#hunters home Oklahoma

[househuntersus]

How to Sell Inherited House Oklahoma City

It can be difficult and tiring selling a house that was inherited. It's even more challenging selling a house that has been inherited when there is money due. - Sell Inherited House Oklahoma

If there's no money due and you are permitted to sell your home Make the property attractive and make the required repairs.

It will leave prospective buyers with a great impression that will last. There are other options to consider if would like to sell your house that you have inherited Oklahoma.

Are you looking to sell your inheritance house in Oklahoma? We at W Properties OK, we will purchase the home and simplify the process. We will take care of all expenses associated with closing the property, which means there are no costs to pay.

Prepare for the Sale

It is crucial to clean and organize the house prior to selling it. Thus, get rid of sentimental items as well as furniture, and then make minor repairs to the interior and outside of the house.

The buyers will take a look at the property prior to buying it. If the home is crowded and is ugly, many buyers will steer clear of it. Making the house ready for sale will increase the chance of getting the perfect buyer in a short time.

Set the Right Asking Price

A few people do not sell their homes that they have inherited because they have set the wrong price. Market conditions determine the outcome of selling the house you inherited and it is therefore essential to establish the appropriate price for the house.

Examine the cost of homes in your area to determine a fair value. Speak to an expert particularly if you don't have any knowledge of the homes for sale okc. It's much simpler to sell a house that you have inherited when you decide on the best price.

Inspect the House

Make sure to check the property. Make sure to inspect the house prior to placing it up for sale. It is possible for buyers to be turned away because of small problems in the property.

Employ a certified home inspector to examine the home. If there is a problem regarding the plumbing, insulation, foundations and so on. Repair them as soon as you can. It's inexpensive to fix these issues, and you'll get back the money when you sell the house.

Promote the House

When you've improved the appearance of your home and make the required repairs, it's the time to sell the property. A lot of potential buyers look for homes to buy via the Internet, therefore you should use the internet to market your home.

For example paying for advertisements on social media is among the most efficient methods of bringing traffic to your website's property listing. Utilize proven strategies for marketing when you are looking to sell your home quickly.

Now you are aware of how to market inherited homes in Oklahoma. If you're having difficulty selling your inherited home in Oklahoma and we are able to purchase the property.

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[e-dubbc11]

you said you could be persuaded to write about dean sooooooooo what about retired dilf dean? 🤔

My dear sweet Selene, it’s very hard for me to say no to you. 🤣 I came up with a little something for DILF Dean Winchester. I hope you like it, thank you for challenging me, my lovely friend ♥️♥️♥️

Carrying On

Photos are not mine. They are courtesy of Pinterest/Google.

Pairing: Dad Dean Winchester x F! Reader

Warnings: Couple of swear words, fluff, mentions of readers father’s death, smooches, a little hunter violence

Word Count: 1.7K-ish

Summary: You just bought a house in a new state, trying to see if you can move on after your father’s untimely death. Your neighbor introduces himself and already you’re feeling more at home

A/N: So this is my first time writing for Dean, dear god I hope it doesn’t suck. I wanted to write more for this but I still have asks in my inbox for my sleepover I need to get to(I’m trying my hardest to answer them all, I thank you all for your patience.) I’d even be willing to do another part for this because I had fun writing this one! I hope you like it! ♥️

As always, thank you for reading!  I appreciate it so much and comments, reblogs are welcome and encouraged. Don’t be shy to tell me your favorite part. 💕💕 💕

The house was at the end of a nice quiet street. Your suitcases were piled high in the back seat, almost too high to see out the rear window but it wouldn’t be for much longer. It will be nice to finally stretch your legs after being in the car for such a long drive.

When you pulled into the driveway, you noticed that the “For Sale” sign had been removed from the front lawn. This was your home now and you were determined to live your life as normal as possible from now on.

After your father passed away, you left the flat lands of Oklahoma for the mountains of Colorado. There was just something about that cool mountain air. But you didn’t want to live IN the mountains, you didn’t want to be alone so moving into a neighborhood NEAR the mountains was a good compromise.

A man and, what you assumed to be, his young son were playing catch in the front yard. The boy tossed the baseball to his father but the man wasn’t paying attention. He was too busy looking at your car which happened everywhere you went.

You and your father had rebuilt that car and restored it to its former glory. It was your dream car…a 1967 Pontiac GTO in midnight blue. The way the paint reflected the light, the car almost looked purple. It was a gorgeous car.

The car in your neighbor’s driveway was impressive also. It was a 1967 Chevy Impala, black.

“DAD!! You missed!” The boy shouted.

“Hold on, son. You see that car? She must be our new neighbor. Let’s go say hello.” The man said.

Reaching for the sky, you stretched until some of the tightness in your shoulders went away. You then saw your new neighbor.

“Fuck me.” You whispered under your breath.

He was very handsome with medium brown hair, a well-groomed beard, and green eyes. As he came closer, you saw a splash of freckles across his nose and his young son was a carbon copy of his father.

You smiled warmly as they came closer.

“Hi there! I’m your new neighbor. I’m y/f/n y/l/n.”You extended your hand to shake his.

After you introduced yourself, the man had a slightly confused look on his face that quickly disappeared.

He extended his hand for you to shake. “I’m Dean and this is my son Charlie.”

“It’s really nice to meet you.” You said.

Charlie interjected himself. “Dad missed the ball because he was staring at your car.”

“Charlie…” Said Dean through clenched teeth.

“Ah, well I do get that a lot. You wanna sit in it?” You asked.

Charlie’s eyes went wide. “Sure!”

You opened the car door so Charlie could sit on the driver’s side.

Dean pointed at the car. “That is a nice car. ’69?” He asked.

You bit down on your lower lip to keep from smiling. “It’s a ’67 actually, like your Impala.”

“Impressive…I don’t know a lot of women that would know that to look at it.” He said.

“Well, we do exist.” You said, a little sarcastically.

Dean smiled at you and said softly. “Yes, I guess you do.”

When he realized he was staring, he quickly snapped out of the trance he was in.

“Um, yeah so um, do you have furniture coming or anything? I’m happy to help.” He said.

“Oh the moving truck is coming tomorrow so I just have the bare essentials for tonight. Thank you for the offer, I may take you up on that.” You said.

“Well, we’ll let you get settled. Just knock when the truck comes…Charlie!! Come on, let’s let y/n settle in to her new house.” Said Dean.

