A story in search of meaning

CHIEF WATTS: Travis, I realize you’re upset, but what am I supposed to do? There is no record of any wrongdoing at Waiklund.

TRAVIS:  You don’t find these so-called bear attacks a little fishy?

CHIEF WATTS:  I can’t barge in and arrest people based on an unsubstantiated hunch.

TRAVIS: It’s not a hunch. You and I both know something is going on at Wako.

CHIEF WATTS:  Uh-huh. And how do we know this?

TRAVIS:  It’s an insane asylum!  Isn’t that enough?

CHIEF WATTS:  Nothing is going on. It’s a bunch of lost souls living out what measly life they have left.

TRAVIS: You know and I know…

CHIEF WATTS: No, you don’t know! Every patient has a computer chip in his brain. And we’ve never found one embedded chip in any brain autopsied.  And as you are aware, every violent death or unexplained death gets autopsied. There’s never been one escape at Waiklund.

TRAVIS:  I settled here 7 years ago because I had a dream -

CHIEF WATTS: I thought it was a vision… after you ate those mushrooms.

TRAVIS:  – over at Calgary Rock. The Rock has a powerful aura.

CHIEF WATTS:  Right.

TRAVIS: And what I learned from that powerful incident is that Wako must be stopped.

CHIEF WATTS: So how does this relate to the two bear attacks?

TRAVIS: The attacks are happening because Wako is whack.  Why do I have to keep telling you this? Are you a moron?

CHIEF WATTS: I like to think I’m a friend, Travis. I always try and stay on your side during altercations. You know that.

TRAVIS:  I can’t even carry on a civilized conversation with you.

CHIEF WATTS:  Look, we’re trying to find the bear. When we find it, all your concern will be over. In the meantime, can you just stop yanking my chain?

TRAVIS: You’re fixing the symptom, not the problem. Maybe it’s time to get your thumb out of your ass.

Oh Lord, just got a call. Travis Opal is coming in.

Quiet weekend. Reading yesterday’s Normal Times about bear attacks. Calm, nuanced, well done. Hope Travis Opal doesn’t see it.

Normal Times blurb on bear attack

Just sent a couple of officers out to the Nutty Putty campgrounds to check out a  supposed bear attack. Deer killed.

Police log from Normal, CA

police log from Normal CA