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IT HAPPENED TO ME…

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n 2013 or 2014 I was driving to my friend’s house in what is now the city of Eastvale in California. On Bellegrave Street, west of Hammer Avenue, I saw what appeared to be three people wearing dark coats and hoodies standing in the middle of the street staring down at a dead rabbit. They were exactly in the middle of both lanes on the divider line. It was a bright sunny day, around 1pm. As I drove closer, I yelled at them to get off the street and honked my horn. One – wearing what appeared to be a trench coat with ruffled feathers at the shoulder – turned and stared at me. I pulled

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