As they walked away, you heard Charlie tell his dad, “Dad, you were staring at her.”

Dean narrowed his eyes and furrowed his brow. “No I wasn’t…get the ball.”

“Yes you were, Dad. I saw you.” Said Charlie.

You shook your head back and forth then smiled. They both seemed really sweet.

Three Months Later

You had settled nicely into your new home. The final box had been unpacked and you were adjusting to your new surroundings and your new neighbors. Although there was something that bothered you about Dean’s house.

Every so often, not a lot but every now and again, you noticed that the basement light would flicker. It wasn’t all the time but when it did, it was always at the same time, which you thought was strange.

Everything else seemed to be fine so you didn’t look too closely at it.

You really did like Dean and you adored Charlie. They were your friends, so you contemplated, at least telling Dean about your past, how your father really died, and why you left your home state.

One Saturday morning, all of the windows were open and you could hear music coming from their house. It sounded like…Asia – Heat of the Moment.

You giggled a little bit and thought to yourself, “Really Dean, Asia?”

Dean had a deep booming voice.

“Rise and shine, Charlie!!” He said, loudly but playfully.

After doing some housework, you heard a knock on your door. Walking down the hall from the bedroom into the kitchen, you saw Dean standing at the side door through the screen. He was leaning against the door frame.

“Hey there. What can I do for ya?” You asked, opening the screen door.

“Hey, I was wondering if you’d like to come over for dinner tonight? I thought maybe we could tell Charlie, um…well, about us.” He said, shyly.

Charlie didn’t know that about a month after you moved in, you and Dean started to hang out with each other after he went to sleep.

He’d come over for a drink, sometimes a movie, or a lot of the time, the two of you would just talk, and the relationship just sort of happened.

Charlie’s mom had passed away three years ago and it had just been the two of them since then. Obviously you weren’t trying to get in the way of their relationship and you DEFINITELY weren’t trying to replace his mom but you really did like the both of them and Charlie deserved to know the truth…they both did.

You snaked your arms around Dean’s neck, let your fingers run through his soft brown hair, and leaned in to kiss him. The bristles of his beard tickled your chin and you smiled in between his kisses. You really were smitten with him.

“I’d love to…I’ll bring you guys a special dessert.” You said.

A shy smile extended across Dean’s face. “Awesome…oh and I’m not much of a cook so I hope you’re ok with burgers. Alright? Ok, good talk.” He said, as he smacked you on the ass and turned around to walk back home.

You were going to come clean tonight.

Walking over to Dean’s, you remembered the first time you saw the last name on the mailbox…Winchester. Dean Winchester. All hunters knew that name, that family, his brother Sam, their father John, and their mother Mary.

They were famous in the world of hunting. Your family name stayed under the radar. Sure, you and your dad had some pretty big hunts and cases but nothing compared to the Winchesters.

Charlie answered when you knocked.

“Y/n!!!” He said, excitedly.

“Hey buddy!” You replied.

Charlie saw you holding the pie in your hands.

“Oh you brought Dad’s favorite.” He said.

“I did? Well I hope you guys like it, I made it from scratch.” You said.

“Dad’s always eating pie…he’s out back, come on!” He said, tugging on your t-shirt.

The three of you had a nice dinner together filled with a lot of laughs and you breathed a sigh of relief when Charlie said he was ok that you were his dad’s girlfriend.

The child like smile Dean had on his face as he was about to taste the pie made you smile. Before he could take his first bite, the lights flickered.

He looked up at the kitchen light as it continued to flicker. “Son of a bitch.” He boomed.

“Dad, language!” Shouted Charlie.

“Not now, Charlie.” He growled.

You stood up and backed away from the kitchen table. “Where’s the salt, Dean?” You asked.

“What? How do you--?” He started to say.

“The salt, Dean…NOW!!!” You shouted.

Dean got the bag of salt from underneath the kitchen sink and you had Charlie stand in an open area in the dining room, while his dad drew a salt circle around him. Then he pulled out two shotguns from underneath the couch in the living room filled with rock salt.

“Charlie…buddy, don’t move from this spot, do you understand?” You asked him, looking into his scared eyes.

He nodded.

Standing back to back, holding the shotguns, Dean asked, “Is there something you wanna tell me?”

As fast as you could, you explained yourself. “Ok, so I come from a family of hunters too, nothing like yours of course but I left Oklahoma after my father died saving me from a nest of vampires. It was just me and him, my whole life and when he died, I felt like I couldn’t hunt without him.” You said.

Low moans and hisses were emanating through the walls as the lights continued to turn on and off.

“I can’t believe you’re a hunter. That’s why when you introduced yourself, your name sounded familiar to me!” Shouted Dean.

Charlie stood petrified inside the salt circle. “Dad, what’s going on?”

“It’s alright, buddy. We’re gonna be alright.” Said Dean.

Two apparitions came through the wall and headed straight for you when you blasted them with rock salt.

“Are y-you m-mad?” You asked, while trying to catch your breath.

“Mad? I’m only mad that I didn’t get to eat my pie! As far as you being a hunter, well…I gotta say I’m a little turned on.” He said.

In the middle of a life or death situation, Dean managed to make you blush.

“What does that mean, Dad?” Asked Charlie.

In unison, you and Dean yelled, “Not now, Charlie!”

“When we’re done with this, we’re gonna have a talk.” Dean pointed his finger at you.

“But you’re not mad?” You asked with a slight smile.

Dean smiled at you, his bright green eyes looked like fresh blades of grass as he leaned in to kiss your forehead.

“Nah, I’m not mad sweetheart. Now let’s kill these things so I can eat my pie.”

