From a safe distance it appears to be anchored by its own foot long barb, which is probably a good thing. These strange things have only shown up in the last couple of years. A few people have put down tobacco and made the proper greeting for strangers, but these creatures never respond or make a sound. They just stand there, watching. Even the elders don't know what to make of them.
Some people say somebody is making bad medicine.
Others blame it on the mines. Our village is located 50 kilometres downriver from the uranium mines of Elliot Lake so that could explain the giant chick emerging from a two and a half foot high egg and the mutant bumblebee. Maybe the miners have gone beyond producing two-headed moose calves and deformed fish. That still doesn't explain the pink flamingoes standing around in people's yards, and the brightly coloured flowers growing around certain houses, in the middle of the winter. If strange creatures start showing up in your village get in touch with me - and we'll try and figure out what it all means.