D is for discovery

Ernie and Bert were deep into their search when they came upon a circus convoy, there, in one of the cages was Snuffleuppagus. He had been paired with the freak attractions group and seemed quite content to be accepted by the group. Since there was no way to safely detour the convoy, Officers Ernie and Bert followed along in the hopes that the next stop would provide them some answers.

Bird gazed at the river’s edge puzzling over what had just transpired the night before, who was the mysterious figure and what had been deposited into the river, was there a connection?

Bird decided it was time to start doing some detective work and see if there was any possible way to prove his innocence. He walked the shoreline looking for footprints and trying to clearly remember the night of the murder.

“How did you do that?”, the last words Bird ever heard from Maria, maybe even the last words she ever spoke?

About 100 metres ahead (approximately 328 feet), bird spotted something snagged near the riverside. He cautiously made his way over to investigate all the while staying out of sight. He approached the bag and to his horror spotted a limb protruding from the bag and securely caught up in a fallen tree.

It was clear that the bags that were sent down the river the night before contained two new bodies. The bodies of well known tough guys from Bruno’s operation.

Bird plugged his nose and tried to look away as he peeled back the plastic. Inside with the corpse was a collection of yellow feathers, a pair or crudely modified shoes that resembled big bird’s feet and two pistols with some ammunition.

Was it a coincidence that this bag had been snagged in the vicinity? Was it a mistake? Was somebody trying to frame someone else? Had the murderer been one of these two? Bird’s head was spinning. He dragged the corpse complete with the items up from the banks and hit it beneath a pile of brush. He needed to talk to Gordon.