Tagging: @munsonownsmyass @gijos

[probablyasocialecologist]

Hiring high-ranking Nazis to test new torture methods on prisoners was only the beginning, however. By 1953, CIA scientists like Schreiber and Sidney Gottlieb—the titular character of Stephen Kinzer’s book, Poisoner in Chief—had initiated a sprawling two-decade campaign of reckless human experimentation best known by the codename MK-ULTRA. A quixotic but well-funded hunt for truth serums, brainwashing drugs, and other mind control techniques, MK-ULTRA scientists subjected countless non-consenting and/or otherwise vulnerable people to powerful drugs and interrogation techniques. In spite of being subject to three separate government investigations, only a small fraction of the total program has been publicly disclosed since the CIA shredded nearly all relevant documents. What little we do know, however, is horrifying. With the help of OSS veteran and federal narcotics detective George Hunter White, Gottlieb maintained a network of domestic and international “safe houses” where he would administer LSD to unwitting and “expendable” subjects such as petty criminals and drug users. Sometimes, Gottlieb’s expendable subjects included other scientists, such as bacteriologist Frank Olson, who was dosed with LSD and allegedly murdered by CIA, supposedly because of fears that he would reveal America’s use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW). The Agency has had more than its share of CBW-use allegations beginning in this period, including the open-air testing of aerosolized biological agents in New York City and spreading whooping cough on the coast of Florida in 1955. MK-ULTRA research was also conducted at university laboratories, such as those of Harold Wolff and Louis Jolyon West at Cornell Medical College and the University of Oklahoma, or Donald Ewen Cameron at McGill University in Montreal. Between 1957 and 1963, Cameron used CIA money to develop psychological “depatterning” techniques on approximately one hundred patients. These techniques included placing patients in extended drug-induced comas, LSD dosing for months at a time, electro-shock treatments, and forcing patients to listen to recorded messages such as “my mother hates me” played on a loop. A multi-million dollar class action lawsuit against McGill, the Canadian government, and the Royal Victoria Hospital on behalf of Cameron’s victims and their families is currently underway. MK-ULTRA later found a home in existing networks set up by scientific institutions and universities in the USA and Canada.

[reality-detective]

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ HURRICANE UPDATE ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️

I've been doing a little research and trying to connect some dots with some information about hurricane Idalia. First off I will start with this article 👇

There are a few things that jumped out at me in this article.

#1 - Hurricane Hunters made their first flights into Tropical Storm Idalia on Sunday, launching what will be one of the largest sequences of flights and weather-balloon launches carried out in years to monitor a potential Atlantic hurricane.

#2 - The reconnaissance plan issued on Saturday included a flurry of NOAA and Air Force flights that began on Sunday to monitor Idalia as well as potent Hurricane Franklin, which will remain well east of the United States (see below). The biggest question marks on Sunday were how large and strong Idalia will be at landfall and where exactly on the Florida Gulf Coast it will arrive.

These 👆 alone should be making you ask questions, but let's continue. 👇

Contaminated gasoline? 🤔

Citgo has released the following list of affected Florida gas stations:👇

Most of these are along the western side of Florida. Where is Idalia tracking? The West side of Florida. 👇

Widespread Gasoline Contamination & Diesel

The stations affected by the contamination have been asked to stop selling gasoline until the fuel is replaced and the tanks are cleaned.

MY THOUGHTS: 👇

I'm getting Maui vibes... Right before a major tropical storm/hurricane? Thousands, if not possibly hundreds of thousands of vehicles affected, as well as home generators...

This is beginning to smell like sabotage. 🤔

I saw a list of states where possible DEW attacks may take place.

Here's that list: 👇

There were 15 states on a list that showed possible planned DEW Attacks in the future...

Texas, Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Florida, California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Oklahoma.

I don't want to create any fear with this, I'm just pointing some things out, I'm trying to connect some dots so people can be aware and prepare for the worst.

Am I right? >>> Is it Florida's turn?

We're about to find out... 🤔

Last comment: 👇

I have been in hurricanes multiple times and I have listened to the local news many times and this one started out as being a cat 1 at landfall, then it was said to be a cat 2 now less than 24 hours later they are saying it will be a powerful cat 3 and it will continue to intensify up until landfall so could it be a cat 4 at landfall? Possibly because I keep hearing the term "Rapid Intensification" more than any other hurricane I have been in.

Pay Attention and implement the 6 P Rule - Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. 🤔

EVERYONE STAY SAFE OUT THERE‼️ 🙏

[callofthxvoid]

Please welcome IMOGEN GRIFFITHS (SHE/THEY) to Huntsville, WV. They are a 39-year-old VISITOR who lives in TOWN. You may see them around working as a CERAMIC ARTIST. Poor unfortunate soul. We'll see if they survive.

quick facts

Title: The Liberated

Name: Imogen Isolde Griffiths

Nickname: Griff (only by close friends)

Date of Birth: February 2, 1985

Age: 39

Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Hometown: Edmond, Oklahoma

Languages: English, French, Italian

Faceclaim: Natalie Dormer

Pronouns: She/They

Sexuality: Polyamorous Bisexual

Relationship Status: Divorced

personality

Myers-Briggs: ESFJ - The Consul

Enneagram: Type Two - The Helper (2w3)

Moral Alignment: Neutral Good

Occupation: Ceramic Artist

Role: Hunter

[+] affable, entrepreneurial, imaginative, generous [-] forceful, unpredictable, uninhibited, bourgeois

Character Inspirations: Astrid Leong-Teo (Crazy Rich Asians), Elizabeth 'Liz' Gilbert (Eat Pray Love), Emily Nelson (A Simple Favor)

background

TW: Infidelity

Growing up, there was nothing extraordinary about Imogen. She was an average girl next door, born into an average nuclear family, living in an average house with a white picket fence in an average suburban neighbourhood. Their parents were loving if a little old-fashioned, raising them to become someone who married into wealth, as opposed to someone who acquired their own wealth. They planned for her to attend college, but it was less about getting an education for a career, and more about finding a husband.

At college, she met a man from a prominent family and fell in love, marrying him after he graduated and dropping out of her own degree to become a full-time corporate wife. Their job was to support him, and they did that by keeping their home, by being in charge of their staff, and by planning their social calendar, making sure he went to the right events and met the right people there to network with. As a partnership, it worked well at first, but with time it became evident that was all it was—a business arrangement. She didn't mind that, but what she did mind was that she failed to feel as fulfilled by the life of a wife as she had been led to believe she would be, and the fact that he didn't seem to care how unhappy she was only made her feel more trapped. The handful of times that they tried to broach the topic of separation, they were met with adamant refusal, their husband's main concern being with the optics of divorce.

Things came to a head when she discovered that her husband was having an affair. At that point, Imogen knew that their marriage was over, but it was not because he had cheated on her—it was because she had felt relieved when she found out about it. Walking away with a small fortune due to the infidelity clause in their prenup, they were in the middle of starting over and figuring out what they wanted to do with their life when they met Ven Rawlins, joining him and his cameraperson Utena on the road.

