Saturday, January 16, 2010

The abandoned suitcase



The other day when my husband and I went shooting,
I spotted this suitcase in the desert.

Being the imaginative person that I am,
I dreamt up all kinds of stories as to why it was abandoned.

The possibilities are endless,
and yet only the most morbid of scenarios stands out as the strongest.

I thought the suitcase was the perfect prop for a photo shoot,
but first,
I had to clear my mind of the scenario I dreamt up.

So, I asked my husband to check the suitcase to make sure it was empty.

Prior to his checking,
visions of a dead body cut up into little pieces danced in my head.

Can you blame me?
You hear stories all the time of the desert being used as a dumping ground for bodies.

Thank goodness, there was no such thing inside the suitcase.

There was a full name, address, and phone number though.

The curious side of me wants to research the person and check it out.

But I will leave it be.

And though the suitcase was empty,
it did have bullet holes scattered throughout.

Obviously it was being used as a target.

Or was it?


13 comments:

  1. Weird. Lots of story ideas there!

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  2. I am with you. I would be trying to find out more about the person's name on the suitcase. oooohhhhhhh......... a mystery!!

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  3. interesting. if you do investigate, i'd be interested to hear what happens.

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  4. Great story, JarieLyn. Your imagination sounds a lot like mine. And something like that just begs for an explanation, doesn't it? I think it was probably used by some old dreamer who had stashed every spare dollar under his mattress before tossing his job, packing his money and a change of undies in the suitcase and taking off to Las Vegas to win himself a fortune. Lost it all, of course. Changed his undies, no further use for the suitcase, tossed it as he headed out of town.

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  5. Girlfriend!! You might hold all the clues to a great mystery! I couldn't leave it alone :)

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  6. I just noticed the title of this blog on somebody elses channel, and out of curiosity, had to call by and read it. I also posted a blog before Xmas with a very similar title ..so I wondered whether our stories which were written in different parts of the world, were similar. :-) The stories are different but I have read a few of your posts and have really enjoyed my visit to your channel :-)) Greetings from England.

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  7. Whoa, lots of room for imagination there.

    I can think of a few scenarios myself.

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  8. Oh clever you. Such a fine mystery.

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  9. What an exciting find! I thought maybe it was someone's lost airline luggage!

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  10. How strange is that? I mean the bullet holes, well actually the whole thing. I'm like you. When I see something like that all kind of stories pop into my head. It made for a great story though and a great picture! And I do remember the song "It's a family affair"!

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  11. Sounds like the perfect place to dump a body and their suitcase.... eeek!

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  12. way to much room for my imagination. I would have to solve the mystery
    http://nicollesamazingadventures.blogspot.com/

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