with one crumpled ear, and an age-whitened face and muzzle.
She had no tags, no license, and no microchip.
She was trailing a leash.
If she’s yours or if you recognize her, please contact me at amy (at) jetcity (dot) com.
She misses her people.
From BTB Reader Debbie Sacharoff comes this plea for help in finding her lost blue Samsung Cell Phone, which contains precious photos of her late Mother.
Debbie says she lost it at either Trader Joe’s or the Salvation Army at Five Corners.
Here’s some info from Debbie:
I lost a blue Samsung cell phone on Wednesday, March 25th, at about 5:30 pm either in the Trader Joe’s in Burien, or the Salvation Army store across the street.
The phone is medium blue Samsung flip phone with a silver area in the middle that says T Mobile.
Though it’s a pain to lose a cell phone, what really concerns me is that this phone had photos of my mother on it, who recently died.
If ANYONE finds the phone, has the phone, etc. please email.
No questions asked.
We can buy you a phone if that’s what you need.
We simply really want the phone back with the photos of loved ones. Thank you.
Email Debbie at beesandsac@yahoo.com.
So, if you found a phone matching this description please email Debbie ASAP!
Doncha just love it when signmakers run out of letters and have to get creative?
But can an “F” really substitute for an “E“?
Yeah, we don’t think so either…so we give this Burien signmaker an “F” make that an “E” seeing that’s the letter they need most.
I guess their drfams won’t comf truf either.
Driving through our soon-to-be-annexed neighbor to the north this morning, we found this fascinating scene of nature vs man: a blackberry weed-like bush growing through a traffic cone on the corner of SW 107th and 21st SW (possibly cultivated that way by a nearby resident):
Here’s a fun way to end your week before enjoying the 3-day Labor Day weekend – a humorous Craigslist Ad from someone looking for volunteers for his “Time Warp project.”
We’re not sure if it’s intended to be funny or not, so we’ll let you decide; BTW, we don’t know what “waggerly nonsence” means either:
Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > volunteers:
Needing volunteers for my Time Warp project… (Seatac)
Every wanted to travel back into time?
See yourself as you were.
Oh, maybe visit ancient lands and peoples.
Find out the mysteries.
Last nite, I was in the year 1100 A.D.!
How bout that friends.
No waggerly nonsence here.
If you would like to try it for yourself, drop me a line.
Thanks for looking
If you happen to become a successful volunteer for this “project,” please send us an email from the past.
Oh, and if you go back in time to 1982, please tell our then-best friend that no, that was NOT mayonnaise on his sandwich.
Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > lost & found:
Found this rather amusing “Found” posting on Craigslist (our fave part is the second paragraph, where the Finder starts ranting about receiving nasty emails and advice on what to do with the found camera).
I found a camera in a rental car at the Seattle Airport. I posted a few photos from the camera. If you can identify the camera, the car you were driving, and some of the other photos in the camera, I’ll send it back to you. It looks like a fun wedding! Hope you had a good time.
Please stop sending me nasty emails telling me what I should have done with this camera. I’m trying to do something nice here. I contacted the Rental Company but the prior renter of my car did not report anything lost. The rental company does not maintain a Lost and Found at SeaTac airport. Craigslist is the best I can do. If I keep getting less than friendly emails, I’ll just delete the posting and sell the camera on ebay……how’s that!
Email: comm-798276830@craigslist.org
Humorous found video of some dude’s Dad “doing karate moves” in B-Town in the 70s:
From the YouTube account:
This is 8mm footage of my dad decked out in his karate gear performing a kata. Circa 1973. The music was added when my grandparents had their 8mm movies transferred to VHS. The best parts are when he swings his head to get the hair out of his eyes. For those of you who don’t know my dad now, he doesn’t have hair anymore.
Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > games & toys:
PRICE INCREASED 3XX !! air hockey , arcade strength – $2001! – $2001 (City of ratus norvegicus)
Oh btw rat city is an unincorporated area between seattle and burien, know for rats and various government programs that the initials spelled out RTC or something that looked like rat city, anyway that is for those who have just moved here from california or some third world country who have no idea of seattle folk legends. Well reducing the price didn’t work so I have decided to do like OPEC, and Safeway and King County Tax Assessor and GREATLY INCREASE the price. Get it NOW before the price goes up again!!!!!!!!!!! This has got to be CRAIGSLIST’S April DEAL OF THE MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Second price increase!!!!! Just discovered that Jimmy Hendrix & Curt Kobain once played on this table!!! Now a collectors item!!!! And J P Patches etched his initials into the siderails, but you have to look hard, no documentation on the above but believe me it is real, and Pope Benedict blessed this table when he was in Seattle checking out a new location for the vatican summer residence in Medina, anyway.