She wound up putting her unfinished joint degree in Business Management and Communications to good use, becoming a mixture of a manager and a production assistant—handling the financial side of their operation and helping Ven build his channel into a sustainable business. Ironically, the same skills that had made them a good professional wife also made them a good networker and salesperson, allowing the three of them to take on bigger, more ambitious projects with higher risks.

They were on their way to their next adventure when they wound up in Huntsville. Imogen knows that Ven feels responsible, and while she doesn't love being trapped in a hell town, she can't find it in herself to regret how they got here. They know what it's like to simply exist without truly living—and they never, ever want to go back to that.

[galtx]

GALTx eNews: Just The Right Mix!

Last November, we welcomed four adorable Greyhound/Deerhound mix puppies from a Coyote hunter in Oklahoma:  Scarlett,  Tashah  (pictured left), Star (pictured right), and Elijah. They were born on July 27, 2022, and have now grown into wonderful young hounds ready to find their forever homes! That is, all except Scarlett, who overachieved and finalized her adoption last week. She will stay forever with her foster family.

Tashah likes to run and explore. She is fascinated by everything and loves everyone in a youthful way. She has learned a few things like "calm," “look,” and “touch.” She isn't possessive of toys or food and doesn't seem to have any separation issues. She is not at all timid with larger dogs and loves to play. Tashah still needs supervision as she likes to dig and chew. But when she sleeps, she is out for the entire night! 

Star loves romping in the cold snow and could spend her entire day outside digging and hunting. She likes to watch the birds through the window and does well with her Greyhound foster siblings. She is a big cuddler and already knows how to sit on command. Like her sister, she is not possessive of her food or toys and doesn't show any separation issues. She responds well to her name and can follow “look” and “touch” commands too. 

Elijah plays from the moment he wakes up until he sleeps at night. Toys, bully sticks, and twigs are all favorites. He could win awards for his digging skills. But somehow, he still finds time to climb into your lap for cuddles. Elijah can be a little shy when meeting new people or going to new places, but he warms up quickly. He tends to be a bit of a velcro dog around the house and will sing a bit when left home alone. He knows a few comments like "come" and "go to bed." Elijah loves his routine, and it's important to him because he takes Keppra every 12 hours to control seizures. He is doing really well on his medication and it's important he continues to take it on time twice a day.

None of these young hounds should live with cats but all will make the right family a wonderful companion. If you would like to adopt one of them, please let your adoption coordinator know or complete our online adoption application here.

3/30/23

[queen-of-deans-booty]

Hunteri Heroici: Part One

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Female!Reader

Word Count: ~2k

Warnings: canon angst and violence

Author’s Note: I do not own anything from Supernatural. All credit goes to their respective owners. Any and all comments on these are appreciated.

With Sam and Dean waiting by the car, you need to be quick so that you can get on the road. Castiel has Joanna, so you're not worried about a two-year-old running through the store and touching whatever she can get her hands on. She is officially potty training! You have to get her a portable toilet so you can train her while on the road. You still don't have a home base, so this is going to have to do.

After picking out the one you wanted, you pass by some bottles and extra nipples that you need since yours seemed to disappear after Joanna stopped using bottles. You grab a few of those before heading over to the cashier. After paying for them, you carry everything out of the store in bags except for the portable toilet. That's too big to fit in a bag.

Sam and Dean are across the street at the gas station, but you don't mind the walk. You need the exercise, even if it's for a little bit. Sam is talking on the phone with Ms. Tran while Dean is filling up his car. Castiel is holding Joanna as she tells him a story, and he's listening to her every word.

"Why did he do that?" he asks her.

"I dunno," she shrugs and goes back to storytelling.

Dean finishes filling up when he notices you trudging over with the stuff in your hands. He rushes over to you and grabs everything you're holding so he can put them in the trunk.

"I don't know why you didn't let me do this," he grumbles.

"I'm pregnant, not disabled. I can handle it."

You walk over to Joanna and Castiel, and you hold your arms out to signal to the angel that you need to put her in her car seat. He whispers something to her that causes her to giggle, and he hands her over to you. You open the back door of the Impala and strap her into her car seat. You kiss her head and shut the door once she isn't going anywhere.

"Right, yeah. No, just call us whenever you find something," Sam says to Ms. Tran.

Before she can talk his ear off, Sam quickly hangs up on her, glad that he doesn't have to talk to her. Ms. Tran is amazing, but she can be a handful sometimes.

"What's going on in Tran-land?" Dean jokes.

"Garth finally got them to his houseboat, but Kevin's having a lot of trouble reading their half of the tablet. So far, it's bits and pieces. Nothing about boarding up Hell."

"Garth has a safe-houseboat?"

"Dude, I don't even ask questions anymore."

"What's the word, Cas?"

"It's a shortened version of my name."

"Yes, it is. I meant what's the word on the Word? Any tablet chatter on angel radio?" Dean sighs.

"Oh, I couldn't say. I turned that off."

"You can do that?" you ask and lean against the side of the car.

"Yeah, it's a simple matter of blocking out certain subsonic frequencies. I could draw you a diagram if you want."

"No, that's--we're good. Why'd you flip the switch?" Dean asks with a shake of his head.

"Because it's a direct link to Heaven, and I don't want anything to do with that place... not anymore."

"So, what now? Move to Vermont and open up a charming B&B?"

You and Sam smile at his joke, but Castiel isn't so amused.

"No. I still want--need--to help people. So... I'm gonna become a hunter," he smiles widely. "I could be your fourth wheel."

"You know that's not a good thing, right?" Dean says.

"Of course it is. A fourth wheel adds extra grip and greater stability. I even found a case in Oklahoma City. A man's heart jumped ten feet out of his chest. It sounds like our kind of thing, right?"

"He's got a point," Sam shrugs.

"Excellent. I'll see you there."

He turns to teleport there, but Dean quickly stops him before he can go.

"Wait, Cas! If you want to play cowboys and bloodsuckers, that's fine, but you're gonna stick with us, okay? None of this zapping around shit. Capiche?"

"Yeah, I capiche." Dean and Sam nod in agreement and move to the front of the car when Castiel tries to wiggle his way to the front seat. "Can I at least ride in the front seat?"

"No," both Sam and Dean say at the same time.

