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This is the front door of where I presently reside.  In fact, you can see my reflection on the door.  Now look way up to the bottom of the right shutter.  You can barely see it, but there is something hanging there on the bottom.


Always thought it was some wind-blown plant stems or some other type of dried vegetation that flew up under the shutter and never fell out.


Yeah, plant stems or some such thing.  



Checked underneath it this past weekend and verified it is most certainly NOT plant vegetation, stalks, or foliage.


In fact it looked very much like it was attached to a body.  Yup.  That there folks is a frog hanging on to the shutter still, in death.  That guy never gave up, never gave in, he held on to that sucker for dear life, and hangs there still.  What an amazing critter.  I'm not even going to figure out how he got up there.


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