[RP TownTalk] Chickens theories

[bruce.wernek at mindspring.com]

Please..........voodo?  

It's cock fighting.  I suspect the dead chickens on the railroad tracks are like throwing down the gauntlet to people into cock fighting.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Sep 26, 2007 6:44 AM
>To: TownTalk at riverdale-park.org
>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Chickens theories
>
>I found 2 dead chickens by the railroad tracks in
>August (police were notified).  Has anyone else found
>them this year and, if so, where?  Last year it seemed
>to be mostly at crossroads in town.  Personally I lean
>towards a "voodoo" or Santaria theory as to why we're
>finding dead chickens.  The 2 that I found in August
>were each wrapped in clear 7/11 bags, and in each of
>the bags, in addition to the chickens, there were
>several pieces of wrapped candy!  If these were
>fighting chickens and the people were just disposing
>of them, I can't imagine why they'd go to the trouble
>to wrap them up and put candy in the bags.  Unless the
>chickens had won or lost fights and the candies were
>just "offerings" of some sort?  From what little I've
>read about voodoo, offerings left at or buried at
>crossroads are supposedly very powerful.  As other
>posters have said, whether it's voodoo, cockfighting,
>or a combination of the 2, it's rather nasty. 
>However, if we're truly going to learn about and
>understand other cultures, we have to include
>everything, not just the "sweet and nice."  (and I
>must admit, the whole "chicken thing" IS rather fascinating)
>
>
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