"Come on, Castiel. The back seat is way more fun," you wink at him and guide him to sit next to Joanna.

Once you're all inside, you think about how you're going to shuttle around three kids alongside three grown adults. You might have to think about getting a different car, and you know that's not going to go over well with Dean. The entire car ride is silent, which is what Joanna needs to take a nap all the way to the morgue to see a guy, Gary Freleng, whose heart leaped out of his chest.

Joanna isn't cranky, you're fed, and the entire team is ready to tackle this case for what it is. The detective on the case greets you with a smile and brings you to the back, not caring that there is a little girl attached to Dean's hip. She minds her own business as long as you figure out what is going on in her town.

"The coroner said his heart was ejected from his body. It got some air, too. We found it in a sandbox."

"Any idea what happened, Detective?" Sam asks.

"A lot of people are thinking drugs, Agent Nash, an assload of drugs."

"There are no narcotics in that man's system. His molecules are all wrong," Castiel mutters to you and Dean, speaking softly so the detective doesn't hear.

"But you don't think that?" Sam asks the detective.

"I've never seen something do this."

She pulls back the cloth to reveal a cookie-cutter heart-shaped hole in Gary's chest where his heart should have been.

"Who called this in?" you ask.

"A friend of his named Olivia Kopple. She saw the whole thing." Her phone rings, and she sighs when she sees whose it is. "Ah, crap. I have to take this. Here's everything we got." She hands over the file to Dean and begins to leave. "Knock yourself out."

"Listen, you see anything weird, anything out of the box, you give us a call," Dean hands over his card.

"Whatever you say, Scully," she chuckles. She answers her phone as she leaves the office. "Detective Glass. On my way."

Dean opens the file as Castiel stands closer to the body. He leans down and starts sniffing the dead guy.

"I can't sense any EMF or sulfur. Mr. Freleng's arterial health is excellent. He did recently suffer from a," he sniffs the body once more, more towards the lower region of the body, "mild bladder infection."

"Cas, stop smelling the dead guy," Dean says, already done with him.

"Why? Now I know everything about this man. So we can--"

"Did you know he was having an affair?" Sam says, holding Gary's file.

"What?"

"According to Olivia, they would meet at the park every Thursday at 12:45 and walk to the Moonlight diner, where she always ordered a Caesar salad with dressing on the side. They would chat about everything, and she'd be back on the road by 1:30."

"You don't think she's telling the truth?"

"That's too much detail. It sounds rehearsed. Plus, we drove past the Moonlight diner on the way into town. It's attached to the Moonlight motel," you state.

"Okay, let's say that Gary is on the prowl but he's playing it safe because," Dean lifts his hand to reveal a wedding ring on Gary's left hand, "he's married. He doesn't want anyone to see his ride parked out in front of a motel. He stashes his car at the park across the street and meets Olivia there. His wife probably found out about it, and it broke her heart."

"So, she breaks his. It sounds witchy."

"Yes, it does. The guy was living a lie and it came back to bite him in the ticker. But nice job on the bladder infection," Dean pats Castiel on the shoulder and walks out of the medical examiner's office with his brother.

"Becoming a hunter isn't going to happen overnight, Castiel. You have to look at more than just physical evidence. It's all about body language and outside clues that will help paint a picture of what could be going on. Understand?"

"Yeah."

You four head over to Gary's house to talk to his wife because Sam believes that she may be a witch trying to kill him. Upon first glance at her, you don't see anything more than a grieving widow. There are many ways you can go about this, but it seems like Castiel has enough training for an interrogation.

"I--I don't understand," she stutters with tears in her eyes, "Gary had a heart attack. Why would the FBI be investigating this?"

"The parks are government property. We just got a few questions for you," Dean says simply.

"I'll, uh... I'll handle this. I've done the research. I can crack her," Castiel mutters to you and the brothers. You raise your eyebrows but let him do his thing because you're kind of curious to see how this will play out. "Now, Ms. Freleng, I don't want to bother you. I--I really don't, but I--I do have just one question for you." He grows angry and slams his hand on the table, scaring her. "Why did you kill your husband?!"

"Agent Stills. A word, please," Dean sighs.

You want to laugh at this, but for the wife's sake, you don't. Dean takes Castiel off to the side, and you quickly take a seat across from her. You grab her hand as a sign of comfort, but really, you're using her magic to take away some of her pain. She sobs at the harshness of Castiel but calms down a bit at the softness of you.

"I can't imagine what you're going through, but just know that your husband loved you very much. I know this is a hard time."

"Yeah," she sniffles, pulling her hand away.

"I'm really sorry about my partner, but what he was trying to say is if Gary had any secrets? Maybe something he was hiding?"

"Like what?" she sniffles.

There is a knock at the front door, and Olivia, the mistress walks in with a casserole in her hand.

"Deb?" she asks with tears in her eyes.

"Olivia."

Mrs. Freleng gets up and hugs the mistress. She must not know of her betrayal if she is welcoming her in like this.

"Are you okay?"

"As in mistress Olivia?" Dean whispers to you and Sam.

"This is awkward," Castiel nods.

"I'm sorry. What did you think Gary was hiding?" Deborah asks with her arm around Olivia.

"That he was sleeping with her," Castiel says before you and the brothers could say anything.

"I know," Deborah sighs.

"You know?"

"Gary and I... had an arrangement. He was seeing Olivia, and I was spending some time with our neighbor P.J."

"I'll put this in the kitchen," Olivia says, desperate to get away.

Deborah agrees and decides to help her to gain some distance from you and the brothers, and once they are out of sight, you turn to the brothers with a confused look.

"So, she's not a witch," Castiel deduced.

"Just the best wife ever," Dean chuckles.

"Oh really?" you ask and cross your arms defiantly. "If you feel that way, maybe you'd be okay if I slept with Sam again? Maybe Castiel and I can give it a go. How do you feel about that?" Dean immediately shuts up, and you nod knowingly. "That's what I thought."

You roll your eyes and motion for your daughter to come to you. Sam lets her down and she runs over to you, and you grab her hand.

"Come on, let's leave Daddy alone right now."

You look behind you and shake your head as you and Joanna walk to the car. Dean sighs and he turns to his friend and his brother, shrugging.

"If she didn't kill her husband, then who or what did?" No one has a chance to answer when Dean's phone rings. "Hello? ... Another one? ... We're on our way. Thanks." He hangs up with a sigh. "We got another one, boys."

