Chinese Balloons, Zombies, Bagels?

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From Marc – Yes. it has been a year since I posted to this blog — where has the time gone? Life just continues to frustrate my writing, but I’m determined to come back with a bang, or should I say bagels. Enjoy!

What do Chinese balloons, zombies, and bagels have in common? Hopefully nothing. Recently, coinciding somewhat with the Chinese balloon fiasco, and my daughter’s desire to watch all things zombie, a strange story about bagels emerged in our little town. (What do you call a whole lot of bagels?) My good friend, Chris Grimm discovered and covered this story for the benefit of all local residents. Now, One Voice for Reason brings you the culmination of the mysterious story — or is it?

First some background:

On January 23, 2023, 06880 Where Westport Meets the World carried a photo supplied by the aforementioned Chris Grimm showing dozens of bagels strewn alongside a road in his neighborhood. Though the story provided photographic evidence, not much was said about the reason for the anomaly.

On January 31, 06880 published a second story with additional photographic evidence of the slowly decaying bagels, and both the author and Chris pondered, “why wildlife and weather have not taken more of a toll on the food. And why no one in the neighborhood has gathered them up for the garbage.”

On February 7, 06880 published a final story with an additional photo, and the following observation by Chris, “The 2 piles have been joined by a smaller, breakaway third pile, to the left, while a few to the far left seem to be trying to flee. Behind the larger pile to the right seem to be a large number of casualties.”

Now, One Voice for Reason is excited to share another update (as of Feb 12) from Chris about these misbegotten bagels with exclusive photos — note, some photos may be upsetting:

Chris says, “It seemed as if this was the time to take a closer look at the bagels. After four weeks, they are more comfortable with my approach. The distressing news is that the bagels that were fleeing the area (in the Feb 7 picture) seem to be gone. While I don’t want to presume the worst, I suspect they were picked off by unidentified predators. The rest of the bagels, like a school of fish, seem to understand that their numbers provide protection.

I’m not sure if this bagel is foolishly going AWOL or is returning to the safety of the group.

Another thing I noticed, by immersing myself in their group, is that bagels are a lot like people. There seems to be tribalism amongst the bagels. Like bagels try to cluster together.

This group of rainbow bagels appears to be supporting one another. Maybe the B in LGBTQ represents Bagels?

Amidst the carnage, and the winter conditions (mild winter, but winter nonetheless)…

One can almost see the grit and determination in those who survive!

So, is this the end of the bagel story? I have no idea — while we have a theory about which bagel shop may have created these beauties, we still have no idea about how they came to be abandoned. Dropped from a Chinese balloon? Carried to this spot during a failed zombie apocalypse? We may never know — unless Chris sends me another update. Now I need to go buy some cream cheese!

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