Monday, September 15, 2025

The Mystery of The Woolen Sock

     "Alpaca actually," the scientist who'd examined the material with the blood on it corrected.  "Right, alpaca." 

     "Why was it a mystery?"  

     "Did they kill it and eat it?" 

     "The sock, no." The woman was proudly wearing a company logo on her shirt.  "I'd been unable to pick up a pen since finishing my thesis.  But then this happened." She fished out photographs of scuff marks in dirt, looking over the edge of a steep embankment, and what looked like a clump of fur with blood on it.



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