You've finished strapping Joanna in when the men walk out of Gary's house. With one look to your husband's face, you know that there is another death. They know where they're going, so you're only in it for the ride. A man had jumped to his death off a really tall building, but there is a catch that the detective didn't want to tell Dean over the phone. Whatever it is, you're here to figure out what is going on.

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[jedirhydon]

Armament: 8 x Dual Heavy Turbolaser Turrets, 2 x Duel Medium Turbolaser Cannons, 52 - 60 Point-Defense Laser Cannons, 4 x Heavy Proton Torpedo Launchers, 6 x Heavy Tractor Beam Projectors, 1 x Ventral mounted Beam-weapon, 6 or more x Deck Guns.

Length: 1,155 meters.

Height: 249 meters.

Crew: 9,400 (7,400 x Officers, Enlisted Crew, Pilots, 2,000 x Troopers).

Complement: 192 x V-19 Torrent Fighters/Alpha-3 Nimbus-Class V-wing Star Fighters, 192 x Delta-7 or Delta-7B Aethersprite-class Light Interceptors/Eta-2 Actis-class Interceptors, 36 x ARC-170 Starfighters, Unknown x Clone Wars era Z-95 Head Hunter Starfighters, 24 x AT-TE Walkers, 40 x LAAT/i Gunships, Unknown x Other/Landing crafts.

Shielding: Equipped.

Nav Computer: Equipped.

Hyperdrive: Class 1 with a class 15 as a backup.

Engines: 10.

The Venator-class Star Destroyer Cruiser Protector served as the flagship of the 101st Fleet and the personal command ship of Jedi Knight/General Rhydon Kenobi and Fleet Admiral Whitney Thomas. The Protector, like her sister ship, the Peace of the 82nd Attack Fleet, boasted the Sapphire Blue colors of the 101st Legion rather than the standard crimson red colors of the Republic Navy and was always seen leading the 101st Fleet from the front. Because of the leading from the front belief of the Protector's commanding officers, many in the 101st Fleet would find inspiration, and many ships would follow behind their flagship, eager to see the mission through. Throughout the war, The Protector would be home to many individuals in the 101st Legion, from Rhydon Kenobi and his wives: Zarina Kenobi, Taylor Smith, and Sierra Sommers, to Rhydon Kenobi's padawan Zayla Secura, Admiral Whitney Thomas, ARC Commander Zeus, and many others.

Continuing to fight through the Clone Wars, the Protector would see action through battles such as Christophsis, Ryloth, Geonosis, Saleucami, Kamino, Sullust, Umbara, Ringo Vinda, Anaxes, Coruscant, and Mandalore. Through each battle, the Protector was flanked by the Venator Battleships North Carolina, Washington, Arizona II, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, California, Tennessee, Nevada, Oklahoma II, Venator Carriers Enterprise, Yorktown II, Hornet II, Wasp II, and Venator Cruisers Baltimore, Bremerton, Arquitens Light Cruisers Brooklyn and St. Louis, Aspis Destroyer Laffey, and Aiwha-class Stealth Ship Nautilus. An aspect of the Protector that made it an impressive ship was the customization that Rhydon Kenobi and Whitney Thomas put into the ship; not only did the cruiser possess a unique color scheme related to its Jedi commander, but the Protector also boasted an advanced shield, armor, and a better weapons system, than most Venator cruisers. This amount of customization to the Protector was seen by many as unnecessary, but Rhydon Kenobi and Admiral Thomas stood by their decision to increase the ship’s combat capabilities.

The downfall of the Flagship Protector would come from several of the final battles of the Clone Wars, in which the ship’s shields were weakened and her armor damaged. This weakened state would come to be stressed to its limit in the Battle of Coruscant, where despite the Protector being kept in the rear of the battle for once, she would still be struck by enemy fire in the battle. Following the Battle of Coruscant, Rhydon and Admiral Whitney recognized that the Protector would more than likely not survive another battle without extensive repairs, but the need to deploy the remaining ships of the 101st Fleet to Mandalore had forced them to put repairs on hold. Rhydon and Whitney’s decision was due to the remaining half of the 101st Fleet, as well as the 332nd Armada, were already at Mandalore, performing a siege operation against the forces of Darth Maul and the Dark Acolyte Zolan Chan.

Upon their arrival at Mandalore, Rhydon had Admiral Whitney transfer any important equipment, as well as any personal items, to anyone aboard the Protector, onto the Enterprise while he led the ground forces to the planet's surface. This would prove beneficial when Order 66 was initiated, causing several clone crew members to turn against the Jedi leadership. Fortunately, the crew of the Protector, and consequently the Enterprise, and several other important 101st Fleet ships, were loyal to the Jedi and refused to follow Order 66, but this would, however, put a massive target on them, as the ships that were going through with the Order, turned on them. As it was, the Protector was situated in the middle of the Fleet formation, and while a good number of the surrounding ships were Jedi loyal, several ships weren't, thus leading to the 101st flagship being fired upon, causing her already weakened state to be further stressed to the breaking point.

Although Admiral Whitney did her best to keep order on the Protector, she would be forced to order the crew and all other clones and personnel aboard to evacuate the cruiser and quickly make her way to an escape pod. In the end, this would come to be the best choice, as the Protector would explode in a massive fireball as the escape pods and vessels made their way to any nearby Jedi loyal ships, the majority of them, including Admiral Whitney's pod, made their way to the Enterprise. Admiral Whitney Thomas would meet up with Commodore Wilhelm Halsey, who served as the commander of the Enterprise, and Jedi General Rhydon Kenobi, who had returned from the planet's surface after being rescued by female clone troopers, alongside his apprentice Zayla Secura, wife Zarina, and the Jedi loyal male clone troopers. After this, the Venator-class Star Destroyer Carrier Enterprise would take up the torch as the new flagship of the 101st Fleet, continuing to honor the legacy of the Venator-class Star Destroyer Cruiser Flagship Protector.

[wherewhereare]

They built a Home in Oklahoma for themselves. They already had a Hunting Lodge and cabins for hunting friends to stay in. Blake stays in his home not at the Lodge even when he is by himself in Oklahoma without Gwen even if there are hunters staying at the Lodge. My opinion is that he spent a lot more time with Gwen at the house once she arrived than with the hunters/fishermen. 