Air hockey table, came out of Seattle playland, 1990, still has quarter mechanism but converted to auto play, shuts down after win then restarts by itself in less than a minute. Three pucks, 2 shooters. Works fine, maybe needs one or two light bulbs. Very heavy. $2001 or some REASONABLE offer, really soon.
Bring YOUR truck and make it go today.
Thanks, and may the sonics enjoy there trip to Oklahoma.
Email: sale-647753934@craigslist.org
Found today on Craigslist:
1. SALLY THE TURTLE IS ON THE RUN (Burien)
We lost Sally the day before Easter and haven’t seen her since.
She is a Three-Toed Eastern Box turtle and about 23 years old.
We live in an area called Shorewood in Burien.
We miss her and want her back.
Please email if you find her: comm-641819529@craigslist.org
Reward.
2. Found Exotic Bird in Burien near Seahurst Park. (Seahurst Park)
Found Chinese Oriental Pheasant in Burien near Seahurst Park.
Bright orange top knot, green body, 2 foot tail.
Email if you have information or are looking for your bird.
It can run pretty fast, and can also fly.
So, a slow-moving turtle was lost, and a fast-moving Chinese Oriental Pheasant was found.
Another typical ironic Monday in B-Town, huh?
Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > missed connections:
You can tell Spring is in the air now, as more “Missed Connections” are being posted everyday.
Here’s a local B-Town one we found (cue soap opera music):
Will they ever meet again?
And more importantly, will the M meet a Dictionary soon? (“waived”? “convertable”?? “isles”???)
I waived at you from my little convertable roadster as we left QFC – m4w (Normandy Park / Burien)
I was in for some late night shopping at QFC in Normandy Park, and we both ended up at the register together. I saw you had a sizeable load in your basket, so I moved mine forward so you could set yours down. I had seen you down a few other isles in the store and had been enjoying your white hair with the black accents. I was going to strike up a conversation now that we were standing together, but you were suddenly wisked away to another register.
I thought I would have another chance as our transactions were being wrapped at about the same time, but you had forgotten something and went back into the store. As I got into my little roadster, I saw you drive off in your little yellow beetle with the dog in the back. I exited the parking lot and as I turned off 1st ave south, there you were, truning left coming the other way onto 1st. What a beautiful smile you shared with me. I’d love the chance to see it again.
Found in a B-Town grocery store this week: “Personal Watermelons”:
Reading this rather odd sign made us wonder a few things:
- Do these fruits come with handles?
- Just how “personal” are “Personal Watermelons”?
- It’s about time we got these things. I’m so sick of those dang Impersonal fruits.
- Are these things Wi-Fi Enabled? Can I check email on them?
- You’d better have some pretty big pockets to stash these things…
- Not being one to pry, whatever a man or woman does with their Personal Watermelon is their own business!
Isn’t it a sign of the apocalypse when a sign contradicts itself like this?
How can a “Rent To Own” store be “For Lease“?
We found this sign on 16th SW near SW 104th Street in White Center:
Sadly, the lost dog we found the other day near Three Tree Point is still, well…lost.
Who is the rightful Master to said creature?
When oh when will you retrieve your lost pal and return the world to the joyous, secure and loving place it once was?
Now the poor thing lies on the side of SW 172nd, wet, dirty, alone…waiting…
Found in the middle of SW 172nd Street, just below the hairpin turn from Sylvester, near the Soundview B & B.
Poor thing looks like a terrier of some sort, with a ring around its eye.
It appeared to be a bit worn out, and was actually on its side in the middle of the street!
Is this your lost dog?
Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > barter:
Reply to: sale-596734689@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-03-05, 2:36PM PST
i have two mint condition jack-in-the box bbq sauces, it is a white container with a brown peel off lid…never been used and have been in the refridgerator since they were aquired….will trade for anything that might interest me
Location: TACOMA
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Hot Damn!!! Ok, I’ll trade you the following items for your two mint bbq’s…
one Fresh Organic Ranch Dressing (unopened of course!) It’s a fancy navy blue label with a pearl white background. Please notice the two baby mushrooms, red plump tomato with what appears to be a head of loose leaf lettuce and one 1/2 sliced avacado! Yum, yum, yum.
also in my possession I have a Caramel DIP from the ‘Golden Arches’ baby!
Last but not least a FRANK’S RedHot Buffalo dipping Sauce (plain white and red labeling but will make your mouth burn!
If none of these sound too tempting….I do have one single serving DARIGOLD TRIM LOWFAT Cottage cheese (since 1918, so they say) um, the company not how long it’s been in my fridge, although, I do need to go grocery shopping!
Contact me if interested!
Location: BURIEN
