Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Disturbing new sighting--can anyone confirm?

At 4:30 PM this afternoon, Jim received a call that reported seeing a dog that looked like Gigi behind the McDonald's on Wisconsin at Van Ness, walking down Van Ness towards Nebraska. The call was from a young girl. Jim immediately drove there and canvassed the area and could get no confirmation. Both Van Ness and Nebraska were choked with traffic, and this would be the first daytime sighting of Gigi. All others have been clustered from 10PM-1Am and from 5AM-8AM--none in the afternoon. I pray and hope this was a mistaken ID because the traffic is so bad in this area. On the other hand, it is not that far down the street where she has been reliably reported--just across a very Nebraska which she hasn't crossed before.

IF ANYONE WAS ON VAN NESS BETWEEN WISCONSIN AND NEBRASKA AROUND 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON--OR HAS FRIENDS OR KNOWS AU STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA, PLEASE REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS!

Gigi photographed 7AM February 24


It is a blurry photo, but that's our girl. She's reported moving fine. You are probably wondering why we can't get her? Remember, she's smart and fast, and in survival mode. She avoids all humans. The great news is she's staying put in a relatively small area that is free of cars. We are advised by all the experts to be patient. It's driving us to distraction, but we are taking their advice. They have been through this many times. Jim tried sitting on the ground near here 15 minutes after this photo was taken. with my back to where she was this morning, I spoke happily to Gigi and sang badly (I can't carry a tune to save my life). It didn't work (I don't think the off-key warbling was the reason why), but I took some comfort in the fact that Gigi was there and heard every word. I left her some nice fried chicken--her favorite! She needs some nourishment with the snow storm predicted for tonight (luckily, not a deep one--fingers crossed).