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#hunter x hunter - 50 posts

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Longest Tag: 140 characters

#and if you had a more free society you might choose to organize it around gathering hazelnuts instead of farming to have a less stratified..

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#5

Last Time on Hunter x Hunter

New HxH chapter is out but it’s been quiet at least among the fans I know... it seems because no one remembers what happened last time.  :P

Probably this would be a good time to go back to the HxH subreddit because I bet the redditors are loving this chapter dedicated to mafia flunkies fighting each other using absurd powers and are digging up their old reference charts and theories and putting them up on the wall like Pepe Silvia as we speak. 

(It’s Zhang Lei, BTW.  Zhang Lei will win the succession war.  And Sakata is the Silent Majority nen user, working directly for Zhang Lei or possibly for Onior on his behalf.  Although if 8th prince Lazurus won the succession war with the help of the Spiders that would be a pretty good plot twist.  You heard it here first!  )

Ahem.  Anyway here’s your recap of what’s going on in the manga currently... spoilers ahead!!!!

(All images from this reference chart, thank you nerds of reddit!) 

There are three mafia groups based on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th tier of the boat:

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77 notes - Posted October 23, 2022

#4

I’m trying to stay focused on the local battlefield as a way to stay semi-calm. Kansas voters are in a unique position in red states in that they get a direct say on whether or not to protect abortion. August 2nd will have a vote on an anti-abortion amendment to the KS constitution. If the amendment fails, abortion will remain legal here. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled abortion is protected under the KS Constitution. So it’s either the amendment or nothing for the forced birth assholes. They can’t simply pass a law like other states have. This vote isn’t just important for Kansas. It’ll have major ramifications for the region. Missouri will ban all abortions. But if choice stays legal in Kansas, then the Kansas City metro will still have clinics available. Plus, it’s not a bad drive from Oklahoma City to Wichita, or from Omaha to KC. Polls show a majority of Kansans want abortion to remain legal. There’s a good chance we’ll win this one. Enough of a chance that I’m allowing myself to hope. Kansans for Constitutional Freedom is the main group organizing the “Vote NO” fight in Kansas. They’re a coalition of Democrats and Republicans, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, and other groups. If you have a few bucks to spare, please consider them.

Via metafilter

90 notes - Posted June 24, 2022

#3

Phantom Troupe thoughts

SPOILERS FOR MANGA CHAPTERS 395 and 396!!!!!

...Ahem.  I haven’t checked the main tag or been on tumblr much in the last few weeks so forgive me if this is old news but... catching up on Hunter x Hunter and can’t believe that in the year of our lord 2022, we finally have canon confirmation that the Sheila conspiracy theorists were right all along!!! 

Sheila confirmed member of the OG phantom troupe!!  Also the book she gave little Kurapika and Pairo in the “Kurapika’s Memories” chapter, that inspired them to want to leave the tribe and attempt the Hunter exam, was probably “Dino Hunter” because it looks the same and Sheila only reads one book apparently.  

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129 notes - Posted November 27, 2022

#2

For US people: government is giving out another round of free COVID tests... This time we all get eight.

277 notes - Posted May 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The 80,000 warnings about the ao3 spambots on here are making me realize... do people on tumblr not know what an SEO scam is??????

Everyone warning each other to not click on the links... I mean yes this is just good internet advice, don’t click random spammy links, but if the point was trick you into clicking they would be doing a better job of pretending not to be bots, don’t you think?

The purpose of these comments is SEO optimization... just trying to increase their pagerank in search results on Google or Bing by making a lot of different pages link to them.  

These aren’t a big deal if they hit the accounts of active writers, who have plenty of tools to get rid of them.  The game is to hit the accounts of writers who aren’t  checking their emails, and won’t bother to log in / mark as spam.  Then the comments stay up and help with getting their links on early pages of search results or making them look more legitimate. 

Anyway here’s something for the AO3 engineering team to do - figure out where these bots are coming from and block the domain.  Since ao3 is mostly volunteer labor we just wait until someone’s free to work on it or the board votes to pay for it, though. 

912 notes - Posted December 7, 2022

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[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To A Very Talented & Outstanding Actress Of Acting

Born On March 20th, 1968

She was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Marguerite "Dee Dee" (née Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. She is the youngest of six children. Her parents encouraged her talent at an early age, and her first acting part was as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play. She is unable to hear with her left ear due to a childhood case of the mumps. The condition sometimes leads to complications at work, and some movie scenes have to be altered from the script for her to use her right ear. She is irreligious. She began acting at Rockdale County High School in the early 1970s, performing in local productions of Oklahoma, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. She earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and for a while performed in the theater scene there, playing ingenue roles at City Theater, then named the City Players.

She is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993), and Thirteen (2003). She won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010).

Her other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Home for the Holidays (1995), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), the latter of which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

She made her film debut in the 1981 slasher movie The Burning. After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, She appeared in TV movies before being cast in a supporting role in 1984's Swing Shift. That year, she had her first collaboration with the writing-directing-producing team of brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, in Blood Simple, making an uncredited appearance as a voice on an answering-machine recording. More film and television work followed until 1987, when she earned a starring role in the Coens' Raising Arizona and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Broadcast News, after which She became a critically acclaimed star.

Please Wish This Outstanding Actress Of The South A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

The 1 & The Only

MS. HOLLY PATRICIA HUNTER

HAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. HUNTER  & Here's To Many More Years To Come

[househuntersus]

How to Sell Inherited House Oklahoma

It can be difficult and tiring to sell a house you have inherited. It can be even more difficult selling a house that has been inherited when there is money due. - Sell Inherited House Oklahoma

If there isn't any money due and you're permitted to sell your home Make the property visually appealing and then make the required repairs.

This can leave potential buyers with a great impression that will last. There are many other options you can consider if you are looking to sell inherited home in Oklahoma.

Do you want to sell an inheritance house in Oklahoma? We at W Properties OK, we will purchase the property and we'll make the whole process easy. We will pay for all expenses associated with closing the property, which means there are no costs to pay.

Prepare for the Sale

It is essential to tidy and organize the house prior to selling it. Thus, get rid of sentimental items as well as furniture, and then make minor repairs to the inside and exterior of the home.

People will inspect the property prior to buying it. If the property is in a state of congestion and is ugly, many people will stay away from it. The preparation of the property to sell increases the likelihood of finding the right buyer fast.

Set the Right Asking Price

Many people are unable to sell their homes they inherit because they have set the wrong price for asking. The market is the determining factor in the results of selling your house that you have inherited therefore it is essential to establish the appropriate price for the house.

Check the costs of homes in your neighborhood to determine a fair value. Speak to an expert especially if know much about the how it works in oklahoma city. It's much simpler to sell a house that you have inherited by setting the appropriate price.

Inspect the House

Make sure to check the property. Check the property prior to putting it up for sale. It is possible for buyers to be turned away because of small problems that the property has.

Employ a certified home inspector to examine the home. If there is a problem regarding the plumbing, insulation, foundations etc. Fix them right away. It's not expensive to repair these issues, and you'll get back the money after you have sold the home.

Promote the House

When you've improved the appearance of your home and make the required repairs, it's the time to put the house on the market. A lot of potential buyers look houses available for sale via the Internet, so make use of the internet to market your home.

For example the cost of social media advertisements is among the most efficient methods of bringing visitors to your real estate website sell my house in okc.

You have a better idea of how to market inherited homes in Oklahoma. If you are having trouble selling your inherited home in Oklahoma and we are able to purchase the property.

[ourpickwickclub]

Blake didn’t build a house in Oklahoma for so long because he didn’t have a settled home life. He was gone so much and the existing place was comfortable enough for him. He’s got a family now and wanted a family home. The Oregon property (if real) could still be mostly an investment and hunting property. Just because a house is being built there doesn’t mean it’s elaborate. It could be another hunting lodge that he and other hunters use while there. It doesn’t mean Gwen or the kids would use it. He can hunt deer. turkeys, etc. in Oklahoma, but maybe he wanted this property to hunt things like elk or bighorn etc.

Those are good points. I remember an anon saying back when we were first having the discussion about the OK property that land is never a bad investment, so it’s a smart purchase for Blake no matter how much he uses it.

— M

[whitepolaris]

The Thing from Tahlequah

Reading newspaper archives form the early 1900s seems like it might be the driest of all hobbies, but we should all by grateful for those unsung library moles who endure the tedium and frustration of loading a microfiche machine, for it is they who uncover the most marvelous of articles.

A prime example is an item once buried deep in an issue of the Oklahoman published in November 1920. Boldly featuring the word monster in its title, the article recalled an incident said to have occurred near the eastern Oklahoma town of Tahlequah in 1842. The "thing," described as reptilian, reportedly lived in a cave of unknown depth, which opened onto a bluff overlooking the Illinois River. For reasons unexplained or inexplicable, the creature left its home and started making its way across the prairie north of town, an action that unnerved the locals enough to call in well-respected elder and noted warrior Archibald Campbell.

Through the snow and ice, a messenger faced to retrieve Campbell, who took up his knife and his gun, and gathered a group of brave trackers to hunt down the beast. When the posse reached the prairie north of town, they discovered a broad track that had been cut clearly through the snow. The track, the men said, appeared "as if some animal the size of a bear had been dragged along." It remains unclear if the description was meant to convey the size of the creature itself or if perhaps the beast had been so powerful as to actually take down such large game, though either conclusion would have been reason enough to hunt it down.

Unfortunately, the creature had a considerable head start on the men. When the party reached the Grand River several miles west they got a glimpse of the monster. Climbing the snow-covered grade on the opposite bank, the creature turned and raised its head, which shocked the entire posse when they saw that the face resembled that of an alligator.

Regrettably, the late hour forced the party to camp for the night before continuing its pursuit. Moreover, by the next morning many had decided to drop out and return home. Campbell, however, backed by a few indomitable hunters, forged on. Given the path left in the snow, not to mention the horrible stench it was said to produce, the posse found no difficulty in tracking the creature. By late afternoon, they spotted him once again. Before they could get close enough to take aim, however, the men were stopped by a group of Osage Indians.

The Osage, who were familiar with the creature, had caught sight of it was well and intercepted, the hunting party to warn them not to continue. Insisting that the creature's thick scales were impenetrable by their bullets, they said continuing the chase would be futile. Besides, they said, it was not a creature to be trifled with.

The article conveyed few details of the ensuing conversation, but "so urgent were the appeals" that the Osage convinced Campbell and his bloodthirsty group to turn back.

Local history has since recorded no other sightings of the creature, though it has been suggested that the beast may have turned south and sought refuge in Mexico. It's also possible that the creature may have traveled as far as South America, which may have, in fact, been its original home. Interestingly, ancient artifacts uncovered from the Chiriquian natives who once lived in Panama are rife with images of a deity whose body was that of a human and whose head was that of an alligator.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 6.4 (after 1940)

1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1942 – World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim. 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century. 1944 – World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north. 1961 – Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. 1967 – Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England. 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the British Empire. 1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. 1977 – JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium. 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown. 1983 – Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt. 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel. 1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500. 1989 – In the 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini. 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests and massacre are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate). 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers' Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe. 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline. 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2005 – The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded. 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. 2023 – Protests begin in Poland against the Duda government. 2023 – Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia.

[galtx]

GALTx eNews: Welcome, Puppies From Kansas

Early last week, an adopter and supporter in Oklahoma heard via Facebook that someone in Kansas had Greyhound puppies in need of homes. She immediately set to work to get to the bottom of the situation. She discovered a family in Kansas had bred their two female Greyhounds with the idea of producing dogs for local hunters to use for hunting. The family was surprised to have a total of 26 puppies in the two litters and were a little overwhelmed. They agreed to release one of the puppies to an adopter if the remaining four black and white puppies went with. We quickly found foster families and arranged transportation for the four pups so that they could join the GALT family! Thanks to all who stepped up to make this happen so quickly!

Three of the puppies (Salem, Scarlett, and Star) are female and were born on July 17, 2022. We believe these three are all Greyhound, from their appearance. The fourth puppy, Elijah, is a boy who was born July 27, 2022. From the looks of his mommy dog, we think he is mostly Greyhound with a little Wolfhound mixed in. All of them appear to be in good health and are relatively well behaved.

Your Giving Tuesday matched gifts will go a long way towards helping these pups prepare for their forever homes after they are spayed or neutered. We are not currently keeping a wait list for adopters, but, if you have an interest in fostering puppies, please email fostering@galtx.org. We can’t wait to share more photos of them as they grow up!

11/10/2022